FCA regulated FX Prime of Prime brokerage CFH Clearing has announced senior changes at its board and top management levels, as the company seeks to accelerate its ambitious growth strategy under new owner Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). Playtech acquired the CFH Group for $120 million late last year. Lars Holst (pictured above), CEO of CFH Clearing…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Jessica B. Magee has been named the Associate Regional Director for Enforcement in the SEC’s Fort Worth Regional Office. Ms. Magee succeeds David L. Peavler, who left the agency in May. Ms. Magee joined the SEC as a Staff Attorney in the Enforcement Division in 2010,…
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Online trading technology provider Tradologic has announced adding MetaTrader 5 to its solutions portfolio. Tradologic is a premium white label FinTech software provider, which offers innovative solutions for both established brokers and startups. The company representatives note that many of their customers intend to launch currency and CFD trading services. The integrator's goal is to…
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At the end of the first half of 2017, Alpari’s trading turnover across the key markets in which it operates came to 600.9bn USD. This marks a 16% increase on the same period in 2016. The international brand’s trading turnover has increased on most of the more popular currency pairs among traders and investors. The…
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Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, has issued preliminary Q2 results indicating improved performance for the company over what was a very slow Q1. XTB continued its quite unusual pattern of up-and-down performance, with Revenues up to PLN…
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Financial technology supplier Star Hat Solutions announced that have further ventured into the retail forex market by solidifying their relationship with FIXI Markets. FIXI Markets is a trading name of FIXI Plc, an independent brokerage house which offers direct market access to Tier 1 level liquidity. FIXI Markets have considerable experience within the FX and…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced the appointment of Maggie Craig as the Head of Department, Scotland. Head of Department Scotland is a new role created to take forward the FCA’s presence in Scotland. Craig will be focused on developing this approach and contributing to Scottish aspects of FCA policies. Maggie Craig joined…
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that has enhanced its tick history data service, Tick History 2.0, to provide the financial industry with a powerful tool for developing algorithmic and systematic trading strategies and assist in meeting MiFID II requirements in 2018. The solution assists institutions in complying with MiFID II, by incorporating additional reference data fields…
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Mr. Kobi Gur, CEO of the financial trading solutions provider Leverate for the last two years, just announced that has advised the Board of Directors of his intention to leave his current position in order to pursue other interests. Kobi Gur joined Leverate in 2015 after co-founder Ron Strauss decided to leave the industry. He…
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Fidessa group plc (LON: FDSA) today announced that Marusan Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO:8613), an independent securities company headquartered in Tokyo, has gone live with Fidessa for its wholesale agency trading business. Japan's Financial Services Agency is now promoting wider adoption of "fiduciary duty – in a broad sense of serving the clients' interests", not only…
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