May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Worldline to launch its Instant Payments software package with BRED

BRED has announced that it has selected CRISTAL Instant Payments licensed software package from Worldline (Euronext: WLN), European payment and transaction services company, for the implementation of its Instant Payment platform. The new platform must provide fast and secure real-time processing of transactions in accordance with the standard established by the European Payments Council for…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TORA teams up with Trax for MiFID II trade and transaction reporting

TORA, provider of the industry’s advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), has just announced that it has partnered with Trax, the post-trade services and European market data division of MarketAxess, to help their mutual clients meet MiFID II trade and transaction reporting requirements. This development is the latest in a range of solutions…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Invesco launches low cost ETFs on floating rate notes

Invesco has announced that it is launching three ETFs for investors wanting passive exposure to floating rate notes (FRNs), an asset class seeing increased demand from investors concerned about rising interest rates. In 2017, 20% of the flows into European fixed income ETFs went into FRN ETFs, and 55% in the first quarter of 2018…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC fines Noah Holdings Limited HK$5 million for regulatory breaches

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has publicly reprimanded and fined Noah Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited (Noah HK) HK$5 million over Noah HK’s internal system and control failures in its sale and distribution of investment products. In particular, Noah HK had failed to comply with various regulatory requirements on know-your-client,…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against Coin City Limited

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning to a company called Coin City Limited. Coin City Limited Website: www.coincity.co.nz The FMA has recommended exercising caution before dealing with website www.coincity.co.nz as it has the characteristics of a scam. The website www.coincity.co.nz is not associated with, nor an authorised representative of the New…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto Facilities hires Euromoney Indices’ Sui Chung to head index and pricing

Crypto Facilities, the cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider, has today announced the appointment of Sui Chung to lead its index and pricing products business. Crypto Facilities offers individuals and institutions regulated, transparent and secure trading 24/7/365. The firm is also a provider of cryptocurrency indices, calculating the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate and Real…

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May 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Should Investors Fear Another European Crisis?

The following article was written by Jasper Lawler, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker LCG. European markets fell on Friday after the Spanish socialist party (PSOE) leader, Pedro Sanchez, declared his intention to organize a no confidence vote to topple the current government over the ongoing Gürtel political corruption scandal. With increasing concerns over…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Markets adds Bloomberg FX Benchmark to eFix Matching Service

NEX Markets, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business that provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, has just announced that Bloomberg FX (BFIX) rates will be added to the NEX eFix Matching Service, which enables customers to execute fixing interest electronically via the EBS Market platform. The BFIX benchmark…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Get Financial 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 Get Financial. Get Financial is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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