OCBC Securities is one of the leading stock and futures broking firms in Singapore providing full brokerage services for equities and derivatives trading. Having been in the business for more than 20 years, it employs state-of-the-art technology to deliver speedy multi-market electronic execution of trades for investors. As early as 2005, OCBC Securities offers a single trading platform firm-wide to enable institutional execution standards for retail investors. Since then, they have been continuously upgrading their global trading capabilities to offer a full suite of services to meet investors’ evolving needs. Today, investors have the...
Falcom Financial Services, a Shariah complaint Saudi investment bank, took the lead in providing clients within the Kingdom a flavour of the first ETF, the Falcom F30 thus opening the gateway to international investors who were not very happy with the SWAP route provided earlier. ETFs (exchange traded funds) are new to the region with only two listed thus far. Falcom has been working closely with the regulator and capital market authorities for the last two years to engineer the environment that supports the introduction of a sophisticated investment vehicle such as an ETF. What are the challenges for the investment banks in general? And ho...
The Alterego Group’s worldwide client base includes governmental regulatory bodies, major overseas law firms, leading banks, financial institutions, fund managers and multinational corporations; in addition to a significant local and international private client base. The group has an international focus, are in a good position to service private and corporate clients globally, and have particular expertise in trusts, companies and partnerships, banking, structured finance, collective investment funds and employee benefits. By working with a wide variety of fiduciary structures and, by offering both legal and financial expertise under one...
The financial market is a living, breathing giant, which evolves, grows and at times, much like we’ve seen over the last few years recedes, leaving both destruction and opportunities in its path. For Forex traders though, even volatile times can prove to be payday. This is why it is favoured by many traders in their constant search for yield. It would also explain the surge in popularity that Forex trading has seen over the last decade. Forex has evolved massively over the last ten years. What was once a market for inter-bank trading has now opened up wide to the retail trader. Foreign exchange trading has gone virtual, with online dealing ...
The company started its operations in 1997. In 2004 it obtained a Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) license becoming Poland’s first regulated FX brokerage. Its business activity follows the regulations set forth by the PFSA assuring one of the highest standards of service in Europe. TMS Brokers’ professionalism and compliance with EU standards reassures the safety of funds entrusted with the institution. TMS Brokers ensures that clients have all the necessary elements to successfully trade in today’s markets: recommendations, live streaming news, state-of-the-art trading tools and capital allocation strategies. Additionally,...
Nowadays private investment, having a widespread effect, tends to become more large-scale than ever. Driving this trend is that investing in some kind of business is the sole way of funds keeping and augmentation. One instrument may not be equivalent to another, as each of them has its own risk level and expected gains volume. The collapse of the US mortgage system, giving rise to the international financial crisis and generating a credibility gap against many investment mechanisms, compels private investors to transform “Where to invest?” into more relevant and sharp question: “What is the most lucrative investment?” Then, small wond...
The primary goal of diversification is to capitalise on your returns through investments in various areas – preventing a wipe out of your positions should the market turn against you. If you are looking into ways to diversify your portfolio, consider exploring the off-exchange retail foreign currency (forex) market. One reason, for starters, is that Forex, in conjunction with the interbank market, is one of the largest financial markets in the world and is rapidly growing as an asset class. However, just like any other investment, it is vital that you understand the fundamental concepts relating to retail Forex. If you trade other asset cla...
In recent years, a number of transfer pricing-related disputes between multinational corporations and tax authorities have made the headlines. Of particular note is the $3.4bn settlement between GlaxoSmithKline and the Internal Revenue Service in the United States and AstraZeneca’s approximately £500m settlement in the United Kingdom. These eye catching numbers are just the tip of the pyramid. There are a number of other transfer pricing disputes in which tax authorities are proposing tax adjustments and penalties in the hundreds of millions of US dollars. Transfer pricing at its simplest is about what prices should be charged for t...
The first eight years of the euro were notable for their lack of economic instability, which from a political perspective served to dull the urgency to secure greater economic coordination and integration. Whether member states like it or not, this will have to change if the euro is to survive the next decade intact. Should monetary union also mean greater economic integration? In the 80s, central bankers were fairly unanimous in their view that a single currency could not be considered without political and hence economic union. Helmut Schlesinger (Bundesbank President 1991-93) was clear on this back in 1994. “The final goal is a pol...
It’s been several years since eToro started making serious waves in the financial trading industry, and this year World Finance has recognised its achievements. eToro came into the industry with a clear vision – to open the field of personal financial trading up for the millions of people who never thought they would be able to get involved in it. The platform uses ground breaking software and has an ever expanding community of traders. World Finance sat down with eToro CEO, Johnathan Assia. Your business is unique in allowing people who are perhaps amateurs in the industry to trade. What made you set up eToro?The idea for eToro first cam...