News & Announcements
Regulatory milestones, corporate updates, and insights from GMG Brokers.
GMG's Founder is profiled in Arabian Business, reflecting on the firm's growth in Dubai and his perspective on where opportunity lies in the region's financial markets.
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Featured GMG Europe BV Approved as a SwapClear Trading Venue by LCH
GMG Europe B.V. has been officially approved as a SwapClear Trading Venue by LCH, one of the world's leading clearing houses. This approval marks a significant milestone in our commitment to providing fully cleared OTC derivatives execution to our institutional clients.
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GMG Europe B.V. Attains Organised Trading Facility (OTF) License: A Milestone Achievement on March 28th, 2024
We are pleased to announce a significant milestone for GMG Group Limited! Our subsidiary, GMG Europe B.V. regulated by the AFM, has successfully secured an Organised Trading...
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GMG Europe BV: Expanding Our Horizons and Expanding Our Service Offerings
We, GMG Europe BV, Amsterdam are delighted to share the news of our successful acceptance as a non-trading broker member of the EEX Exchange. Our membership code is GMGEX.
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Managing Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk exists in an interest-bearing asset, such as a loan or a bond, due to the possibility of a change in the asset's value resulting from the variability of...
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Investment Adviser vs. Broker: What's the Difference?
Investment Adviser vs. Broker: An Overview
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The Step by Step Portfolio Planning Process
There are few things more important and more daunting than creating a long-term investment strategy that can enable an individual to invest with confidence and with clarity...
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How non-correlated assets can add resilience, reduce risk and boost returns of an investment portfolio
We all know the standard warnings that ‘the value of your investments could go up or down’.
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Breaking tradition? Why you should open your clients’ eyes to alternative assets
As an investor, you’re likely to encounter hesitation around alternative investments.
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Big or boutique? Why ‘going small’ leads to great opportunities for brokers
As brokers, we're always encountering the word 'big'. We do trades for big clients; we're thinking about our next big break; and we want to earn big bucks.
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5 steps to becoming a successful interdealer broker
The term 'interdealer broker' doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as 'trader', which makes it easy to confuse the two. Hollywood adds to the problem by loosely throwing the...
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Why brokers should think about their health as well as their wealth
As financial brokers, much of what we do is directly concerned with wealth, whether it's our own or that of our clients.
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Can you really become rich as a financial broker?
Jobs in finance conjure up images of immense wealth, stellar success and the high life. Thanks in part to Hollywood, brokers embody that image more than anyone. And there’s...
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What it takes to make it as a financial broker
What makes a good broker? To get the edge, in a career that you'll quickly realise is ultra-competitive, you need to be tough, ambitious and determined.
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How should brokers unwind at the end of each day?
How should financial professionals spend their spare time? As brokers, it’s easy to forget that such a thing as downtime exists. We work long hours, often in a highly stressful...
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Navigating fluctuations in UAE and global financial markets
Whether you’ve recently entered the field, or you’re still in the early stages of your career, or perhaps just considering a future as a broker, you will have already...
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In the game of brokerage, what’s your best position?
Watching the build-up to the Champions League Final, I couldn’t help being taken by the different characters that make up a football team. From the big, brave, dependable...
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Can your financial trades and investments in the ZAR region leap like the springbok?
South Africa is renowned for its mining resources. It is the world’s fifth largest producer of industrial diamonds and it ranks seventh for gold. But the country’s appeal for...
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What does the rise of fintech mean for financial brokers?
Any new technology brings disruption to the established order. But can it also bring new opportunities? As the fintech floodgates open, what effect is it having on UAE...
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How oil prices can affect your business
Is there a correlation between oil prices and the stock market?
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The advantages of being a multilingual financial broker
How important is speaking another language?
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What kind of news does a financial broker need to read?
Financial brokers are at their best when they’re in tune with the markets, but today’s headlines quickly become old news. The UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA)...
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What it takes to be a financial broker in the UAE
Six-figure commission cheques and a lifestyle to match. A fast-paced career where you control your own earnings. The daily buzz of intense competition. An in-depth...
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How to stand out from the UAE broker crowd
Note this article also appeared on AMEinfo and can be viewed here.
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How to choose the right company to further your career as a financial broker
Note this article also appeared in Entrepreneur Middle East and can be viewed here.
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Job-hopping in the financial sector: What can we learn from the world of sport?
It’s commonplace to hear sports terminology at work – we ‘touch base’, we set ‘goals’ and we draw up ‘game plans’. We even work in ‘scrums’ and ‘sprints’ and when there’s...
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