December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ullink successfully completes MiFID II exchange upgrades

Ullink, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced today completion of the migration of all customers to the MiFID-ready versions of its market access gateways. In total more than 100 managed and enterprise-deployed customers have successfully upgraded their Ullink market access solutions across 24 European equities and derivatives…

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December 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Simon Henry resigns as compliance officer of China controlled FX broker GWFX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that learned that Simon Henry has resigned his position as Compliance Officer of FCA regulated Goldenway Global Investments (UK) Limited, which operates the GWFX Global retail FX and CFD brokerage brand (at gwfxglobal.com). Simon Henry, GWFX Simon Henry was hired by GWFX just three months ago from London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG), where…

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Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Nordic receives European Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) license

Today Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) Nordic announced that it has been approved as an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) by Finansinspektionen, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA). The license, within Nasdaq Stockholm, is a requirement in order to publish trades executed OTC, outside a regulated trading venue, on behalf of all European investment firms. New MiFID II regulations…

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December 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Plus500 adjusts affiliate CPA payments based on trader type

LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our earlier exclusive report that leading online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has decided to remove Revshare payments from its 500Affiliates.com Affiliates program due to MiFID II regulations - going to an all-CPA based system - LeapRate has learned that Plus500 is further adjusting its affiliate payment model. But this time, due…

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Belize regulator IFSC warning
December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC revokes FM Marketing Ltd. trading license

Belize financial regulator IFSC announced that it has revoked the License for Trading in Financial and Commodity-based Derivatives Instrument and other Securities (“Trading in Securities”), reference number IFSC/60/372/TS/17, issued to FM Marketing Ltd. (the “Company”) with immediate effect, pursuant to section 7(8) of the International Financial Services Commission Act, Chapter 272 of the Substantive Laws…

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December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SC Malaysia initiates aFINity Innovation Lab for alternative trading system

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today announced that parties interested in establishing and operating an Alternative Trading System (ATS) in Malaysia can apply to participate in regulatory sandbox sessions under the SC’s FinTech Innovation Lab (aFINity - alliance of FinTech community). This follows the Budget 2018 announcement on the introduction of ATS in the Malaysian…

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December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

France's AMF warns against unauthorized websites offering diamond investments

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published a list of new websites offering diamond investments, for which no authorized investment services provider could be clearly identified. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: https://alternativeplacement.com/ https://capitaldiams.com/fr/ https://crown-diamonds.com https://www.dc-pla.com/ http://www.diamants-epargne.org/ http://www.diamcenter.com/ http://www.diam-invest.com/fr/ https://www.diamonds-markets.com/ https://www.diamselection.com/ https://eurodiamond-market.com http://www.excellencevendome.com/ http://www.executive-diamond.com/ https://gestion-patrimoine4c.com/ http://hyscopatrimoine.com/ http://land.premium-diamond.com/ http://www.nouveauxplacements.com/ https://noveamining.com/ https://www.origin-diamonds.com/ http://patrimoinesolution.com/…

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