Abu Dhabi based financial services firm ADSS has announced the appointment of Jean El Khoury as head of marketing, based at the company’s HQ in Abu Dhabi. Jean El Khoury has over 11 years of experience covering online marketing, technology and business development as well as strategic planning. He is recognised as a specialist in…
Read moreTechnology, liquidity and solutions provider for crypto and FX brokerages B2Broker has announced the release of its Investment Platform for MetaTrader 5, which is now available in the broker App Store. The new platform is available as an automated investment service that can help brokerages increase their earnings. The platform allows businesses to launch an…
Read moreIS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has announced that it is launching an NDF and Forward execution facility within its Agency desk. This latest development further strengthens the IS Prime brand as the company continues to diversify its offering. According to Raj Sitlani, Managing Partner, IS Prime: As a top tier multi-asset institutional brokerage…
Read moreAprelskoe Limited, the Kyrgyz Republic focused gold exploration and development company, whose shares are traded on the J P Jenkins trading platform, has announced it has engaged Vox Markets to enhance its communications with investors. Vox Markets offers a compliant platform which allows greater access to information to existing shareholders, and also gives Aprelskoe an…
Read moreAustralia financial regulator ASIC has announced that it has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Vantage Global Prime, to address systems and controls inadequacies within its CFD business. Vantage is an Australian Financial Services licensee that is authorised to deal in financial products including CFDs to retail and wholesale clients. CFDs are derivative financial products…
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Read moreCyprus financial regulator CySEC issued a statement on its supervisory priorities and activities for the second half of 2018, led by overseeing the adoption of MiFID II requirements. CySEC stated that its mission is to exercise effective supervision of Cyprus Investment Firms (‘CIFs’) to ensure maximum investor protection and the healthy development of the securities…
Read moreGlobal clearing house LCH has announced that it has obtained recognition as a central counterparty from the Banco de México. The recognition for LCH’s SwapClear Service is effective from June 22, 2018 and provides a greater choice of CCPs to those participants affected by the Mexican clearing mandate. With this recognition, LCH can expand clearing…
Read moreThe Dutch gas transmission system owner and operator, Gasunie Transport Services, and the operator of the pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS, Powernext, announced that both companies will expand their cooperation: as of 1st July 2018, Gasunie Transport Services will use PEGAS as the exclusive platform for the determination and provision of the Neutral Gas Price…
Read moreThe Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) have published a list of new websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without authorisation to do so. Here are the new websites recently identified: www.binarycent.com / Cent Projects Ltd / Finance…
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