How to earn money from affiliate programs
December 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Plus500 removes Revshare payments from its Affiliates program due to MiFID II regulations

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that leading CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has decided to halt its Revshare payments with affiliates in its 500Affiliates.com program ahead of MiFID II regulations, moving instead to an all-CPA (cost-per-acquisition) model. While most affiliates of FCA and CySEC licensed Plus500 have been working with the CPA model to date,…

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A look at the ASX 200 as it heads into its third decade of trading
December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASX selects Distributed Ledger Technology to replace CHESS

ASX today announced its intention to replace CHESS using distributed ledger technology (DLT) developed by its technology partner Digital Asset (DA). CHESS (Clearing House Electronic Subregister System) is the system used by ASX to record shareholdings and manage the clearing and settlement of equity transactions in Australia. It was world-leading when introduced in the 1990s,…

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cme building
December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group declares annual variable dividend of $3.50 per share

Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) today declared its annual variable dividend, amounting to $3.50 per share. The dividend is payable January 15, 2018, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2017. When CME Group adopted its annual variable dividend structure in February 2012, the intention was to determine the excess cash available at the end…

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December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Susan Swart to leave as Chief Information Officer of the International Monetary Fund

Susan Swart, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Chief Information Officer and Director of its Information Technology Department (ITD), has decided to leave the Fund in early 2018 for personal reasons. Ms. Swart joined the IMF in June 2012, following a distinguished career at the U.S. State Department. Susan brought with her the expertise and international…

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December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LSE welcomes Indian Railway Finance Corporation’s First Green Bond

London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced that it welcomes Indian Railway Finance Corporation’s (IRFC) first green bond. The ten year dated green bond raised $500 million with an annual yield of 3.835 per cent and listed on London Stock Exchange’s new International Securities Market. The bond was more than three times oversubscribed and received strong international…

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FXCM FX trading volumes
December 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM FX trading volumes up 14% in November 2017 to $218 billion

After seeing a fairly slow start to the fall trading season, retail forex broker FXCM has posted fairly strong FX trading volume metrics for November. FXCM volumes were $218 billion in November, up 14% from $192 billion in October. Average customer trading volume per day of $9.9 billion in November was also 14% higher than…

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bitcoin
December 06, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

New all-time high: Bitcoin reaching $13,000 price level

Close to the launch of bitcoin futures by CME Group and other exciting news, the “people’s currency” is going through the roof. While many thought that Zimbabwe enjoyed a price level of around $14,000 that is not easily attainable in other countries, today Bitcoin gained over $1,200 in just 24 hours. The truth is, based…

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