LiquidityBook London office
December 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LiquidityBook opens London office to support European growth

SaaS-based buy and sell-side trading solutions provider LiquidityBook has announced the opening of a new London office at 138 Holborn in Waterhouse Square. The firm, which reported that it has onboarded eight new fund manager clients in London since July, will use the new office to support its continued expansion in the region as demand for…

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ASEAN Exchanges
December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Borsa Italiana launches FTSE Italia PIR Mid Cap Futures

Borsa Italiana today announced that its Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) has further extended its product range with the launch of FTSE Italia PIR Mid Cap Futures. The innovative products were launched in response to strong and growing demand from global trading firms and asset managers looking to access an efficient financial instrument for directional trading…

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bitcoin perception
December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Buying Bitcoin: AMF and the ACPR issue a warning

In view of the rapid appreciation in value of Bitcoin in recent weeks and its volatility, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) have reminded of the risks associated with investing in these speculative assets. Bitcoin is one of the speculative assets, sometimes wrongly referred to…

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ICO fraud
December 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Digital display advertising firm Digi Outdoor Media Inc. and executives charged with multi million dollar fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against a Seattle-area outdoor digital signage advertising company and two of its senior executives, over the theft of more than $2 million from retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Digi Outdoor Media Inc.’s former chief executive officer Donald…

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drew niv fxcm
December 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM co-founders Drew Niv and David Sakhai continue selling their Global Brokerage Inc shares

Regulatory filings made with US securities authorities indicate that two co-founders and original senior members of FXCM’s management team – Drew Niv (pictured above) and David Sakhai – have continued selling their remaining shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), after recently converting their special “units” into regular Class A common shares of Global Brokerage. FXCM's founders, and several other members…

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CFTC rule enforcement
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFTC issues recommendations to CBOT, CME, COMEX and NYMEX on rule enforcement

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

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Finom Reg D ICO
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Finom launches $101 million ICO under Reg D, aims to reduce financial market entry barriers

Teufen, Switzerland based financial blockchain corporation Finom AG has announced plans to raise up to $101 million, to create world’s first blockchain-based platform to reduce financial markets entry barriers and provide Artificial Intelligence advising. Finom stated that its $101 million tokenized equity offering will be executed pursuant to Regulation D of the U.S. Securities Act of…

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December 04, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Why and how would the bitcoin bubble burst, if there was one?

As the "people's currency" is slashing through the $11,000 price point yet again, some experts are now equating bitcoin with a huge, ready-to-burst bubble. However, as CME Group and Nasdaq are already in the process of launching bitcoin futures and the technology behind the currency, blockchain, is rapidly innovating a series of industries, the question…

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December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group launches new HTML5 Web Platform

Retail forex broker FXCM Group announced today the launch of the next generation HTML5 platform, Trading Station Web 2.0. FXCM’s flagship proprietary platform, Trading Station Desktop, has built a reputation in the industry as being one of the most robust trading platforms with a great charting package and superior execution. The new HTML5 web platform…

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