ASIC imposes additional license conditions on MyPlanner Australia LeapRate

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC imposes additional license conditions on MyPlanner Australia

ASIC has negotiated the imposition of additional conditions on the Australian financial services (AFS) license of MyPlanner Australia Pty Ltd (MyPlanner) after they found MyPlanner was giving poor financial advice, and lacked adequate monitoring and supervision of its representatives. As a large number of representatives and staff recently moved to a second AFS licence, MyPlanner…

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Independence Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Independence Loans. 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 to…

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex reaching major milestones in 2017

2017 has been an important year for Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group. After seeing challenging market conditions as a consequence of an election cycle in Europe, shortly before year-end, all eyes are now on MiFID II. Eurex is ready and is supporting the transition of markets”, said Randolf Roth,…

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX FX Market turnover grows by 6% YoY in November

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of November. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange`s markets in November was RUB 70.4 trln. The Bond Market posted the strongest volume growth (+43.3% YoY). Turnover also grew on the Equity Market (+9.1% YoY) and FX Market (+6.2% YoY). Equity and Bond Market…

LMAX Exchange Group receives Gibraltar DLT license

December 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: CySEC CIF license granted to Jin Liu's new China focused FX broker RZT Capital Ltd

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has granted a CIF license to a new company called RZT Capital Ltd, with plans to launch as a Retail FX broker. RZT Capital is owned by Jin Liu, an Australia-based Chinese national who has been a Manager at ASIC regulated Ruizean Group for the…

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tickmill launches Vietnamese language website

UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill just announced the launch of its Vietnamese language website following rapid expansion in the Vietnamese market. This is an integral part of Tickmill's ongoing effort to offer localised solutions for traders all over the world. Its Vietnamese website offers advanced functionalities, user-friendly features,…

Eurex reports 192.1 million traded contracts in June

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex Clearing cooperates with five execution platforms for OTC service

BGC Partners, Bloomberg, i-Swap, a TP ICAP Group company, Tradeweb and Tradition’s Trad-X are each seeking to become an ‘Approved Platform’ as part of the Eurex Clearing Partnership Program framework. Eurex Clearing, one of theCentral Counterparties (CCP) and part of Deutsche Börse Group, announced that it cooperates with major execution platforms for OTC traded interest…

Monex teams up with Shizuoka Bank to launch financial instruments intermediary services

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monex Group with steady volumes report in November

Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in November 2017. Global DARTs (DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue) were up 10% to 299,530 MoM. Number of total…

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Calypso cloud services with ISO / IEC 27001:2013 certification

Calypso Technology Inc., a provider of cloud-enabled capital markets and investment management software and services, today announced it has obtained the Information Security Management System Standard ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for its Cloud services offerings. This reflects our commitment to protect our clients’ data and our systems. Our clients benefit from knowing that Calypso Cloud services…

December 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Digital display advertising firm executives charged with bilking investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informed that it has today charged a Seattle-area outdoor digital signage advertising company and two of its senior executives with stealing 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…