UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill just announced that Portuguese has now joined the growing number of official languages for the company's website. By localising its services to Portuguese, the provider takes an important step towards establishing a strong foothold in the region, whilst ensuring that all of its…
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LMAX Global, the FCA regulated broker for FX and part of the LMAX Exchange Group, has just announced that its global liquidity has been added to the Kx trading platform, Kx for Flow, a technology platform for FX trading. Institutional clients and brokers, using the Kx for Flow trading UI, will now have access to…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), in collaboration with Thai Investor Relations Club and Thai Listed Companies Association, informed that it holds a seminar “MiFID II: The New Challenges For Thai Capital Market”, in which experts from Bloomberg and Maybank Kim Eng jointly provide information to listed companies about Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II…
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Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it will propose to the shareholders the election of Dr. Monica Dell'Anna as a member of the Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting on May 4, 2018. The remaining five members of Swissquote's board will all stand for re-election. Mario…
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GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) has commented on recent market volatility while presenting at the Credit Suisse 19th Annual Financial Services Forum. Here's what Glenn Stevens, GAIN Capital's CEO, said at the Forum yesterday: It is encouraging to see active traders embrace recent market volatility, as uncertainty around the direction of the equities markets…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has reported its financial metrics for 2017, indicating record results for both the full year and for what was an amazing Q4 - plus (no pun intended), an even better start to 2018. Overall for 2017, Plus500 brought in $437.2 million of Revenue versus $327.9 million in 2016 - an…
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Australia's financial regulator ASIC has stated that it welcomes the passage through Parliament of the Bill to establish the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The AFCA will start accepting complaints no later than November 1, 2018. AFCA is the culmination of more than 20 months of public consultation and inquiry, commencing with the review…
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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a Report on Retail OTC Leveraged Products, providing its own guidance to the world's financial and securities regulators on the future of leveraged trading. IOSCO members include virtually all of the key major (and minor) global regulators including the FCA in the UK, the SEC in the…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. ("the Company"), has entered into an agreement with offshore mutual fund distribution platform Allfunds Bank. The relationship further enhances the offerings of the Company's Correspondent Clearing Division, which is now the only U.S.-based clearing firm with access to the…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) just announced that it has hit a new record in FX trading volumes in January following the successful onboarding of its buy-side clients and liquidity providers onto its enhanced Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), post-MiFID II implementation. Average daily volumes (ADV) across Thomson Reuters FX platforms totaled $432.1 billion in January 2018,…
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