insider list management InsiderLog
January 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Euronext's next acquisition: insider list management company InsiderLog

Very acquisitive financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has made another acquisition, paying  €5.8 million for 80% of Stockholm based insider list management company InsiderLog. The deal to buy InsiderLog comes on the heels of other recent Euronext acquisitions in the second half of 2017, including buying the Irish Stock Exchange plc for €137 million, and Forex…

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January 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Back to School: Dash brings Blockchain scholarship to Arizona State University

It isn't just the corporate and finance worlds which are getting into digital currencies, and the technologies underpinning them. Arizona State University and Dash, a top digital currency for payments, have announced a partnership designed to accelerate research, development, and education in ways that advance blockchain transaction speed, efficiency, security, and expand its uses. The…

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FCA warning
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Prime Admin Services 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 Prime Admin Services. Prime Admin Services is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Barbican Insurance Group partners with FICO to enhance cyber underwriting

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced its partnership with Barbican Insurance Group, a multi-platform insurance group that underwrites business predominantly through its syndicates at Lloyd's of London, and which provides global cyber insurance coverage to its insureds. Barbican will use the FICO® Enterprise Security Score to measure the cybersecurity risk of insureds, and will…

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Spanish Stock Market BME Bolsa de Madrid
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MEFF to launch new FX Rolling Spot futures

MEFF (Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros) announced that it is to launch new FX futures contracts this year, called FX Rolling Spot Future (xRolling™), thus expanding the range of assets it currently offers its members and investors. The product will be a "perpetual" Future on the main pairs of currencies and with extended trading hours…

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bitcoin
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

2018 cryptocurrency predictions: Monthly survey on the top trending coins

Since the release of bitcoin in 2009, cryptocurrencies have been making waves in the finance industry. Finder has asked fintech specialists to give their 2018 cryptocurrency predictions. For January, four panelists threw their hats into the ring to predict the movements of some of the top-trending cryptocurrencies: bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH/BCC), Cardano (ADA), Ethereum…

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January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Torstone Technology enters Norwegian market

Establishes connectivity to the Norwegian Central Securities Depository Torstone Technology, a global provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announced that it has entered the Norwegian market by connecting its flagship Inferno platform to Verdipapirsentralen ASA (VPS), Norway’s Central Securities Depository. Inferno is a modern, flexible, scalable and cost-effective post-trade platform which will enable…

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