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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NZX Ltd (NZE:NZX) announced that Chief Financial Officer Bevan Miller has resigned to take up a role as Chief Financial Officer of The Co-operative Bank. NZX CEO Mark Peterson commented: On behalf of the team at NZX, I would like to thank Bevan for his enormous contribution and commitment to the organisation, and in turn New Zealand’s…
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Hong Kong retail forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) has issued a statement warning investors that it expects to record a significant decrease in net profit for the first six months of 2017, as compared to the net profit recorded for the six months ended 30 June 2016. Profit warnings have become something of…
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Robert Ophèle was appointed Chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) by Decree of the French President form the 1st of August 2017. He will replace Gérard Rameix whose term will expire on the 31st of July. Robert Ophèle (60), graduated from the ESSEC business school, joined the Banque de France in 1981 and…
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Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent, global financial technology company providing advanced, dealer-neutral agency algorithms in Futures and US Cash Treasury markets just announced that has partnered with TS (formerly TradingScreen), an industry provider of electronic trading solutions, to integrate QB’s premium multi-leg spread trading algorithm Legger on TS’s TradeSmart platform. Legger is a part of…
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