Anti-money laundering (AML) and Big Data specialist Fortytwo Data has announced that it has appointed machine learning expert Luca Primerano as Chief AI Officer. The firm, based in the City of London, is the only company bringing true machine learning solutions to the field of AML at present. CEO Julian Dixon hopes the new position’s…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Alpari has announced its trading turnover in the first quarter of 2018, and it surpassed US$429 billion, marking a 45% improvement on the same period in 2017. This improvement is mostly the result of an influx of new clients as well as increased trading activity from Alpari’s existing clients across the world. Alpari's…
Read moreSydney, Australia based boutique prime broker Invast Global has announced the launch of a Tokyo oneZero Hub in EquinixTY3. This development follows on from the unveiling of the London Invast LD4 oneZero Hub only three weeks ago. The addition of the TY3 Hub means that clients around the world can now seamlessly connect to the award-winning…
Read moreCboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that Cboe DataShop is offering customers access to its market data and trade analytics through a suite of four application programming interfaces. The APIs allow easy interaction with other websites or programs, facilitating customization of access for trading firms’ specific needs and budgets. The APIs allow data…
Read moreThe top headlines in this past week's Forex Industry News were an odd mix of old faces in new places, a regulated Retail FX broker shutting its doors, and charges of fraud, slippage and blackmail. Which binary options executive is the new CEO of Investing.com? Why did Invest.com renounce its CySEC license and end all…
Read moreLondon Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) has announced today the appointment of David Schwimmer as Chief Executive Officer. He will join the Group on 1 August 2018 and will be a member of the Board of Directors, LSEG plc (“the Board”). David Warren, Interim CEO and Group CFO, will continue as Group CFO and a…
Read moreBroker technology and platform solutions provider Leverate has just announced that it has expanded its resources with new private servers within the Equinix Data Center located in London. Leverate provides its customers with nearly zero downtime, reduced latency, increased execution speed, and fast, constantly available feed. Dell EMC & VSAN Hyper Converge With the Hyper-Converge…
Read moreRegTek.Solutions, the global provider of regulatory reporting solutions, has announced the appointment of Ruwan Weerasekera to its Board of Directors. Weerasekera's regulatory experience in financial markets spans more than 25 years. He is currently a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director for ICBC Standard Bank Plc, where he Chairs the Remuneration Committee, and sits on the Board…
Read moreThe securities, banking and insurance sectors in the European Union (EU) face multiple risks, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) latest report shows. The ESA report for the second half of 2017 outlines the following risks as potential sources of instability: sudden repricing of risk premia as witnessed by the recent spike…
Read moreYet another broker goes offshore. Or, is turning to crypto. Retail FX and CFD broker Invest.com has posted a notice on its site (see full text below) that its parent company GS Sharestocks Ltd has decided to renounce its CySEC CIF license, and has halted all regulated services as of earlier this week, April 9. As…
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