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July 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FlexTrade expands Australia presence with new Sydney rep office

FlexTrade Systems, the industry pioneer in broker-neutral algorithmic trading platforms for equities, foreign exchange and listed derivatives, has announced that it has opened a representative office in Sydney, Australia. FlexTrade has been building its presence in the APAC region with senior sales hires. With the proposed increases in superannuation contributions there will be an increase in…

July 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Weekly overview: Gold and Silver hit record heights as investors seek precious metals as haven following Brexit

Silver has jumped 47% this year, hitting a new record high last Tuesday, vaulting as much as 7% above $21 for the first time since 2014. Gold increased with 1.2% to $1,357.63 an ounce – assets in gold ETFs are at their highest level now for more than 2 years. According to Bob Takai, president…

July 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Why is Bank of Israel buying hundreds of millions of dollars?

The shekel continued to strengthen for a fifth straight session and there's a dealers' rumor that The Bank of Israel bought hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign currency on Monday. One dealer at an Israeli bank said the central bank started buying at a dollar-shekel rate of around 3.84. The dollar-shekel exchange rate rapidly moved…

July 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds Japanese broker Daikyo Brokerage Limited to its Alert List

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…

FlexTrade expands Australia presence with new Sydney rep office

Weekly overview: Gold and Silver hit record heights as investors seek precious metals as haven following Brexit

Why is Bank of Israel buying hundreds of millions of dollars?

Hong Kong SFC adds Japanese broker Daikyo Brokerage Limited to its Alert List

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