The Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has amended the Detailed Exchange Trading Rules in UTP System and the Alternative Trading System Rules. After the amendment, in the case of a split of shares resulting in an “after split” reference price below PLN 0.01, trade in the shares will be automatically suspended and…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our exclusive report back in March that MENA and New Zealand FX brokerage group Direct Trading Technologies (DTT) is in the latter stages of applying for and receiving an FCA license, LeapRate has learned that Direct Trading Technologies UK Ltd has been approved by the UK financial conduct authority (FRN: 79589) and plans…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has announced the launch of its fourth session of TechShare, the only European programme for non-listed companies dedicated to IPOs. Benefitting from a cohort of fast-growing European tech companies, the programme is an educational network designed to help these high-potential businesses understand the role of capital markets and…
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Eventbrite, Inc. (NYSE: EB), a global ticketing and event technology platform, is opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “EB” following its initial public offering. Eventbrite CEO and Co-Founder Julia Hartz, joined by members of the company’s founders and senior executive team, rang the NYSE Opening Bell®,…
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LOBSTR, the wallet in the Stellar ecosystem, has announced today the launch of XDB Labs LLC, and will soon launch XDB Wallet, to support custodial and wallet storage for digital assets on the DigitalBits blockchain. Recently launched, DigitalBits, a fork of the Stellar blockchain, is a protocol focused on becoming the transaction and trading layer…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced its strategic framework to contribute to the development of green finance in Hong Kong. A priority will be to enhance listed companies' consistent and comparable disclosure of environmental information, with an emphasis on climate-related risks and opportunities. The SFC will also work on ways in…
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Australian regulator ASIC has extended to 30 September 2019 licensing relief for foreign financial services providers (FFSPs) to allow them to provide financial services to Australian wholesale clients without needing to hold an Australian financial services license. The licensing relief that is extended by ASIC is in the following instruments: ASIC Corporations (Repeal and Transitional)…
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Retail FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), parent company of FOREX.com, has announced that Mark Richards, a member of the Board of Directors was resigning from the Board, effective immediately. Mark Richards, CEO of IPGL Limited, was appointed to the GAIN Capital Board less than a year ago, as the IPGL representative on the…
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The SEC rejected nine Bitcoin ETFs in total just recently. Experts say that a Bitcoin ETF is inevitable at some point, but the SEC is not so sure on this, it seems. While the Commission seems adamant on not approving a Bitcoin ETF any time soon, it has provided some information on what constitutes their…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has issued an Order filing and settling charges against Geneva Trading USA, LLC, a proprietary trading firm in Chicago, Illinois, for engaging in the disruptive trading practice of “spoofing.” The Order finds that Geneva engaged in this activity through three of its employees identified in the…
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