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September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Astercap Ltd. trading as Broker Official

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has just announced that it has become aware of a suspicious entity, Astercap Ltd., doing business as Broker Official (together, the Parties). Broker Official claims to provide an online trading platform for Forex and Contracts for Difference, operating at www.brokerofficial.com website. Last year CFTC has added…

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September 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Hantec Markets upgrades to FCA 730K license, opens Jordan office

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Hantec Markets has taken two major steps in the company's continued development. First, in the UK, Hantec has upgraded its FCA license from a matched-principal license to a full-scope IFPRU €730k license. And, the Hantec group has received authorization from the Jordan Securities…

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Spotware launches cXchange cryptocurrency exchange solution
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotware launches cXchange cryptocurrency exchange solution

Forex and CFD technology solutions provider Spotware Systems has just announced that it has launched cXchange, a cryptocurrency exchange solution that allows anyone to start their own exchange. This makes Spotware the first professional developer of trading platforms in the market to offer a high-quality exchange solution. cXchange is a complete solution to launch and operate…

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eurex
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex strengthens asset class focus

In an update to its organisational set-up, Eurex, derivatives market and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that it enhances its asset class focus by combining the sales and product design functions for equity index and for fixed income derivatives, respectively. The new organisational set-up supports the implementation of Deutsche Börse’s growth agenda “Roadmap…

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CME's Traiana enhances its Credit Risk Hub tool
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

More than half of Australian small businesses are not using digital tools

55% of SMEs have little or no knowledge of cyber-security issues The majority of Australia’s small businesses are dismissive or tentative about using digital technologies to assist their business, according to a new ANZ report released today. ‘The Digital Economy: Transforming Australian Businesses’, found 56 per cent of micro, small and medium businesses (SMEs) did…

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forex broker life
September 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Managing best execution as a forex firm

The following article was written by Matt Smith, CEO of regulatory reporting solutions provider SteelEye. Forex traders had until June 28th this year to become RTS27 compliant for Best Execution under MiFID II and, going forward, firms are required to publish, on a quarterly basis, data relating to the quality of execution in all products…

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NEX Group market volumes
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group's market volumes drop in July

London based electronic trading firm and exchange operator NEX Group PLC (LON: NXG) has also released its market volumes for the month of July today. Spot FX results were down 15% MoM. US Treasury’s numbers dropped to 125.4 with 20% MoM. The complete results can be seen in the table below: NEX Markets Volumes –…

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September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX-Click 365 volumes rise 36% MoM in August

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just released its trading volumes report for the month of August. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 76,189 ( - 31.3% MoM / - 20.7% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 3,313. 項目 August   2018 Trading Volume Daily Average Change on Previous Month Year on…

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