Many speculations are made when it comes to Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency is going up and down all the time, fluctuating around the $8,000 level these days. However, with the blockchain infrastructure getting improved constantly, the value of Bitcoin may be going up in the future. One investor who believes in that is Tim Draper, one…
Read moreLondon Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has just announced that it today welcomes Dish TV’s Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) to trading on the Professional Securities Market. This follows the completed merger between Dish TV and Videocon d2h, creating a Direct-to Home (DTH) television service provider in India, valued at over $2.2 billion and serving over 29…
Read moreMetropolitan Stock Exchange (MSE), the youngest national level stock exchange of India has just announced that it welcomes listing of 14 IPOs. The recent additions were ICICI Securities Ltd and Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. These young companies’ entry in the capital markets gets a red carpet from MSE under the “Permitted to trade category” (PTT),…
Read moreLondon Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) has announced today the appointment of David Schwimmer as Chief Executive Officer. He will join the Group on 1 August 2018 and will be a member of the Board of Directors, LSEG plc (“the Board”). David Warren, Interim CEO and Group CFO, will continue as Group CFO and a…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Great Britain loans PVT loan Limited. 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…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that online giant Google has taken what seems to a final step in the coffin of Binary Options trading, issuing a blanket ban on all apps which allow Binary Options trading in its Google Play apps store. In its Developer Policy Center, Google Play issued new updates and guidelines for…
Read moreThe public disclosure of net short positions in EU shares influences investors’ behaviour, a recent study by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) finds ESMA shared that its latest Trends, Risks, Vulnerabilities (TRV) Report No. 1, 2018 analysed net short positions reported under the Short-Selling Regulation (SSR). The SSR data shows that there were 210,341…
Read moreBroker technology and platform solutions provider Leverate has just announced that it has expanded its resources with new private servers within the Equinix Data Center located in London. Leverate provides its customers with nearly zero downtime, reduced latency, increased execution speed, and fast, constantly available feed. Dell EMC & VSAN Hyper Converge With the Hyper-Converge…
Read moreThe Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has reprimanded and fined Instinet Pacific Limited (IPL) $17.3 million after resolving concerns over IPL’s breaches of the Code of Conduct in relation to its electronic and algorithmic trading systems and alternative liquidity pool (ALP). In November 2016, the SFC and IPL jointly…
Read moreUK 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 Swiss Privilege. Swiss Privilege 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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