The launch of Fx Global Code (FXGC) in May 2017 was one of the major changes in the global Fx industry of recent times. It […]
Industry Announcements
Equiti Group Secure License Online Forex Broker License in Kenya, To Start Operation in May 2018
Equiti Group, the parent company of some of the prime Fx and CFD brokers including Divisa Capital and Retail FX arm Equiti.com has announced that it has […]
SSW Deploys Cboe Europe’s Systematic Internaliser (SI)
SSW, an innovative pan-European liquidity provider in a very broad universe of instruments, has started its Systematic Internaliser (SI) business by utilizing Cboe Europe’s SI […]
Dash Financial Hires Bloomberg Executive Jamie Bogen as Director of Execution Services
Dash Financial Technologies, leading provider of advanced multi-asset trading technology and execution services platforms has announced the appointment of Jamie Bogen as new Managing Director […]
Saxo Bank Sells South African Operation to Sasfin
Saxo Bank, the Copenhagen-based FX and multi-asset broker, has announced the sale of its operation in South Africa, in line with its strategy to focus on […]
Feature Articles
CFTC Releases Video on Binary Options Fraud
On the day it announced charges in a binary options scheme, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission also announced a video series on binary options fraud. The CFTC announced it was filing a complaint in US federal court against Blue Bit Banc for running a fraudulent binary options scheme involving a virtual currency called ATM Coin. […]
Fed President in New York Calls for Floor Monetary Policy
The New York Fed Governor signaled his support for so-called “floor system” of monetary policy. William Dudley was speaking at Lehman College in New York City in a speech entitled Important Choices for the Federal Reserve in the Years Ahead. During this speech, he signaled his support for a floor system of monetary policy. “Over […]
Industry Responds to new ESMA Rules
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has announced that it will impose restrictions on contracts for differences (CFDs) to retail investors in the European Union (EU). The authority is receiving a flood of responses, from brokers and retail investors, in an attempt to dissuade the European financial watchdogs from putting the rules into effect, […]
Industry Thought Leadership
Artificial Intelligence Gains Momentum: From Machine Learning to Deep Learning
Artificial intelligence has quickly evolved from science fiction to digital assistants such as Alexa and Siri learning about our daily lives. A.I. applications are interpreting MRIs and will soon be operating self-driving cars. In personal finance, many of us interact with chat boxes on bank web sites. And in the investing world, robo-advisors are managing […]
Alt Data on the March with Machine Learning
The explosion of alternative data sources, such as satellite images, sentiment analysis, and geolocation data, is having a profound impact on the field of quantitative investing. Analyzing torrents of unstructured data requires sophisticated tools and technology, and this leads to opportunities as well as challenges. Alongside the boom in alternative data, there is increasing demand for […]
Seeking Clarity on MiFID II Inducement Trading Rules
With MIFID II’s rules on inducements now a reality, buy-side firms are paying close attention to the costs associated with their front-office trading platforms and analytics. The EU regulation, which took effect on Jan. 3, could draw scrutiny to execution services and tools that are sponsored by brokers, such as order management and execution management systems […]
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