In Forex Industry News this past week… How did Israel's Supreme Court rule on an appeal against the country's new Binary Options ban law? Where did IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) see the most growth on its way to record results in the first half of Fiscal 2018? What levels of trading volumes is social…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that Sun Trading, a liquidity provider in the European equities market, will utilise Cboe Europe Equities’ suite of MiFID-II compliant Systematic Internaliser (SI) services, which include SI quote distribution, bilateral connectivity and matching services, and trade reporting. Sun Trading is a global electronic market maker, providing liquidity…
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After a welcoming address from Giulia Lupato - PIMFA’s Senior Policy Adviser and Chair for the day – the 2018 financial crime conference began with an address from Robin Jones, Head of FCA Technology – Resilience & Cyber Specialist Supervision. Robin spoke about cyber resilience, contingency planning, moving cyber security considerations beyond the remit of…
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LeapRate Exclusive... It looks like social FX and CFD trading is still alive and well. At least in some circles. LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Tradeslide Trading Tech Ltd, which operates social trading broker and investment manager Darwinex, has continued to grow in 2017 with Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2017 more than…
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Skrill, a Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) and a digital wallets and mobile payments company, just announced that it has signed a sponsorship deal with international esports team QLASH. QLASH was founded in 2017 by professional poker players and entrepreneurs Luca Pagano and Eugene Katchalov. In its first year, Treviso-based QLASH has become one of the…
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Continuing a wave of recent senior level hirings and management changes, Copenhagen based multi-asset trading and investment firm Saxo Bank has announced the appointment of Ulrik Ross as Head of Group Treasury, effective March 1, 2018. In his new role Mr. Ross replaces former Head of Group Treasury Henrik Andersen, who decided to resign from his…
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BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced that it has appointed Michel Fryszman as Head of Structured Finance. He joined on 15 January and is based in Paris. He reports to Laurent Gueunier, Head of Real Assets, SME Lending & Structured Finance. Fryszman’s appointment is the latest in a series of additions to BNPP AM’s…
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GLMX, a comprehensive technology solution for the trading of repurchase agreements ("repo") and secured lending, just announced that it has raised $20 million in growth equity financing. The investment will help the firm expand its operations into major European markets and bolster its engineering team following a record year in which its client base doubled,…
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Wealth management fintech firm JHC Systems (JHC), has hired Ron Tomlinson as Head of Solutions Development. Formerly Global Head of Development of Wealth and Post Trade at Dion, Ron brings unrivalled experience heading up wealth management product development teams. He will report to Chief Financial Officer, Gareth Anderson. Tomlinson’s varied career has given him an…
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Solactive today announced the launch of the Solactive Sustainability Index Europe, which was developed with Deutsche Bank, and is designed to track the performance of environmentally and socially responsible European companies, based on the data-driven platform Arabesque S- Ray®. Arabesque S-Ray® is the first tool of its kind that uses machine-learning and algorithm- based technology…
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