Sophi.io Announced as INMA Global Media Award Finalist in 5 Categories

TORONTO, March 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sophi.io, The Globe and Mail's artificial intelligence–based optimization and prediction engine, was named a finalist in 5 categories of the Global Media Awards run by the International News Media Association (INMA):

  • Best Product and Tech Innovation
  • Best Initiative to Register Users
  • Best Initiative to Acquire Subscribers
  • Best Use of Data To Drive Subscriptions, Content, or Product Design
  • Best Use of Data to Automate or Personalise

"The INMA Global Media Awards focus on excellence across all areas of the media business," said Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail. "I'm particularly pleased that Sophi for Paywalls' fully dynamic, real–time paywall was recognized in 4 categories, and that Sophi's ground–breaking automated print laydown technology was nominated for its use with Naviga and Agderposten."

The nomination in the Best Product and Tech Innovation category is shared with Naviga for Naviga Publisher powered by Sophi.io, and Agderposten, a regional daily newspaper that serves over 25,000 readers in print across Norway. Sophi provides cutting edge AI/ML technology that, along with Naviga Publisher, fully automates the end–to–end print production workflow that lets editors prioritize stories and press a button to automatically generate a print laydown without any templates. Agderposten was the first customer to use the automation technology.

This year's competition drew 644 entries from 212 news brands in 37 countries. The judges consist of 44 media experts from 22 countries focused on breakthrough results, unique concepts, strong creativity, innovative thinking, and winner synergies across platforms. The first place winners will be announced on June 3.

Sophi is an artificial–intelligence system that helps publishers identify their most valuable content and leverage it to achieve key business goals. Sophi for Paywalls' fully dynamic, personalized, real–time paywall "" SmartGate "" uses natural language processing (NLP) to analyse both content and user behaviour to determine when to ask a reader for money or an email address, and when to leave them alone. It can optimize for multiple outcomes simultaneously (such as different bundles or price points) and also works in cold–start situations. Publishers on three continents now use Sophi's AI/ML technology to power paywall decisions, website automation and print automation.

Last year, Sophi also won the Online Journalism Award (OJA) for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism, handed out by the Online News Association (ONA), and both the World Digital Media Award and the North American Digital Media Award awarded by The World Association of News Publishers (WAN–IFRA) in the category of Best Digital News Start–up.

About Sophi.io

Sophi.io (https://www.sophi.io) was developed by The Globe and Mail to help content publishers make important strategic and tactical decisions. It is a suite of AI–powered tools that includes Sophi Automation and Sophi for Paywalls as well as Sophi Analytics, a decision–support system for content publishers. Sophi is designed to improve the metrics that matter most to your business, such as subscriber retention and acquisition, engagement, recency, frequency and volume. Sophi also powers Naviga Publisher for one–click automated laydown of print and ePaper publishing.


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FXCM Group Reports Monthly Execution Data

LONDON and SYDNEY, Australia and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group” or "FXCM"), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services, today released execution data for February 2021. To view execution data including historical spreads, execution speeds and historical price improvement data click here: https://www.fxcm.com/uk/about–fxcm/execution–transparency/ .

February 2021 All Instruments Highlights:*

  • 64.0% of orders executed at price1
  • 23.5% of orders executed with positive slippage2
  • 12.5% of orders executed with negative slippage3
  • Average execution speed 30 milliseconds4

Highlighted Instruments February 2021:

Instrument Active
Trader

Peak
Spread5
Active
Trader
Non–Peak
Spread
5
Active Trader
Effective
Spread
6
At Price
Orders
Positive
Slippage
Negative
Slippage
BTC/USD 67.3 68.1 61.8 63.8 % 23.5 % 12.7 %
ETH/USD 3.0 3.0 2.8 67.3 % 19.1 % 13.6 %
LTC/USD 0.5 0.5 0.5 65.7 % 21.4 % 12.9 %
XAU/USD 0.4 0.4 0.4 50.7 % 34.5 % 14.8 %
SPX500 0.4 0.4 0.4 53.5 % 27.6 % 18.9 %
NAS100 1.0 1.0 1.0 41.5 % 36.9 % 21.6 %
EUR/USD 0.1 0.4 0.2 71.4 % 19.7 % 8.9 %
GBP/USD 0.3 0.9 0.5 70.2 % 20.0 % 9.8 %
AUD/USD 0.2 0.4 0.2 73.8 % 18.3 % 7.9 %

For more information and to open a live account, traders can contact an FXCM specialist 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.

*These highlights come from orders that executed through FXCM Group from 1 February 2021, to 28 February 2021. Data excludes certain types of non–direct clients.

1Percentage of executed client trades# in February 2021, which were executed at the price clients requested.
2Percentage of executed client trades# in February 2021, which were executed at a more favorable price than the price clients requested.
3Percentage of executed client trades# in February 2021, which were executed at a less favorable price than the price clients requested.
4This defines the amount of time between when we receive the order until execution. This excludes internet latency and post trade booking.
5This data is compiled forex and CFD trading data from FXCM's Active Traders for 1 February 2021, to 28 February 2021. The data reflects average spreads made available to FXCM clients during all trading hours.
6This data is compiled forex and CFD trading data from FXCM's Active Traders for 1 February 2021, to 28 February 2021. The data reflects the spread at which trades were executed by FXCM clients during all trading hours.
#Client trades here cover stop, limit, "at market", and entry orders. Certain non–direct clients are excluded from the data. Limit and limit entry orders would only execute at the requested price or better and cannot receive negative slippage. Price improvements are subject to available liquidity.

About FXCM:
FXCM is a leading provider of online foreign exchange (FX) trading, CFD trading, and related services. Founded in 1999, the company's mission is to provide global traders with access to the world's largest and most liquid market by offering innovative trading tools, hiring excellent trading educators, meeting strict financial standards and striving for the best online trading experience in the market. Clients have the advantage of mobile trading, one–click order execution and trading from real–time charts. In addition, FXCM offers educational courses on FX trading and provides trading tools, proprietary data and premium resources. FXCM Pro provides retail brokers, small hedge funds and emerging market banks access to wholesale execution and liquidity, while providing high and medium frequency funds access to prime brokerage services via FXCM Prime. FXCM is a Leucadia Company.

Forex Capital Markets Limited: FCA registration number 217689 (www.fxcm.com/uk)

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage.

76.31% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider.

You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

FXCM EU LTD: CySEC license number 392/20 (www.fxcm.com/eu)

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage.

Between 74–89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs.

You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

FXCM Australia Pty. Limited: AFSL 309763. Losses can exceed your deposited funds. The products may not be suitable for all investors. Please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved. If you decide to trade products offered by FXCM AU, you must read and understand the Financial Services Guide, Product Disclosure Statement, and Terms of Business on www.fxcm.com/au.

FXCM South Africa (PTY) Ltd: FSP No 46534 (www.fxcm.com/za). Our service includes products that are traded on margin and carry a risk of losses in excess of your deposited funds. The products may not be suitable for all investors. Please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.

FXCM Markets Limited: Losses can exceed deposited funds. (www.fxcm.com/markets).

Media contact:

Chatsworth Communications
+44 (0) 20 7440 9780
fxcm@chatsworthcommunications.com


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