Finally acting somewhat like a company which has filed for a Chapter 11 reorganization, shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) slipped by 10% on Tuesday closing at an all time low of 95 cents. GLBR shares are now down 27% from when the Chapter 11 plan was released a week and a half ago. We'd…
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Ethereum-based hedge fund innovator Melonport AG has announced that Todd Ruppert, the former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, will be joining the organization as an advisor and serving as a council foundation member for the newly created Melon Foundation, announced last week at the first annual M-0 conference. Ruppert, a 40 year veteran…
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has introduced APA Connectivity, an efficient and customizable solution for the financial services industry to comply with trade reporting requirements for Approved Publisher Arrangements (APAs) under MiFID II, set to be implemented on January 3, 2018. MiFID II regulations require financial companies to publish pre- and post-trade data to at least one…
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R3 and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that they have expanded their strategic partnership to further accelerate adoption of R3’s Corda platform amongst businesses using Microsoft Azure. Having worked together since April 2016, the partnership will now offer deeper integration of the Corda platform with Azure making it easier for businesses to deploy underlying computing resources…
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Equiti Group, the parent company of prime brokerage provider Divisa Capital and Retail FX arm Equiti Global Markets (Equiti.com) has announced the appointment of Gregor Schnuppe as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Equiti Group also stated that the company has plans to expand into the multi-asset retail brokerage space and potentially move into new markets.…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular FX market analyst James Hughes has joined the London office of Australia based Retail FX broker AxiTrader. He will be serving as Chief Market Analyst for the UK and Europe for Axi. AxiTrader also has Sydney based analyst Greg McKenna in its home office. James Hughes was with GKFX…
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UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill just announced that its forex trading blog is now available in Spanish to offer its Spanish-speaking visitors the possibility to access a wealth of information, including market news and analysis in their native language. According to the provider, the launch of the educational…
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Forex ECN FastMatch has announced that individuals may now purchase FX Tape data from its website at a cost of €40 a month. Payment can be made by credit card. FastMatch launched its FX Tape service in September, as a new and innovative market data product that improves post-trade transparency in FX markets and allows market…
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FCA and CySEC regulated FX brokerage group Amana Capital has announced that, as a major addition to its services, it is adding the highly requested multi-asset trading platform MetaTrader 5 (MT5) to its suite of trading platforms. MT5 is the updated version of MetaQuotes Software's MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform, widely regarded as the world’s most popular…
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Online trading and banking company Ally Financial Inc (NYSE: ALLY) has announced that Josh Wilsusen has joined the company as Managing Director for Public Policy and Government Affairs. As head of the company's Washington office, Wilsusen will oversee its public-policy strategy and direct its advocacy and outreach to executive, legislative, and other political bodies and officials…
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