CME Group adds new S&P Communication Services Select Sector futures LeapRate

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group adds new S&P Communication Services Select Sector futures

Derivatives marketplace CME Group has just announced that it will expand its suite of E-mini S&P Select Sector futures with the addition of a new Communication Services Select Sector futures contract. Pending regulatory review, the new product will be available to trade starting Sept. 10, 2018, alongside CME Group's existing 10 Select Sector futures products.…

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ant Financial Services adds 14 retirement funds to Ant Fortune platform

Ant Financial Services Group has announced that 14 newly approved target-date retirement funds will be made available on the Company’s wealth management platform, Ant Fortune. On August 6, 2018, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) approved the launch of the first batch of 14 target-date retirement funds operated by Chinese asset management firms including China AMC,…

Spanish Stock Market BME Bolsa de Madrid

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MARF registers a new synthetic securitisation bond issue by Santander

The Alternative Fixed-Income Market (MARF) has registered a new synthetic securitisation bond issue launched by the Fondo de Titulización PYMES Magdalena 2, for a total amount of 166.3 million euros, Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (the Spanish Stock Market - BME) announced earlier today. This is the second time that Santander has registered an issue of…

August 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ADSS London hires former IG executive Ashraf Elgarf as Head of Sales Trading

Abu Dhabi based financial services firm ADSS has announced the appointment of Ashraf Elgarf as Head of Sales Trading for its UK business, based at the company’s London office. Ashraf Elgarf has over 15 years of experience in multi-asset sales and is recognised as a specialist in trading execution. He joined ADSS to set up a…

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Anton Falk Capital Partners clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Anton Falk Capital Partners. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their…

BitMEX releases a record daily turnover of 1 million bitcoin traded

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BitMEX hits again 1 million bitcoin daily turnover record

BitMEX, the crypto-coin trading platform, has just informed the public that, for the second time, it has met its own industry record for daily bitcoin trading volume. The 24-hour trading period of August 8 saw 1,027,214.62 bitcoin traded on BitMEX, following the company setting the world record on July 25. The achievement comes as BitMEX…

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

DarcMatter to connect investors with trustworthy alternative investments

DarcMatter is the FinTech company that has just announced that it is now developing a blockchain distributed ledger to continue to provide enhanced transparency, security and trust to the alternative investment industry and the global financial market. While there has been a great deal of development in the alternative fund space, there are still a…

Lingxi ,China Finance Online Co. Limited

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IMEF teams up with the Institutional Stock Exchange to boost the stock market

The Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF) has just announced that it has signed an agreement with the new Institutional Stock Exchange (BIVA) to promote the growth of the stock market and stimulate economic development. With this Agreement, BIVA and IMEF will collaborate in events related to the promotion of the financial sector, creating synergies…

August 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Orvium appoints María del Carmen Pastor Sempere, Director of BAES Blockchain Lab

Orvium, the open-source, decentralized platform for managing scholarly publications’ lifecycles and associated data, has just announced that María del Carmen Pastor Sempere, Director of BAES Blockchain Lab, has joined the project as a strategic advisor. This announcement comes following the establishment of a partnership between Orvium and BAES Blockchain Lab. I am excited to be…

August 09, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

South Asia's position on cryptocurrencies

Vietnam is one of those countries that stands firmly against cryptocurrencies, judging by their legal actions. Country officials are currently pushing for more regulations to be introduced for cryptocurrency trading and transactions. Thailand is in the same position as Vietnam. The two countries are anti-crypto and officials are looking for ways to prevent businesses from…