Following our report earlier today that Moscow Exchange reported record fee and commission income for 2017, the Russian trading exchange operator continued its strong start into 2018, with a healthy volumes report for February. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets rose by 4.2% in February 2018 to RUB 66.6 trln. The key growth drivers were…
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CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached an all-time high monthly average daily volume (ADV) of 27.3 million contracts during February 2018, up 48 percent from February 2017. This milestone surpasses the prior peak of 20.9 million contracts in November 2016 by 31 percent. CME saw…
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Marex Solutions, a division of global commodities broker Marex Spectron specialising in the manufacture of customised OTC derivatives, has launched a structured investment product offering. This new structured investment business customises notes, backed by Marex Spectron or third-party corporates, and includes capital protected, participation, yield enhancement and leveraged products on commodities, equities, foreign exchange, credit and…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2017. Higher trading volumes in the Bond Market and Money Market, supported by solid performance of Depository and Settlement Services, helped the Exchange achieve record fee and commission income. KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2017 Fee and commission (F&C) income up 7.1%…
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Retail FX broker FOREX.com, a Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) brand, has appointed digital agency Croud Inc. as its SEO partner in the US. Connecting independent traders to the global currency markets since 2001, FOREX.com operates across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Its parent company, Gain Capital, provides over 140,000 retail and institutional investors…
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ASIC-regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Vantage FX has announced that it has embraced the rising popularity of digital currency, by introducing a suite of highly liquid cryptocurrency CFDs. In addition to their existing Bitcoin CFD, all Vantage FX clients can now access several other major cryptos such as Etherum, Bitcoin Cash, Dashcoin, Litecoin and Ripple through…
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Further to our report last night that the founding group of CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) was planning to sell some of its stake in the company in a secondary share sale organized by broker Liberum Capital, Plus500 this morning announced that the deal was completed, on the terms which were expected. Plus500's founders (see list below)…
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As we had reported they would back in early January, Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has reported record results for 2017, driven in part by large numbers of new account openings from a new generation of cryptocurrency traders. Our analysis also shows that Swissquote's eFX business had its best period…
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Social media and online platforms bombard us with all types of advertisements. When users open their Facebook, it is often that they see everything they have clicked on in the last year appear on their wall. The size of the online advertizing market is reaching new heights. When a user clicks on a platform,…
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After the close of trading Thursday afternoon, CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) announced that a group of its founders, none of whom is involved any more in the day-to-day management of the business, are selling about a third of their remaining aggregate holdings in the company, in a secondary share sale organized by broker Liberum Capital.…
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