Jamie Beadle Investoo
August 28, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX affiliate Investoo adds Jamie Beadle as COO, James McCarthy as GC

Fast-growing FX and cryptocurrency affiliate company Investoo Group has continued to build its senior management team, announcing two more senior hires. Just a few days after we had reported that Investoo hired Worldpay VP James Beale as Chief Finance Officer, the company has announced the appointment of Jamie Beadle (pictured above) as Chief Operating Officer, and…

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Huobi Chain announces Expert Advisory Committee
August 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Huobi Chain announces Expert Advisory Committee

Huobi Chain has announced the eight members of the Huobi Chain Expert Advisory Committee. These esteemed experts in the blockchain & technology space include Steve Hoffman, Laura Xiaolei Liu, OOI Beng Chin, Don Tapscott, Jeffrey Wernick, Lon Wong, Jihan Wu, and, Randi Zuckerberg. The Huobi Chain expert advisory board will act as a think tank…

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SFC fines
August 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Legg Mason Inc. fined over $34 million by SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay over $34 million to resolve an SEC charge that the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in a scheme to bribe Libyan government officials. According to the SEC’s order, between 2004 and 2010, a former Legg Mason asset management…

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August 28, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Iran is ready with the state-backed cryptocurrency draft

Iran is one of those countries that arguably is going to launch its own cryptocurrency very soon. After Venezuela made the Petro. a digital coin, its official currency, some other countries seem to be ready to launch their own digital money. According to media, the President of Iran, Mr. Hassan Rouhani stated that the cryptocurrency "plan"…

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SGX announces trading volumes
August 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nikko AM SGD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF listed on SGX

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has welcomed the listing of Nikko AM SGD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that offers investors easy access to a basket of Singapore Dollar-denominated, investment grade corporate bonds in affordable units. This ETF is launched by Nikko Asset Management (Nikko AM), one of the largest ETF managers…

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Broctagon Prime switches to MetaTrader 5
August 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broctagon Prime switches to MetaTrader 5

The Cyprus-based broker Broctagon Prime has just announced that it starts offering its clients the fifth-generation multi-asset trading platform MetaTrader 5 developed by MetaQuotes Software. Broctagon Prime is licensed by CySEC and is fully compliant with the regulations of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). The company specializes in Spot FX and Commodities to continually…

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Cboe Global Markets
August 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe to launch U.S. High Yield Corporate Bond Index futures trading

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBOE) has announced that Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE), plans to offer trading in Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index (IBHY) futures beginning September 10, 2018, pending regulatory review. The $8.5 trillion U.S. corporate bond market includes robust cash and exchange-traded fund (ETF) markets, however, there is currently no…

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Kripto Mobile Corporation teams up with Dash Text
August 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Latin Americans provided with Dash ecosystem KRIP phones

Dash, the digital currency for payments and e-commerce, has announced an exclusive relationship with Kripto Mobile Corporation (KRIP), a mobile brand of cryptocurrency-enabled phones, to provide Latin Americans with a new, affordable way of acquiring and using cryptocurrencies for everyday transactions. The phones come pre-loaded with a complete Dash ecosystem, including the Dash wallet, the…

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sfc bans
August 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC bans individual for a year

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has banned Ms Fonia Kwok Lai Kwan from re-entering the industry for 12 months from 25 August 2018 to 24 August 2019 following her conviction for unlicensed asset management. The Eastern Magistrates’ Court found that between 2009 and 2015, Kwok, who was the…

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Deribit launches a trading product that tracks the Bitcoin price
August 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deribit launches a trading product that tracks the Bitcoin price

Deribit, the Bitcoin futures and options exchange, has announced that it is launching the Deribit Perpetual, a trading product that tracks the Bitcoin price. Deribit's trading platform is able to handle thousands of order requests per second with a transaction speed of around only a few milliseconds per order. The Perpetual allows traders to take…

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