May 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse elects three new members to Supervisory Board

Deutsche Börse AG has just announced that its shareholders gave their approval to increase the number of Supervisory Board members from 12 to 16. In addition, the following new members were elected for three leaving members of the shareholder representatives: During his professional career in Germany and abroad, Martin Jetter has held various senior roles…

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May 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

smartTrade adds cryptocurrency trading on its FX Platform LiquidityFX

Multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider smartTrade Technologies has announced the addition of Cryptocurrencies to its FX Trading Platform, LiquidityFX (LFX). The Cryptocurrency market is growing fast, and a large percentage of the current trading volumes is concentrated on the top ten cryptocurrencies, which accounts for about 70% of daily turnover. It is also highly decentralized…

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May 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges owner of investment firm in Belize Airport financing scam

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged the owner of a Manhattan-based alternative investment firm with misappropriating close to $6 million in investor funds earmarked to finance the construction of an international airport in Belize. The SEC’s complaint alleges that between 2014 and 2017, Brent Borland sold more than $21 million…

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May 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SafeCharge to provide hosted payment solution for Danish regulated sports betting platform Youbet

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that it has partnered with Danske Spil A/S, the national lottery in Denmark, to power its regulated sports betting platform “Youbet” and drive expansion into this local regulated market. Danske Spil has implemented SafeCharge Cashier, a hosted payment page solution optimised for maximum…

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May 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Saxo Bank Australia hires JB Markets’ Eleanor Creagh as Markets Strategist

Saxo Capital Markets, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has just announced the appointment of Eleanor Creagh to the newly-created role of Australia Markets Strategist. Ms Creagh will support Saxo’s expert Global Sales Trading team with trading ideas and financial market insights, reporting to Saxo Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Chief Investment Strategist, Steen…

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May 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe, IHS Markit and BlackRock to launch first U.S. corporate bond index futures

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced a collaboration with IHS Markit Ltd. (Nasdaq: INFO) and BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), for Cboe to develop the first-ever broad-based U.S. corporate bond index futures. The new futures’ design will leverage the deep and liquid iShares ETF ecosystem and iBoxx index expertise to create exchange-listed products that are…

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May 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Playtech shareholders reject CEO and Directors' pay policy at Annual Meeting

In a fairly rare occurrence in today's corporate world, online gaming and financial technologies provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has seen its shareholders reject the company's proposed Annual Report on Remuneration at the company Annual Meeting held yesterday in the Isle of Man. Except in rare circumstances, annual meeting board resolutions are usually adopted (by wide margins) at…

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May 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Howey Coins - the SEC with its fake ICO

The SEC has decided to go for an unconventional manner to teach people about ICOs and related scams. The SEC has just launched its very own fake cryptocurrency website, called HoweyCoin website. According to press, the SEC chose the Howey Coins because of the so called Howey Test, where the "an all too good to be…

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May 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The HomeMine ICO - when home appliances mine cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies are undeniably changing the way people live and think about money. Now, an upcoming ICO turns our home appliances into cryptocurrency mining machines. According to Coinschedule.com, HomeMine presents a unique opportunity for all to earn on the model of the so called "passive mining" that involves different electrical appliances. HomeMine is actually a device…

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