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GAIN Capital CEO Comments On Acquisition Of FXCM U.S. Retail Clients

Date 08/02/2017

Glenn Stevens, CEO of GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) ("GAIN" or "the Company"), a global provider of online trading services, today commented on the Company's recently announced acquisition of U.S. retail clients from FXCM at the 18th Annual Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum.

Euronext: Osmozis Celebrates Market Debut As First TechShare Company To List - Successful IPO: €8.2 Million Raised, €22.4 Market Capitalisation

Date 08/02/2017

Osmozis, an operator of multi-service WiFI networks designed especially for holiday villages and campsites in Europe, today celebrated its listing on Alternext Paris at a ceremony at the close of trading. A member of TechShare’s 2015/2016 class, Osmozis is the first company enrolled in this pan-European training programme to list on a financial market.

London Stock Exchange Welcomes Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas To AIM

Date 08/02/2017

• Global natural resources exploration firm raises £5.08 million on AIM, valuing it at £18.9 million
• 3rd Canadian firm to join London markets in 2017
• Reinforces UK’s status as leading venue for international finance

IOSCO Analyzes Potential Of Tech-Driven Change In The Securities Market Industry

Date 08/02/2017

A new report published today highlights the increasingly important intersection between financial technology (Fintech) and securities market regulation, and describes the impact it has on investors and financial services.  

McKay Brothers Receives Investment From Tower Research Capital

Date 08/02/2017

McKay Brothers, a market leader in low latency networks, has closed an investment from affiliates of Tower Research Capital LLC for five percent of McKay equity.  Together, with the previously announced investment from IMC affiliates for twenty percent of equity, McKay has concluded its initial round of outside equity funding.  The investments allow McKay to accelerate its ongoing effort to drive down network latency between financial exchanges.  

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Opens Discussion On Regulatory Approach To Open-Ended Funds Investing In Illiquid Assets

Date 08/02/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a Discussion Paper (‘Paper’), which seeks stakeholder views on the practice of investing in illiquid assets through open-ended funds and the challenges that can pose to managers and investors. Illiquid assets in the context of this Paper may include land and buildings, infrastructure and financial assets such as unlisted securities.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Warns Firms Under Anti-Money Laundering And Countering Financing Of Terrorism Act

Date 08/02/2017

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a formal warning to 12 reporting entities under section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (the Act).

STOXX: Trumps’ Protectionist Policies Thwart Markets

Date 08/02/2017

Investors’ hopes for a fiscal boost to the world’s largest economy have been tempered by controversial policies of Donald Trump. Supported by signs of accelerating momentum in the global economy and lingering hopes of a large fiscal stimulus, the global stock market has been in positive territory until the very end of the month. But the mood has soured when Trump fired the federal government’s top lawyer after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House over the travel ban. 

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Lays Charges Under The Crimes Act

Date 08/02/2017

An individual registered financial adviser appeared in the Auckland District Court yesterday in relation to various charges laid by the FMA under the Crimes Act.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Bait Order Generation To Resume On February 20

Date 08/02/2017

The Exchange announced today that it will lift the inhibition of implied function of the trading system and resume bait order generation on February 2017.