FX Industry Week Review: CySEC forex broker license, Formax Prime launch, FXDD-IronFX merger off, and lots more… LeapRate

December 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: CySEC forex broker license, Formax Prime launch, FXDD-IronFX merger off, and lots more…

Which FX broker is the latest to get a CySEC CIF license? Which China-backed, FCA-licensed ECN broker launched in London? Why was the FXDD-IronFX merger called off? What major change did Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) make to its Affiliate program? Answers to these questions and more appeared exclusively or first at LeapRate this week. Some of our…

December 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton backing crude token ICO OilCoin

In one of the most stark examples of "establishment" people jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon, former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton - one of the most recognizable faces and symbols of financial regulation - revealed this weekend that he is deeply involved in the ICO of a new token called OilCoin. OilCoin plans to launch its ICO…

December 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Global Brokerage to voluntarily delist common shares from NASDAQ Capital Market

Global Brokerage, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLBR), formerly known as FXCM Inc, announced today that it has notified The NASDAQ Stock Market (Nasdaq) of its intention to voluntarily withdraw its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 (the "Common Stock"), from listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market (the "Exchange"). Global Brokerage intends to file a Form 25, Notification…

December 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC releases Rule Enforcement Review of CBOT, CME, COMEX, and NYMEX

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) has issued the results of a rule enforcement review that recommends the exchanges reviewed make certain improvements as noted below. The Division reviewed the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX), and the New York Mercantile…

December 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Admiral Markets raising €5 million in Nasdaq Tallinn listed 10-year bonds issue

Tallinn, Estonia based Retail FX brokerage group Admiral Markets has announced the commencement of a planned €5 million capital raise, via an offering of unsecured subordinated bonds. The public offering of unsecured subordinated bonds is arranged by Admiral Markets AS and the subscription period runs from December 8-19, 2017. The issue is targeted both to…

December 08, 2017 BY admin

Nasdaq Tallinn has started the listing procedure of Admiral Markets AS bonds

A public offering of subordinated bonds by the online trading provider Admiral Markets AS commenced today, 8 December 2017. In the same Nasdaq Tallinn has started the procedure of listing the bonds of Admiral Markets AS on the Baltic Bond List, following the company’s respective application yesterday. The bond issue’s volume is €5m, as announced…

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December 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Asia Equity Exchange Group closes a private placement for $15 million of common shares

Asia Equity Exchange Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS:AEEX), an equity investment and financing information services provider in Asia, announced today that it has completed a self-directed private placement (the "Placement") of 4,300,000 shares of common stock of the Company for $3.5 per share pursuant to a Subscription Agreement dated November 21, 2017 (the "Subscription"). The gross proceeds…

December 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC calls on preparers to focus on financial report quality and new requirements

ASIC has called on companies to focus on giving information for users of financial reports that is useful and meaningful, and to address the impact of major new accounting requirements. Announcing its focus areas for year-ending 31 December 2017 financial reports of listed entities and other entities of public interest with many stakeholders, ASIC highlighted…

December 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SET average derivatives trading rose 26.3% YoY in November volumes report

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) just released its November volumes report and the SET Index gained 10 percent from the end of last year to 1,697.39 points at the end of November, but dropped 1.4 percent from the end of October. Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) average derivatives trading volume was 352,292 contracts per day,…

December 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Herald Investment Trusts clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Herald Investment Trusts. 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 of their tactics…