Category: Forex

DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Barbican Insurance Group partners with FICO to enhance cyber underwriting

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced its partnership with Barbican Insurance Group, a multi-platform insurance group that underwrites business predominantly through its syndicates at Lloyd's of London, and which provides global cyber insurance coverage to its insureds. Barbican will use the FICO® Enterprise Security Score to measure the cybersecurity risk of insureds, and will…

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January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Torstone Technology enters Norwegian market

Establishes connectivity to the Norwegian Central Securities Depository Torstone Technology, a global provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announced that it has entered the Norwegian market by connecting its flagship Inferno platform to Verdipapirsentralen ASA (VPS), Norway’s Central Securities Depository. Inferno is a modern, flexible, scalable and cost-effective post-trade platform which will enable…

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Volante Technologies Inc. expands executives team
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange signs Memorandum to support adoption of DLT

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region's financial market, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and seven leading global Central Securities Depository (CSD) companies to collaborate on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) implementation in post trade operations, as well as capital market transactions.…

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January 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TraderTools selects Abacus Group to host its FX trading technology

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms and financial services software providers, today announced its newest software application hosting client, TraderTools. TraderTools, a financial technology firm providing FX market participants innovative solutions for liquidity access and distribution through its Unique Liquidity Network™ (ULN™), has completed migrating all…

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Long Island Iced Tea acquisition
January 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Blockchain, Forex and Iced Tea: LBCC to merge with Stater Global Markets

Worlds colliding. NASDAQ traded Long Blockchain Corp (NASDAQ:LBCC) - formerly known as Long Island Iced Tea Corp. - has announced its planned merger with the parent company of FCA regulated FX broker Stater Global Markets. However, the deal seems to revolve around the new passion of both companies - Blockchain technology. Long Blockchain announced that it…

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acquisition
January 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Houlihan Lokey acquires Quayle Munro Ltd and establishes a new global data & analytics group

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Quayle Munro Limited (Quayle Munro), an independent advisory firm that provides corporate finance advisory services to companies underpinned by data & analytics, content, software, and services. The agreement was signed on January 15 and is expected to close following…

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Iniesta US football UFX
January 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex Sports Sponsorship: Barcelona playmaker Andrés Iniesta tackles new role in UFX commercial

Andrés Iniesta is used to tearing soccer defences apart, but the Barcelona playmaker shows there’s a first time for everything as he dodges American Football defences in the new UFX.com commercial. CySEC licensed retail forex broker UFX.com has today revealed its new video ad campaign with the aim of encouraging viewers to ‘try something new’, which…

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Broadridge names Tom Carey President Of Global Technology & Operations Segment
January 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge names Tom Carey to head new EMEA and APAC International unit

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced the creation of Broadridge International, appointing Tom Carey to head Broadridge’s International efforts, responsible for leading the company’s rapidly expanding efforts and presence in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions across all business lines. Carey has also been appointed to serve on Broadridge’s Executive Committee. International expansion is…

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