Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced plans to transfer the primary listing of its common stock to Cboe BZX Equities Exchange (Cboe). Currently, Cboe shares are dual-listed on both Cboe and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq). Cboe plans to delist from Nasdaq effective September 14, 2018, after the market close, and begin…
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AcadiaSoft Inc., the industry provider of margin automation solutions worldwide, and Quaternion Risk Management Ltd., a risk analytics firm, have announced the formation of a partnership to provide risk services for firms subject to initial margining requirements for non-centrally-cleared derivatives. The initiative couples AcadiaSoft's proven capabilities in automation with Quaternion's extensive quantitative expertise and will…
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London Central Portfolio (LCP) has informed the public that it has analysed HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs)’s Quarterly Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Statistics for Q2 2018 released this week. In conjunction with the Quarterly Land Transaction Tax Statistical Release from the Welsh Revenue Authority, this reveals: Tax receipts in Q2 2018 are down 13.8%…
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INTL FCStone Ltd (NASDAQ:INTL) has announced the expansion and restructuring of its metals division to provide clients with a more robust product offering and enhanced technological capability, creating a transparent pricing with a state-of-the-art user interface. As part of these changes, the company is disclosing the appointment of eight experienced professionals to the metals team.…
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Quarterly filings from investment company Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) - formerly known as Leucadia - indicate that the outstanding amount owed to Jefferies by Retail FX broker FXCM Group as at June 30 stood basically unchanged from at the end of Q1, at $70.4 million. Which, basically means that during Q2 FXCM made $3.5 million…
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After reporting record trading volumes in the first half of the year, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported figures indicating that July volumes were down slightly from June, off 9% to $27.7 billion ADV versus $30.4 billion the previous month. We'd note, however, that June's $30.4B figure was an all-time best for the company.…
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After a record first half of the year which saw more than $2 trillion of client trading volumes booked, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has reported July FX trading volumes of $343.5 billion - 11% above June's $308.6 billion and one of Exness' busiest months ever. Exness saw 44,135 active traders in July, up from…
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As the world marks a day against trafficking in persons, Rani’s Voice, a global social enterprise focused on human trafficking prevention, announced that it is joining forces with information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) in a public-private coalition, to help step-up the fight against financial crime and modern slavery. Human trafficking and other financial crimes have…
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Abu Dhabi based financial services company ADSS - which recently rebranded from ADS Securities - has announced that it is strengthening its legal team as further international regulations come into force. The company said that the firm's commitment to good governance and compliance across all the jurisdictions in which it operates is an essential part of…
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FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has announced that it starts offering its clients trading via MetaQuotes' fifth generation platform MetaTrader 5. The total trading volume of the broker in 2017 comprised over 3.2 trillion USD, while the average monthly turnover exceeded 270 billion USD. The number of active clients as at May 2018 was…
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