ASIC regulated Retail Forex broker IC Markets announced today that has added Bitcoin (BTCUSD) to its growing product offering. The addition of Bitcoin, 2017’s best performing asset with a price increase exceeding 350%, comes after burgeoning client demand as the Cryptocurrency soars to record highs. The IC Markets Bitcoin product is traded as a CFD,…
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Fueled by its road-map to build a global community of well-educated traders, and in line with its plans to expand in Asia and Europe, Amana Capital, a Dubai-headquartered Financial Services Group reached a new milestone this week by launching TradeCaptain.com, a global educational and research portal. Building on the success of its former Arabic research…
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Indian IT services giant Infosys Limited (NSE:INFY) just announced that has accepted the notice of resignation of Dr. Vishal Sikka as the Managing Director and CEO, effective immediately. In his notice of resignation to the Board, Dr. Sikka reiterated his belief in the great potential of Infosys, but cited among his reasons for leaving a continuous…
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CBOE Vest Technologies, a software company enabling users to work with target outcome investment strategies, and the Options Industry Council (OIC), a provider of unbiased options education, announced that are working together to educate investors and broaden the appeal of options with a new online tool, The Options Strategy Builders. The Options Strategy Builders, available…
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Shares of FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), the parent company of Retail FX broker Forex.com and institutional FX platform GTX, were down sharply on Thursday morning NYSE trading after the company announced it had successfully priced an $80 million Convertible Notes offering, which we first reported last night. GCAP shares were at $6.04…
Read moreBusiness adopts a ‘wait and see’ approach as 70% of CFOs say Brexit is yet to affect their strategic planning A survey of 200 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) across the UK and Europe will make difficult reading for those charged with delivering Britain’s exit from the EU. In a survey conducted for four weeks in…
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Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Patrick Strobel as Head of Technology for EMEA. In this newly formed role, Strobel will be responsible for building out Liquidnet’s strategic IT architecture in EMEA with an emphasis on the region’s Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions. He brings over sixteen years’ experience…
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GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177) has announced the launch of a significant upgrade in their range of products and services. The new services are powered by a new execution engine to facilitate improved execution speeds, over 40 new tradable products including newly added…
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Russia's ATON investment group just announced the launch of the Autochartist service to their clients. Autochartist, provider of market analytics and communications content to brokers has been integrated into the QUIK platform in order to reduce the time traders spend looking for technical setups that offer valuable trading opportunities. Autochartist’s proprietary technology scans massive amounts…
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Continuous progress in Chinese market opening / Clearstream gets ready to support Bond Connect initiative At the end of this month, the Shanghai International Financial Advisory Council will bring together top Chinese market regulators and representatives of leading international financial institutions involved in China’s ongoing financial liberalisation story. Deutsche Börse Group will also be present…
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