Daily Archives: 26/09/2016
The Netherlands AFM regulator informed for advertising ban of binary options
September 26th, 2016
When answering Parliamentary questions on 16 September, Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem announced that he will start working together with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on an advertising ban in the Netherlands for toxic investment products for ...
CBOE Holdings Agrees to Acquire Bats Global Markets in a $3.2 billion deal
September 26th, 2016
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) and Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, which has been approved by the Board of Directors of each company by unanimous votes of the ...
Canvas Ventures Raises $300M Fund to Invest in Software & Services Startups
September 26th, 2016
Canvas Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, today announced that it has closed a new $300M fund called “Canvas Ventures 2.” The firm’s previous fund was capitalized at $175M in August 2013. The four investing partners for the ...
MetaQuotes released new version of the MetaTrader 5 Android
September 26th, 2016
MetaQuotes has issued an announcement to inform that the new version of the MetaTrader 5 Android mobile platform features the optimized use of price charts: The application supports the multi-window mode allowing traders to monitor price changes on multiple symbols simultaneously. ...
HKEX Group launched new website
September 26th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) released a revamped version of its Group website on the weekend featuring a suite of new features designed to improve functionality and make information easier to find. The new HKEX Group website has been ...
The 7 most influential people in European finance
September 26th, 2016
Bloomberg released its list of the 50 most influential people in the world of finance. It is a comprehensive list of Wall Streeters, politicians, central bankers and business leaders who shape the way the global economy functions and help ...
Baker & McKenzie retains 88 per cent of qualifying trainees
September 26th, 2016
The Chicago-headquartered law firm is keeping on all but two of its 16 qualifying trainees in London. Retention figures released yesterday by Baker & McKenzie confirmed that 14 of the 16 trainees qualifying this autumn have been offered NQ ...
Iran to introduce credit cards for the first time
September 26th, 2016
The Central Bank of Iran allowed the country’s financial institutions to issue credit cards for the first time in Iran’s history, however the cards are unlikely to be issued soon, local ISNA news agency reported, citing the Central Bank ...
BNP Paribas works on Blockchain Technology to develop new products and services
September 26th, 2016
BNP Paribas is currently working with a number of clients to co-develop new products and services, after embarking on a collaborative process during the first-ever BNP Paribas ‘Blockchain Bizhackathon’ earlier this year, focusing on Transaction Banking activities. Based on the promising ...
Asia’s oldest stock exchange to register brokers for international exchange
September 26th, 2016
BSE Ltd, Asia’s oldest bourse, is on an overdrive in setting up its international exchange coming at GIFT City, country’s first international financial services centre in Gandhinagar. It has just started off with its roadshows to attract brokers to ...
