Social trading focused broker ayondo, which went public earlier this year on the Singapore Exchange, has announced fairly disappointing results for the third quarter of 2018. Overall, ayondo revenues totaled just under CHF 4.0 million (USD $3.98 million) in Q3-2018, down 15% from Q2 and off 23% from last year's Q3, from before when the…
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Online financial education specialist, Tradimo has announced that it has created a Derivatives Nanodiploma™ which prepares its graduates worldwide for the Deutsche Börse “Certified Derivatives Trader” exam - a derivatives qualification which is recognised by the FCA, amongst other industry bodies. The course, certified by Deutsche Börse, is aimed at any individual wishing to gain…
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Online dealer Tradeview has announced the release of TradeGATEHub, a fully interactive social trading site that allows traders to interact and engage remotely with professionals that have over 100 years of combined Wall Street and FX trading experience. Subscribers to TGH, or the GATE (Global Active Trading Environment), are provided analysis, stock market guidance, and…
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As part of initiatives to develop Islamic finance as an academic discipline, the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Universitas Hasanuddin (UNHAS) of Indonesia. The memorandum was signed by the Director General of IRTI, Dr. Humayon Dar,…
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BME and Bankinter have announced that they will launch a new edition of "Trader Lab" on September 27th in Valencia. The bank launched this education initiative last year with the aim of expanding the financial knowledge of the general public. On this occasion, the laboratory focuses on spreading knowledge about futures traded on MEFF, BME’s…
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DBS Bank and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have announced a three-year collaboration to provide retail investors with the knowledge, skills and tools to aid financial decision-making and kick-start their investment journey. Targeted at NIBIs (Not Invested But Interested), the “FLY with DBS and SGX” collaboration will leverage DBS’ data-driven approach for a seamless and customised learning…
Read moreAccording to a survey commissioned by Financial Technology group ayondo, about one in four (26%) retail investors are considering Social Trading in 2018. In the survey of UK retail investors conducted by OnePoll, participants are quizzed about their investment habits, along with what they felt were the main barriers to success in the stock markets.…
Read moreGlobal online brokerage firm Amana Capital has just announced that, in partnership with asset manager 514 Capital Partners, it has launched the “Delta Trader” program. The program encourages traders around the world to showcase their trading skills and provides the opportunity of trading a multi-asset CFD account of 514 Capital Partners. The first evaluation cycle will kick off…
Read moreFCA regulated social trading focused broker Ayondo has announced results for its publicly traded arm Ayondo Ltd., indicating growing Revenues but a large loss in the first quarter of 2018. Ayondo's Q1 results release mark its first as a public company. Ayondo went public on the Singapore Exchange in March in a $16 million IPO.…
Read moreAfter we reported exclusively in October about the launch of a new cryptocurrency copy trading platform called Covesting.io, LeapRate has learned that Covesting has successfully completed an ICO raising $18 million, and is getting set to launch the beta testing of its platform. Covesting - a fintech startup launched by former Saxo Bank traders -…
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