Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) has reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in December 2017. Global DARTs (DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue) dropped with 11% to 267,264 MoM. Number of total…
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ResearchPool, the global digital platform for investment research, just announced that it has signed a new partnership with Invest Securities, the independent French intermediation company with expertise in brokerage, analysis office, issuers department. Invest Securities and ResearchPool have agreed on a partnership to offer investment companies with a state of the art, MiFID 2-compliant solution…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Pepperstone senior executive Phil Horner has departed the company, in what seems to have been something of an internal power struggle at the Melbourne, Australia based Retail FX broker. Mr. Horner had spent six years working his way up the ranks at Sydney based ASIC licensed broker AxiTrader, joining…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that it is now providing its Cboe One real-time stock quote and trade information to Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI). The Cboe One feed is a market data product from Cboe Global Markets that provides cost-effective, high-quality quote and trade information for market participants looking for comprehensive, real-time market data…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has appointed Rongrak Phanapavudhikul as Executive Vice President (EVP), Head of Legal Affairs Division, to oversee Legal Department, Enforcement Department, Corporate Secretary Department, and Compliance Department, effective from January 16, 2018. SET President Kesara Manchusree said: Rongrak has experience and expertise in legal affairs, especially in providing consultation, advice…
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Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced the list of securities eligible for trading as part of the Regulated Short Selling (RSS) Service. The DFM has recently launched this service as part of its efforts to provide market participants with new tools to further strengthen their trading activities, better utilize their resources, and further enhance market…
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AutoRek, the software solutions provider for financial controls, data management and regulatory reporting, just announced that spreadbetting, FX and CFDs broker GKFX has selected AutoRek to deliver CASS automation. GKFX recognise the requirement to embed a stringent CASS governance and oversight framework given the FCA’s focus to enhance the level of protection afforded to clients. AutoRek…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC announced that it has just released free Forex tick data for the most popular currency pairs. Traders can import weekly tick data within seconds directly from FXCM servers to back-test algorithmic strategies, and create models with precision. With FXCM, traders have access to robust market data solutions, and advanced…
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FCA regulated Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has announced that it plans to hold a shareholder vote on delisting the company’s shares from trading on the London Stock Exchange AIM market on February 6. When LCG originally announced its plans to delist from the LSE in late December,…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) and Japan Exchange Group (JPX), Asia's leading comprehensive exchange group, today announced the launch of Japanese Yen-denominated Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) futures contracts to begin trading on CME Globex on February 5, 2018, pending all relevant regulatory review periods. International investors turn to CME Group to manage their equity…
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