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Thinkmarkets Add Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Trading To Their CFD Offering

Date 13/09/2017

ThinkMarkets, a leading fintech provider of financial derivatives trading has expanded its offering of CFD trading to the four most liquid Crypto currencies. The firm added Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP)and Litecoin (LTC) CFDs to its MT4 and Trade Interceptor trading platforms. The dual regulated broker is now offering 24/7 leveraged trading on the most volatile virtual currencies with low spreads and competitive margins.

FlexTrade Appoints Bruce Wolf Head Of FX Business Development

Date 13/09/2017

FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced the appointment of Bruce Wolf as Head of FX Business Development. Based in the company’s headquarters in New York, Wolf will manage sales and business development for FlexTrade’s FX trading solutions for both the buy side and sell side markets.

Trade Informatics Delivers Analysis Of Client Trading Costs To Support SEC Tick Size Pilot Program - It’s All In The Data: Tick Pilot Program Approaches One-Year Anniversary

Date 13/09/2017

Last October, the SEC launched the Tick Size Pilot Program. As the first year anniversary of the program approaches, market participants need to turn to the data to properly assess the impact of the changes on trading outcomes for the affected securities.

Forty Percent Of Institutional Investors Who Lost Money Due To Bad Event Data Have Experienced At Least Five-Figure Losses, Survey Finds - Almost Half Of Respondents Have Lost Money Or Missed A Trade Due To Incorrect Event Dates, With Several Seeing Losses Exceed $1M

Date 13/09/2017

Wall Street Horizon, an alternative data provider specializing in corporate event intelligence, today released the results of its Corporate Event Research Survey. Conducted between August 17-23, the survey polled over 100 institutional market participants, nearly two-thirds of whom were quantitative or discretionary fund managers.

EDHEC-Risk Institute And AFG Launch A Digital Outreach Partnership On Financial Risk Management As A Source Of Performance

Date 13/09/2017

The French Asset Management Association (Association Française de la Gestion Financière, AFG) and EDHEC-Risk Institute have announced the creation of a new digital outreach initiative entitled “Financial Risk Management as a Source of Performance.”

EEX To Launch Wood Pellet Futures - Futures Available For Trade Registration As Of 19th September

Date 13/09/2017

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will introduce futures on wood pellets, to be available for Trade Registration as of 19th September 2017.

Deutsche Börse AG: Implementation Period Of Share Buyback Program Can Extend Until End Of 1st Half-Year 2018

Date 13/09/2017

The Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG informs, that the period, in which the adopted share buyback program with a volume of around EUR 200 million will be implemented, can extend until the end of the first half-year 2018. An extended implementation period as decided by the Executive Board today enables the company, to react more flexibly towards current developments and market conditions.

Securing Success For The FX Global Code - Speech Given By Chris Salmon, Executive Director, Markets, Bank Of England, TradeTech FX Europe, Barcelona, Tuesday 12 September 2017

Date 13/09/2017

In this speech, Chris Salmon, Executive Director for Markets, talks about the FX Global Code, which launched in May of this year.

Chris focuses on what needs to occur over the next year or two to further the aim of the code; 'to promote the integrity and effective functioning of the wholesale FX market' where diverse participants can 'confidently and effectively transact at competitive prices'. He begins by recapping on where we have got to with the development of the Code we are looking to embed.

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Posts 10th Straight Monthly Gains Ending August On Positive Note

Date 13/09/2017

The share values of listed exchanges grew by 0.3 per cent during August 2017 recording its tenth positive month.

Taiwan Futures Exchange Monthly Newsletter - September 2017

Date 13/09/2017

Click here to download TAIFEX's September Newsletter.