Barry Gershon, ex-Global Head of Metals Trading for Jefferies Bache, is joining international derivatives broker Sucden Financial to further strengthen its strong metals presence. The new role will mainly focus on business development in Europe and the Americas, leveraging Mr Gershon’s vast industry experience. Mr Gershon has been involved in base metals trading for more…
Read moreCySEC-regulated Forex broker Windsor Brokers has joined the lineup of FX companies with redesigned websites. The company is introducing a cleaner, user-friendly interface, with the stress falling on imagery content rather than text. As a result, navigation is easier. In tune with a trend that sees more traders use mobile devices to visit brokers' websites…
Read moreTaiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) has earlier today posted its volumes metrics for April 2016, with yuan futures trading volumes staging a steep decline in monthly terms. Overall trading volumes at the Exchange amounted to 19,239,430 contracts in April 2016, down 14% from the reading of 22,400,159 contracts for March 2016. The annual comparison was also…
Read moreThe latest Deregistration notice on New Zealand’s Financial Service Providers Register (FSPR) website, published today, shows that 50 firms and individuals were removed from the register in March 2016. The number of deregistered entities is way below the 215 entities that were removed from the register in February 2016. The count of deregistered entities is…
Read moreASX has today published a consultation paper on proposed changes to its requirements for admission to the ASX official list. The key proposals include: Increasing the financial thresholds for listing – lifting the “assets test” thresholds from net tangible assets of $3 million or a market capitalisation of $10 million to an NTA of $5…
Read moreThe Central Bank of Ireland today published findings of a research concerning complaints handling within regulated financial services firms. The study was commissioned by the regulator to PwC and was conducted online with a panel of more than 1,000 consumers. The surveys were completed in November 2015, with additional works with focus group conducted in…
Read moreThe Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has published its key operating metrics for April 2016, with derivatives trading volumes staging a steep drop from March 2016 levels and rising markedly from a year earlier. SET said the derivatives trading volumes averaged 185,463 contracts a day in April 2016, down 29% from the reading of 261,629 contracts…
Read moreLess than three months after Israel’s Office of Chief Scientist (OCS) approved the proposed merger of blockchain technology focused group BTCS Inc (OTCMKTS:BTCS) and Spondoolies-Tech Ltd, the Israeli transaction verification server manufacturer ceased operations. On May 4, 2016, a hearing was held in the district court in Beersheva, Israel during which certain parties sought appointment of…
Read moreDaily Fantasy Sports platform DraftKings is expanding the lineup of its payment options in the United Kingdom through a partnership with Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS). Through this partnership, Paysafe will be the exclusive debit and credit card processor for DraftKings UK. DraftKings currently boasts over 7 million registered players. More than 300,000 of them have…
Read moreThe Trustee of defunct Japanese Bitcoin exchange MTGOX today published a notice regarding a planned release of the list of bitcoin addresses controlled by the debtor (that is, the bankrupt exchange). At the last creditors meeting, the trustee said he has been arranging for the release of a list of bitcoin addresses controlled by the…
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