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LCH, a leading global clearing house, has announced the expansion of its range of eligible securities to include Singapore Dollar denominated cash and securities (government bonds and treasury bills) as collateral. The inclusion will commence from October 18, 2021. The acceptance of SGD collateral comes shortly after the announcement of the expansion of LCH SwapClear…

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The United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has temporarily suspended a former UBS trader over executing more than a hundred trades in an outside account for which he had not obtained the bank’s consent. Brandon Lopez has submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (AWC) for the purpose of proposing a settlement of…

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Technology investment firm Silver Lake and Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) today announced an agreement in which Silver Lake will make a long-term strategic investment in Euroclear Holding SA/NV by acquiring ICE’s 9.85% stake in the company’s share capital for EUR709 million. Euroclear is a leading Brussels, Belgium-based provider of post-trade security settlement, custody, collateral management, fund…

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CME Group has posted a notice of disciplinary action regarding Citigroup Global Markets Inc, whereby Citi agrees to pay a fine under a proposed settlement. The settlement stems from Citi’s alleged violations of several CBOT rules. In particular, the rules state: Rule 971. SEGREGATION, SECURED AND CLEARED SWAPS CUSTOMER ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS A. All clearing members…

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StoneX, the new owner of the FOREX.com brand, has confirmed that the retail FX broker launched operations in Latin America. According to a message by StoneX and FOREX.com posted on social media: “We have spread our wings and landed in Latin America, expanding our borders and offering our award-winning online trading platforms to traders in…

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FX and CFDs broker FXCM Group has announced the doubling of its French, German and UK share offerings on its fast-growing, commission-free Single Share CFD offering. The move follows FXCM’s launch of single share CFD trading in Australia with zero data fees and commissions earlier this year. Over the past year, the firm has focused…

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FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that UK/Bulgaria based online broker Trading 212 has hired George Mantilas as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer. He has also been added to the board of the group’s London based, FCA regulated entity Trading 212 UK Limited. George Mantilas had worked together with recently hired Trading 212 CEO Mukid…

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Euronext today announced the launch of its new MIB® ESG Index, (gross return Bloomberg code: MIBESG), the first Italian blue-chip Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) index designed to identify major listed Italian issuers that demonstrate best ESG practices. The MIB® ESG is Euronext’s second national ESG index, after the CAC40 ESG launched in March 2021….

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MQL5.community, which brings together millions of traders and trading robot developers from all over the world, has become available in three more localized versions: French, Italian, and Turkish. MetaQuotes notes that it is committed to making its services and applications accessible to people speaking different languages. In addition to the eight available languages, French, Italian,…

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Cboe has issued an additional warning regarding entities that abuse its name, data and solid reputation. Let’s recall that, in September, Cboe published a notice to inform the public that Cboe is NOT affiliated with CboeX and could not provide any information regarding the legitimacy of its website or its mobile application. Cboe recently learned…

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