Category: Breaking news

October 03, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

MarketAxess (MKTX) acquires AI-trading firm Pragma

The move is likely to strengthen MKTX’s position as one of the leading platforms for fixed-income securities trading. The US-based company already has a client base of 2,000+ firms who rely on the OpenTrading marketplace to conduct secure trades and drive cost-savings. MarketAxess CEO Chris Concannon said he was delighted to close the deal for…

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October 02, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Three Arrows Capital (3AC) co-founder Su Zhu was arrested in Singapore

The 36-year-old’s flee attempt followed repeated failures to assist with an investigation into how the crypto hedge fund, which once managed $10bn in assets, spectacularly collapsed last year. Financial advisory firm Teneo obtained a “commital order” to arrest Zhu so he could assist with the ongoing liquidation procedure. A second co-founder, Kyle Davies, has not…

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September 29, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Global government bonds experience largest 2023 sell-off

Some investors believe this is just the tip of the iceberg and predict government bonds will weaken even further. They may have a point, as both US and German government bond yields were pegged for significant quarterly increases but failed to live up to expectations. Poor performances dashed the hopes of fund managers who thought…

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Coinbase crypto exchange expands custodial services in Asia market
September 29, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Coinbase gets Bermuda Monetary Authority green light

This news follows the May announcement regarding the company’s launch of the Coinbase International Exchange. This is a non-US exchange with a class F licence from the BMA. Experts believe this regulatory approval will open doors for crypto asset trading. This would be a positive move for the industry at a time when financial regulations…

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September 28, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Basin Energy makes moves in Athabasca Basin

In its press release, the company commended its Advanced Geophysical Analysis, which operates using 3D inversion data. This dataset, which was created in collaboration with experts from Computational Geosciences Inc. and Convolutions Geoscience, has led to the identification of multiple priority anomalies which determine the position of the company’s next drill site. According to Geoscience…

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October 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Breaking News: ACY Securities announces support for ASIC’s product intervention order

Justin Pooni commented: We welcome ASIC’s long-awaited announcement ensuring greater client protection and we support ASIC’s efforts in implementing robust and proportional regulation in the margin and CFD sector. He added: ACY Securities are of the view that measures introduced to improve customer outcomes will also benefit the CFD industry in supporting brokers who already…

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Breaking news: IS Prime launches new failover technology to achieve 100% up-time across data centres
December 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Breaking news: IS Prime launches new failover technology to achieve 100% up-time across data centres

Breaking news... Prime of Prime and liquidity provider, IS Prime has released new proprietary failover technology where clients can now simultaneously connect to IS Prime’s fully independent matching engines in New York and London. Through a single margin deposit IS Prime can, in the case of a disconnection or other DR event, automatically failover to…

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March 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Breaking news: GKFX changes CEO to Mohsin Jameel

Breaking News... Rumor has it that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker GKFX Financial Services Limited continues to reshape is management team, this time hiring Mohsin Jameel as its new CEO. Mohsin Jameel is a serial entrepreneur, CEO of a FX and CFD’s Consulting Services company named Bull InfoTech. Mohsin Jameel has already been…

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