June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans former credit representative

Australian regulator ASIC has announced that it has permanently banned former credit representative Mr Colin William Hulbert, of Cairns, Queensland, from engaging in credit activity. Mr Hulbert was the sole director of Channic Pty Ltd (Channic), Cash Brokers Pty Ltd (Cash Brokers) and Ang Hulbert & Associates Pty Ltd (AHA). Channic and Cash Brokers both…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Solactive launches a new suite of equity and fixed-income ESG indices

Solactive has announced that it has released the Solactive L&G ESG Index Family targeted at investors who wish to go further in integrating ESG factors into their investment strategy. This launch is the result of collaboration between Solactive and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), which combines LGIM’s proprietary Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Morgan Wealth Advisory firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Morgan Wealth Advisory. Morgan Wealth Advisory is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaQuotes introduces new account opening dialog in MT5

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that it has added to the latest platform version features a revised start dialog: traders can select a broker first, and then choose the desired account type. To make the search easier and more efficient, company logos are additionally shown in the list below. If you can't view…

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June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

IG institutional chief Mark Chesterman joins Stater Global Markets as COO

FCA regulated FX prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that it has hired Mark Chesterman, former COO of the IG Institutional division of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG). He has joined Stater Global Markets in a newly created COO role. Stater Global Markets offers institutional clients direct access to Tier 1 bank and non-bank liquidity, clearing and institutional…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Shore Capital clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Shore Capital. 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 tactics to…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has declined. Recent data suggest that growth of household spending…

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June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Spotware releases cTrader Mobile 2.8 beta upgrade with increased visibility

Forex and CFD technology solutions provider Spotware Systems has announced it has released cTrader Mobile Beta version 2.8. The new mobile version of the company's popular trading platform has some additional features providing traders with more visibility of their trading sessions and improving overall performance and usability. The cTrader Mobile 2.8 version upgrade includes: Positions,…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Clingstone Bank Plc firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Clingstone Bank Plc. Clingstone Bank Plc is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Nextmarkets gets Malta license, raises €6 million for trading platform

Cologne, Germany based fintech start-up nextmarkets GmbH has announced the closing of its Series A financing round, in which British hedge fund manager Alan Howard, Axel Springer Media for Equity GmbH, and Crypto Asset specialist Cryptology Asset Group PLC are investing €6 million euros into the company. The new investors listed above are investing alongside existing shareholders FinLab,…

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