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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…

December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX obtains temporary status as an "Equivalent Third-Country Trading Venue"

The EU Commission informed that it has decided to recognize the equivalence of the Swiss legal and supervisory framework for trading venues with that of the EU for a temporary period of one year. The decision allows European securities traders access to the Swiss market even after the new European financial market rules enter into…

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…

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…

December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AIAF admits to trading the new social bond of Barcelona City Council

AIAF, the Fixed Income Market of BME, today admitted to trading the new social bonds issued by that Barcelona City Council for a total amount of €35 million. The issue is part of the mandate granted to Crédit Agricole CIB by the City Council's Governing Commission to advise, structure and place one or several debt…

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…

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/…

TSE establishes an advisory group to review the TSE cash equity market structure

December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tokyo Stock Exchange launches new platform for green and social bonds

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced that it will be launching a dedicated platform on its official website for both Green and Social bonds. The platform will be available from January 22, 2018 as part of TSE's professional-oriented bond market, TOKYO PRO-BOND Market. The platform will allow issuers to post information about Green and Social…

December 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Let your voice be heard on ESMA's 30x Forex leverage plan!

Pan-European financial regulator ESMA's plans to severely restrict the online trading business in Europe, if implemented, will have far-reaching effects for traders and brokers alike. ESMA's proposals include: 30x leverage cap on Forex and CFD trading ban on 'bonus' payments to retail traders ban on Binary Options trading required negative balance protection for retail clients…

December 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NZX appoints BNP Paribas' Hugh Stevens to lead funds management business

NZX just announced the appointment of Hugh Stevens to lead the exchange’s funds management business, effective Monday 5 February 2017. Hugh Stevens will oversee NZX’s Auckland based Smartshares exchange traded funds (ETF) business and its superannuation and KiwiSaver business, SuperLife. He will report to NZX CEO Mark Peterson and the Smartshares Board. Stevens is the…