April 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans former financial adviser for dishonest conduct

ASIC has announced that it has permanently banned Mr Grant Desmond Taylor, of Montmorency, Victoria from providing financial services after finding he engaged in dishonest and deceptive conduct towards his clients. ASIC also found that Mr Taylor was not of good fame or character. Mr Taylor was an authorised representative of GWM Adviser Services Ltd…

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April 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

dxFeed to provide Nasdaq market data feed for HELDENTRADER targeting US market day traders

dxFeed, market data provider for the global financial industry, has announced a strategic partnership with Heldental Holding, one of the leading proprietary trading companies in German-speaking countries and the Benelux countries. dxFeed will deliver market data directly from Nasdaq exchange to the end-users of dxFeed HELDENTRADER terminals, ensuring lowest latency and highest-grade data quality. The…

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April 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

The Rise and Fall of Crypto or Just Another Swing?

The following article was written by AMarkets, a St. Vicent & the Grenadines (FSA) regulated global forex broker established in 2007. Cryptocurrencies are well established in the portfolios of private investors, who, unlike institutional funds, do not fear huge volatility and vulnerability to speculation. The same thing that attracts new investors is, at the same…

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April 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC warns against BitConnect, BitConnect Coin and the BCC Exchange

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has just made a warning against BitConnect. BitConnect manages the websites bitconnect.co and bitconnectcoin.co, where it claims to operate an online exchange platform known as the BCC Exchange. These sites offer multiple investment opportunities that include “mining”, “trading” and “staking” BitConnect Coin, which is also known as BCC Coin. BitConnect…

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April 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets launches Cboe One-Year Volatility Index

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the launch of up-to-the-minute market estimates of one-year volatility, the Cboe One-Year Volatility Index (ticker: VIX1Y), calculated by using real-time prices of options in the S&P 500® Index (SPXSM). The introduction of VIX1Y will give traders the ability to track the relative movements of one-month and one-year…

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April 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans former Suncorp Financial Services financial adviser

ASIC has announced that it has banned Queensland financial adviser Gerald Grubwinkler from providing financial services for four years. ASIC found that Mr Grubwinkler failed to act in his clients' best interests when providing advice on superannuation and insurance. Specifically, ASIC found that Mr Grubwinkler had failed to: adequately identify the subject matter and scope…

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