FC Barcelona and FBS signed a new global partnership agreement, whereby the broker specializing in Forex trading is to become the soccer club’s Official Trading Partner for the next four years, through 30 June 2024. This partnership will be a boost to Barça’s global commercial strategy, as part of the consolidation of its international expansion...

ASIC-regulated global CFD and forex broker FP Markets has added Autochartist to its wide range of trading tools.   Autochartist is an online technical analysis tool which scans the market to provide detailed breakdowns across a wide range of Forex and CFD instruments. This tool helps to easily  understand the real time trading opportunities.  Once the...

Fintech company ATFX announced that it has launched a new face recognition technology for customers to open trading accounts. It is reported that this new service is to ensure that it can provide customers with security. This face recognition technology will verify customer identity when opening an account online. It is currently tested in the...

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK) HK$3.5 million for regulatory breaches including unlicensed dealing in futures contracts, delay in reporting the breach to the SFC as well as submitting incorrect information during an application. The regulator found that between August 2007 and July 2018,...

European investment company RoboMarkets, which provides financial services to customers in many EU countries, announced the launch of a mobile version of the web platform for trading R Trader. The company released a mobile modification of the terminal against the backdrop of the great demand for it from our customers. According to the supplier, the...

The Financial Commission has announced about the changes and improvements to its ‘Check Your Broker’ online directory with the addition of broker profiles. Thanks to this update it is going to be easier for traders to search and find out the information about a brokers licenses, memberships with the Financial Commission and possible Compensation Fund...

ASIC has released a report on the Wholesale FX practices in Australia, summarising its work in wholesale foreign exchange (FX) markets during 2018 and 2019. The report highlights the observations of better practices and some poor practices used by participants operating in the market. This work included various onsite and thematic reviews of participants, as...

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc has announced the appointment of Robert Michael McTighe as Chairman of the Board. Mike is the Chairman of Openreach Limited, Together Financial Services Limited, and Arran Isle Limited. McTighe will officially take up the role on 3 February 2020, replacing Jonathan Moulds who is currently serving as...

A global leader in online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics, OANDA Global Corporation has further strengthened its client offering with the appointment of Greg Niebank as Head of Product. Niebank will be based in London, and will be responsible for introducing additional trading instruments, client-focused partnerships and platform enhancements.  Niebank has spent...

ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence of Melbourne-based financial services provider Australian Golden Securities Ltd until 21 May 2020. Australian Golden Securities has held AFS licence no. 363925 since 16 November 2010. According to the official statement, the licence has been suspended because Australian Golden Securities has not met its obligations as an...