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Playtech seals deal for online trading platform AvaTrade
May 14th, 2015
Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi’s Playtech, a provider of online gaming and sports-betting software, has bought currency trading platform AvaTrade, a source with knowledge of the deal said on Wednesday. The purchase exercises an option held a month ago when ...
Forex Probes Caused by Isolated Traders’ Misbehavior, Task Force Chief Says
May 14th, 2015
A few individuals are responsible for a scandal that is costing banks billions A few traders are responsible for the foreign-exchange scandal that is costing banks billions in fines, said the central banker assigned to help restore confidence in ...
UBS Guilty Plea for Libor Seen Opening Door to Political Battle
May 14th, 2015
UBS Group AG faces the prospect of making a guilty plea that would require it, along with four other giant global banks, to seek U.S. regulators’ permission to keep managing Americans’ money. Several law experts said that UBS may ...
AMF updates the list of unauthorised websites offering binary options trading
May 13th, 2015
The AMF is publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is once again warning retail investors against aggressive ...
Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited goes live with Fidessa
May 13th, 2015
Selects advanced trading platform to benefit from expanded capabilities Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) announced that Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (“Guotai Junan”), the Hong Kong brokerage arm of one of China’s largest securities firms, has gone live ...
Asia shares rise before China data, more stimulus seen
May 13th, 2015
Asian shares firmed on Wednesday, shrugging off weakness on Wall Street as investors bet that a batch of economic data from China due later in the day would bolster the case for more stimulus in the world’s second-largest economy. ...
Nasdaq Launches Enterprise-Wide Blockchain Technology Initiative
May 12th, 2015
Initial Application for Nasdaq Private Market Appoints Blockchain Technology Evangelist to Lead Effort Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced plans to leverage blockchain technology as part of an enterprise-wide initiative. Nasdaq will initially leverage the Open Assets Protocol, a colored coin innovation ...
Horizon trading platform supports ETFs
May 11th, 2015
Horizon Software has released a new version of Horizon Trading Platform for electronic trading and market making of all types of Delta One products including cash, futures, ETFs and other listed products. According to an E&Y report, in 2014 ...
UBS Sets Sights on U.S. Investment Banking Again
May 8th, 2015
UBS AG, which stumbled badly the last time it pushed to expand in the lucrative U.S. investment-banking market, is again seeking to build its business here—though this time with more modest ambitions. UBS AG, which stumbled badly the last time ...
Oil prices fall on oversupply fears, ignore record China imports
May 8th, 2015
* China’s monthly crude imports up 13 pct on month * But analysts warn fundamentals remain weak (Re-leads with price falls, updates prices) Oil fell on Friday, erasing gains earlier in the session, as concerns over oversupply outweighed strong ...
