The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Walter E. Jospin, Regional Director of the agency’s Atlanta office, is leaving the agency. Mr. Jospin will remain in his position until his successor is selected. Walter and I met many years ago and I was taken with his wisdom, expertise, and care. He has brought those…
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FCA and ASIC regulated retail FX and CFD broker ThinkMarkets has announced that it has extended its footprint in the popular digital currency trading space, adding a new range of Cryptocurrency financial derivatives contracts. After we reported last month about ThinkMarkets launching trading for its clients in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC) CFDs, the London…
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After seeing fairly strong trading volumes during the summer months of July and August, retail forex broker FXCM, the operating unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), has reported a 12% MoM decline in FX trading volumes during the month of September. FXCM volumes were $196 billion in September, down 12% from August but down just…
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ASIC regulated Retail FX broker GO Markets has announced the launch of its new GO Plus+ account, providing an advanced trading experience targeted at high volume traders. This brand-new account option seeks to reduce spreads, and therefore clients’ overall trading costs, with the addition of aggregated Bank, Non-Bank, and ECN pricing on Margin FX (Forex) and Metals.…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has added Patrick Storey as an independent director on its Board. Patrick Storey is a Chartered Accountant and a Founding Member and Senior Partner of Grant Thornton’s Financial Services group, and head of its regulatory team. Mr. Storey has 30 years’ experience with Grant Thornton…
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The company offers support for new VAT, adds dedicated sales team and strengthens partner ecosystem to meet growing demand for cloud ERP in region Oracle NetSuite, a provider of cloud-based financials / ERP, HR, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and omnichannel commerce software suites, just announced the expansion of operations in the Middle East to meet…
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has launched Fixed Income Callouts, a flexible and transparent App on the Eikon platform that facilitates the negotiations and agreements of fixed income bond trading terms within banks in country and across African markets, improving price discovery, market monitoring, execution and market transparency. Fixed Income Callouts has been specifically built for African…
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Interdealer broker TP ICAP (LON:TCAP) has announced a number of senior appointments within its Institutional Services division. Jonathan Gane has joined Institutional Services as Managing Director. He joins from Fort Rock Asset Management, where he was CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer. He previously worked at Société Générale as the Global Head of Origination and Structuring…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA licensed FX and CFDs broker IKON Finance Limited saw a drop in Revenues as well as a net operating loss in 2016, ahead of the company's sale of its Retail FX clients to rival broker Hantec Markets after year-end. As was exclusively reported by LeapRate…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Robert Evans III has been named Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance in the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance. The office spearheads the division’s outreach to non-U.S. issuers that access the U.S. capital markets. Mr. Evans recently joined the Division of Corporation Finance after…
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