Category: Forex

May 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Optimove acquires email personalization tool DynamicMail

Optimove, makers of the Science-first Relationship Marketing Hub, announced that it acquired DynamicMail business from PowerInbox, a leader in email real-time personalization and dynamic subscriber engagement. The first real digital marketing tool, email is still one of the most effective platforms in relationship marketing. That said, there is a huge opportunity to bring the type…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK Forex broker Darwinex launches CFDs on single stocks

Darwinex, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated FX asset manager and brokerage, has just announced that it will be making share CFDs available for trading via MetaQuotes MT5 trading platform. Having earlier this year made MT5 available to its traders in addition to MT4, Darwinex now offers CFDs on shares, indices and commodities as…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Evidence based investing platform Alpima hires Goldman Sachs veteran Anastasia Bikou as MD Sales

Alpima, the specialist front-office platform for institutional and professional investors, just announced the appointment of Anastasia Bikou as Managing Director of Sales. In this newly created role, Anastasia Bikou will report to Ilan Heimann, Head of Sales and Partnerships. Bikou joins Alpima from Goldman Sachs in London where she spent nine years and was most…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Metamako enters security market, launches low-latency firewall solution

Metamako, provider of low-latency, FPGA-enabled network solutions, announced that it has now entered the security space with the announcement of its MetaProtect™ Firewall solution. The powerful 48-port (x10GbE) network appliance is designed to deliver new levels of ultra-fast firewall protection through packet filtering and logging. It is ideal for situations where a firewall solution is…

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May 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Social trading provider Ayondo posts $6.3 million loss in Q1-2018

FCA regulated social trading focused broker Ayondo has announced results for its publicly traded arm Ayondo Ltd., indicating growing Revenues but a large loss in the first quarter of 2018. Ayondo's Q1 results release mark its first as a public company. Ayondo went public on the Singapore Exchange in March in a $16 million IPO.…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Scotiabank to acquire 51% of Banco Cencosud in Peru

Scotiabank announced that its Peruvian subsidiary, Scotiabank Peru, has reached an agreement with Cencosud Peru to acquire a 51% controlling interest in Banco Cencosud, which offers credit cards and consumer loans in Peru, for approximately CAD $130MM. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will also enter into a 15-year partnership to manage…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TP ICAP revenue up 3% in four months period

TP ICAP plc has issued a scheduled trading update in relation to the four month period from 1 January 2018 to 30 April 2018. Revenue in the four months of £601 million was 3% higher than the prior period, consistent with its full year guidance in March. Trading was marked by improved conditions in rates…

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