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New Saudi insurance scheme to protect expat workers takes effect on October 2024

IFM CorrespondentOctober 11, 2024October 10, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentOctober 11, 2024October 10, 2024

The Insurance Product, offered by insurance firms in the Kingdom, pays foreign employees' obligations if the owners of the establishment neglect to pay their salaries...

Commodity Featured

Start-up of the Week: BLK Global revolutionises raw material trade

IFM CorrespondentMay 8, 2024May 7, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentMay 8, 2024May 7, 2024

Through a digital business model, BLK Global has brought elements like openness and transparency in the commodities market, where businesses are paying real value for the goods they want to buy...

Business Leaders Featured

Business Leader of the Week: Meet Thomas Peterffy, legendary Wall Street billionaire

IFM CorrespondentMarch 1, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentMarch 1, 2024

Consistently pushing to replace manual processes with automated ones, Thomas Peterffy wrote code in his head during the trading day and then applied his ideas to computerised trading models...

Featured Trading

Five mistakes to avoid when trading low-cost options

IFM CorrespondentFebruary 12, 2024February 12, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentFebruary 12, 2024February 12, 2024

A low-priced option is one that is undervalued and trading at a low price relative to its fundamentals...

Featured Trading

Mistakes not to make when trading cheap options

IFM CorrespondentDecember 29, 2023December 26, 2023

by IFM CorrespondentDecember 29, 2023December 26, 2023

Options traders utilise implied volatility to determine when an option is expensive or cheap...

January-February 2019 Magazine Trading

Gen Next Traders on the Block

International FinanceJanuary 14, 2019December 12, 2019

by International FinanceJanuary 14, 2019December 12, 2019

A noisy, frantic trading floor is a diminishing thing of the past; the modern trader is now a lone wolf, digitally connected and equipped with just a mobile phone...

Fintech

Shanghai Futures Exchange launches market surveillance platform

International Finance DeskOctober 19, 2016

by International Finance DeskOctober 19, 2016

It is powered by SMARTS, which is Nasdaq’s flagship surveillance solution October 19, 2016: Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has officially announced that Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), one of the world’s largest futures markets, has launched a new market surveillance platform powered by SMARTS, Nasdaq’s flagship surveillance solution. “We are truly honoured to be working with Shanghai...

Business Leaders

Flash Boys turns the heat on high-frequency trading

International Finance DeskSeptember 3, 2014

by International Finance DeskSeptember 3, 2014

The book by Michael Lewis claims that markets are rigged by high-frequency traders who take front running advantage on the orders placed by investors Jaya Smitha Menon September 3,2014:The old saying, ‘pen is mightier than the sword’, gets new validation. Recently, financial author Michael Lewis proved this adage right with his latest book Flash Boys:...