This article was written by Luis Aureliano, a business writer and financial analyst. With over 15 years of experience in global finance and an MBA in economics and management, Luis’s areas of expertise include business, marketing, communications, personal finance, macro economics, stocks and emerging markets. Social trading is an innovative form of market exposure in…
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Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, announced the appointment of industry veteran George N. Patterson as Managing Director, Corporate Strategy. As part of Axioma’s newly formed Corporate Strategy Team, Patterson will focus on identifying buyside trends and market opportunities to expand the company’s footprint and accelerate growth. Patterson was previously…
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Exclusive... LeapRate has learned during the past weeks in close contact with management and is now able to share with the public that Christopher Gore will be taking on the CEO role of major Australian headquartered MT4 Forex and CFD brokerage GO Markets. Mr. Gore started his tenure with the Melbourne-based firm back in 2009 as a…
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Energy Services Group, LLC (ESG), the retail energy industry provider of SaaS solutions including transaction management (EDI), billing and CIS, wholesale energy services, and sales and pricing, announced today it has acquired UK-based Utiligroup. The combination will enable local and global energy resellers across North America, the UK and Japan to offer business and residential…
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FX affiliate Investoo Group just announced the purchase of 100ForexBrokers.com. It is the Group’s largest acquisition to date. 100ForexBrokers.com, launched in 2012, is a Forex broker comparison site with 60,000+ unique visitors per month and 100s of real user reviews. Adam Grunwerg, CEO of Investoo Group, commented: This acquisition generates a huge boost to our…
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Theresa May’s move has clearly inspired Pound bulls.
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Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade Systems introduced FlexAR – an augmented reality trading application offering a new way of visualising and presenting trading via the company’s FlexTRADER EMS. FlexAR builds on existing technology and APIs within FlexTRADER’s open architecture offering an interactive order blotter, trade ticket and charting, all presented in a…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) today announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd's Precious Metals division is now a Direct Participant to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Gold Auction, having been approved to participate in the process earlier this month. ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) introduced central clearing to the twice-daily London gold auction, removing…
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UK financial regulator The FCA issued today its 2017 Mission Statement and Business Plan, plus its Sector Views which highlight the issues and developments the FCA sees in the sectors it regulates. While there seems to be a lot new now at the FCA - including a quietly unveiled new-look website and logo (see at…
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KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released trade volumes for the month of March 2017. In Market Making, KCG averaged $26.3 billion dollar volume traded (slightly down from February's $28.0 billion), 10.4 billion shares traded, and 3.3 million trades per day in U.S. equities. In Global Execution Services: KCG Institutional Equities averaged 206.0 million U.S.…
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