The FX liquidity and prime brokerage services provider stated that it expects more Hong Kong hires in the near future,
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Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) announced that has extended its global post-trade control capabilities for sell-side and buy-side firms in capital markets through the acquisition of Message Automation Limited, a provider of post-trade control solutions. The acquisition accelerates Broadridge’s ability to allow firms to transform their risk and compliance capabilities. Terms of…
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ADS Securities, the global FX brokerage house, has asked clients to make sure they access the company’s website through the URL www.ads-securities.com. A website with a similar address, which claims to offer services mirroring those provided by ADS Securities, has been set-up and could be mistakenly accessed by clients. ADS Securities is not affiliated, connected,…
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Financial research outlet Investment Trends has released its latest report on the Australia foreign exchange trading sector, showing continued growth of the Retail Forex sector down under. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 13,000 traders and investors conducted by Investment Trends in November 2016. Overall, Investment Trends calculated 4% growth…
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ChartIQ, the US-based charting, and platform company just announced they've redesigned their HTML5 financial portals and widgets for websites and webmasters with an increased focus on ease of use, flexibility, and interactivity. Another US-based company Xignite provides the data package to ChartIQ and is hosted in the cloud. LeapRate a few months ago spoke with…
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Japan’s economy grew faster than first thought in the final three months of 2016. Japan’s Cabinet Office announced that real GDP grew by 0.3% in the December quarter, higher than the 0.2% preliminary reading issued in February, Business Insider reported. Despite the upgrade, it fell short of the 0.4% figure that had been eyed by markets.…
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Spain's financial regulator CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) has issued its Activity Plan for 2017-2018. The plan has defined four strategic areas for the next two years, and 50 specific objectives for 2017. While the CNMV did not outline specific plans to target Forex and CFD trading (or Binary Options, for that matter), it…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has just announced that it will close its office in Limassol, Cyprus. The office in Limassol has served as a hub for servicing clients in the CEE and MENA region. Clients will now be serviced from offices in Prague, Dubai and Copenhagen and will have access to the…
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Given the large response, the FCA will take more time than expected in finalizing the new rules.
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Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise wide big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, just announced the release of its core big data analytics platform ALA OneLogic. ALA OneLogic was developed to provide advanced big data analytics capabilities for financial markets firms requiring powerful mining,…
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