Copenhagen based Retail FX and CFDs broker Saxo Bank closed out a fairly slow 2021 with a strong December showing, with its overall client multi-asset trading volumes coming in at $361 billion – its second best month of the year. Two thirds of Saxo’s December activity came in the form of equity trading, which was…
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London based multi-asset liquidity provider and prime brokerage Finalto has announced that it will add 32 leveraged equities belonging to some of the most prestigious companies listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) to its list of offerings. Finalto already offers over 1,000 single stock CFDs to its clients. Through its continuous investment in technology,…
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Cyprus based NDFs focused broker Sheer Markets has announced that it has selected Muinmos as its RegTech partner for fast onboarding and regulatory compliance. Sheer Markets, which was founded in 2019, is regulated by CySEC and the LFSA (Labuan Financial Services Authority). The firm selected Muinmos’ complete and fully automated AI-based onboarding solution. This comprises…
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Samtrade FX has suspended local and overseas business operations of its key operating entities and other affiliated entities, including but not limited to account opening, account changes, settlements, payments, opening and closing of trades. The Singapore police announced on January 3 that three men involved in the case of Samtrade FX were arrested on suspicion…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announces that publication of 24 LIBOR settings has ended, and the 6 most widely used sterling and Japanese yen settings will be published using a changed methodology from today. The LIBOR settings that have ended are: all euro and Swiss franc LIBOR settings the overnight / spot next, 1-week,…
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FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that Cyprus based Retail FX and CFDs broker BDSwiss has hired Natale Mastoroudes, as the company’s new Head of HR. Natale Mastoroudes joins BDSwiss from rival broker FXPrimus, where she was also head of HR and the company’s senior recruiting officer for the past two years. Prior to FXPrimus she…
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) today announced the launch of its leading-edge service that is designed to enable broker-dealers to meet the new requirements resulting from recent amendments to SEC Rule 15c2-11. The ICE solution helps broker-dealers obtain and review issuer information about fixed income securities before publishing or submitting a quotation in a quotation medium…
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Specialized payments platform Paysafe Limited (NYSE:PSFE) today announced that Cannae Holdings, Inc (NYSE:CNNE), through its subsidiary, has purchased approximately 5.7 million shares of Paysafe’s common stock through a series of open market transactions in late December 2021. The transactions are in accordance with the company’s securities trading policy and applicable securities laws. As of December…
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Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers has updated its TWS platform, adding a patch for the recently detected “Log4j” software vulnerability. Interactive Brokers says: “Due to a global vulnerability in popular infrastructure software known as “Log4j,” we recently updated libraries for all versions of our TWS software. If you use the standalone “Offline” version of TWS,…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announces the appointment of Ms Kerry Rooks as HKEX Chief People Officer. Ms Rooks will be responsible for the Human Resources function across HKEX Group, leading a team of HR professionals in Hong Kong, Mainland China and internationally, helping to ensure that HKEX continues to have the best…
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