Tag: APAC

January 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

LiquidityBook’s revenue and client growth results for 2019

LiquidityBook reported yesterday record growth for sales and clients in 2019. LiquidityBook is a New York based fintech firm that provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for buy- and sell-side trading solutions. The company attributes its record gains and accomplishments to the increasing interest of investment managers in its portfolio, order and execution management systems (POEMS) platform. The…

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January 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Global markets are all in the red

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 21, 2020.  Global markets are all in the red this morning as China reports a fourth death from the deadly new coronavirus. It has also been confirmed that the disease can spread from human to human.…

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January 21, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

“Phase One” of the US-China trade deal unveiled

Months of negotiation finally lead to the first phase of the US-China trade deal on Wednesday last week. In the 86 paged document, China promises to buy USD 200bn of US goods over the next two years and the US to reduce the tariffs on USD 120bn Chinese products. The deal also promises better defense…

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ATFX launches electronic signature service in South East Asia
January 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX launches electronic signature service in South East Asia

Fintech company and brokerage ATFX recently launched Adobe Sign as a new service for its clients in South East Asia. The new service allows clients to sign electronic forms and send them back to the company in a minute. LeapRate reminds that the broker also recently launched ATFX Connect for institutional clients, Biometric facial recognition…

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Fullerton Markets updates website, relaunches marketing tool PipBox
January 20, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fullerton Markets updates website, relaunches marketing tool PipBox

St. Vincent based brokerage firm Fullerton Markets has just announced that it has updated its homepage. The new site now includes a contemporary design and easy one-click features that allow for easier navigation. Said CEO of Fullerton Markets, Mario Singh, commented: We’re excited about the new look! After collecting feedback from our users, we realised…

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January 17, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

The Stock Exchange of Thailand predicts inclusive growth in 2020

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has announced that it will be enhancing process and expanding business in line with a three-year strategic framework (2020-2022), which prioritizes raising work efficiency and creating partnership platform to drive inclusive growth. SET President Pakorn Peetathawatchai said that the exchange will embrace growth for the capital market, society and…

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January 17, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: European shares are up

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for January 17, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX Friday’s trading session began with optimism taking over the market sentiment. The positivity came mainly from China, where industrial production and retail sales both exceeded the forecast, appearing…

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Kraken
January 16, 2020 BY Mariela Naydenova

Kraken acquires Australian crypto exchange Bit Trade

Kraken, one of the largest US cryptocurrency exchanges is expanding. It has completed the acquisition of one of Australia's first crypto exchanges (launched in 2013) - Bit Trade. The information comes from an official press release sent out by Kraken. According to press, Bit Trade's website will continue to operate in its usual manner since…

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IS Prime gets Hong Kong SFC licence
January 16, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

IS Prime gets Hong Kong SFC licence

IS Prime Hong Kong, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has just announced that it has been granted a Type 3 Leveraged Foreign Exchange Trading licence by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). The licence enables IS Prime Hong Kong to offer Leveraged FX Trading services to institutional professional investors. The Responsible Officers for…

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