U.S. financial regulator releases Primer on Virtual Currencies
October 18th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC released, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies.” This primer is the first of a series that LabCFTC will release to provide fundamental, and essential, information about financial technology (FinTech) innovation. “LabCFTC believes that ...
FMA allows personalised robo-advice
October 18th, 2017
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), a regulatory authority for financial services in New Zealand, has issued an announcement to inform that has decided to grant an exemption to enable personalised robo-advice and is publishing the responses to its earlier ...
Former top Executives of one of the world’s largest metals and mining corporations charged with fraud
October 18th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged mining company Rio Tinto and two former top executives with fraud for inflating the value of coal assets acquired for $3.7 billion and sold a few years later for $50 million. The SEC’s ...
CFTC announces Clearinghouse liquidity stress test results
October 18th, 2017
Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a report detailing the results of an evaluation of settlement liquidity at clearinghouses. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the impact of a hypothetical extreme but plausible market ...
Former Fed Chief Bernanke described bitcoin as a “mostly speculative venture”
October 17th, 2017
Bernanke Thinks Bitcoin Will Fail (But He Likes Blockchain) What does the former head of the Federal Reserve think of a digital currency that operates outside the control of central banks? The answer, unsurprisingly, is not much. “Bitcoin is ...
Elliott Wave Analysis: EURUSD and USDCHF Update
October 17th, 2017
Elliott Wave Analysis: EURUSD and USDCHF Update We have seen some USD recovery since last week, but structure looks corrective so we think that dollar may be headed lower soon. On EURUSD we have seen a perfect downward ...
Tradefinancial transacting via ISXPay Australia
October 16th, 2017
Highlights: Australian CFD Trader, Tradefinancial, completes integration and is now transacting “live” with ISXPay® via Paydentity™ platform. ISXPay® providing payment processing, settlement and full payment facilitation services Tradefinancial will contribute revenue in the current quarter Australian Securities and Frankfurt ...
Oil markets jump on fears of new Iran sanctions
October 16th, 2017
Oil markets jumped on Monday on concerns over potential renewed U.S. sanctions against Iran as well as conflict in Iraq, while an explosion at a U.S. oil rig and reduced exploration activity supported prices there. Brent crude futures LCOc1, ...
Chinese Client Relations Manager
October 13th, 2017
Responsibilities: Develop trust and rapport with clients. Increase client LTV (life time value) by maintaining a strong relationship through frequent communication. Raise client awareness to product diversification, risks associated with leveraged products and promotional offers and campaigns. Provide regular ...
Elliott Wave Analysis: USD Index and S&P500
October 12th, 2017
Elliott Wave Analysis: USD Index and S&P500 USD Index is sharply and strongly turning lower, away from Fibonacci ratio of 161.8 and former swing high at 94.13 level, which gives us an idea of a minimum three-wave bearish ...
