Bay Street Toronto
November 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Omega Securities opposing OSC attempt to shut down its equities trading platform

Toronto based Omega Securities Inc. has announced that it plans to vigorously oppose a temporary order that is being sought by staff of the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”), Canada's largest securities regulator, to suspend the registration of, and cease trading of any securities by the company, effective Friday, November 17. Omega’s trading platforms account for…

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Match-Trade launches a Partnership Program
November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

R3’s Corda partner network grows to over 60 companies including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel and Microsoft

The network of partners working with enterprise software firm R3 to develop distributed ledger technology (DLT) based applications on its Corda platform has grown to over 60 companies from a wide variety of industries and regions across the globe. The Corda partner network consists of companies that are actively engaged with the Corda platform, including:…

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November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IC Markets launches Stock CFDs on MT5

ASIC regulated Retail FX broker International Capital Markets Pty. Ltd. (IC Markets) informed that it has launched Stock CFD trading for clients on the MT5 platform. The release of Stock CFDs follows the addition of the multi asset MetaTrader 5 platform by IC Markets in May earlier this year, along with a number of other…

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November 14, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

By December 2018, Bitcoin will hit $20,000, says Mike Novogratz

In an interview for Reuters, Mike Novogratz, the current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners and the former macro hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group, talked about his opinion on bitcoin and why the digital currency is the new "gold". According to the Wall Street manager, bitcoin is undoubtedly a store of value. It has the…

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November 14, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

SAP is joined by 27 partners in support of a blockchain revolution

After SAP announced and launched its effort to integrate the technology of blockchain into more spheres of life such as the Internet of Things (IoT), supply chain, manufacturing and many more, the company said that 27 more partners have joined the initiative. The announcement was made at SAP TechEd Barcelona, taking place Nov. 14-16. According to…

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fcstone fine
November 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

INTL FCStone Inc units fined for Unlawful Exchange for Related Position Transactions (EFRPs)

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order filing and settling charges against FCStone Merchant Services LLC (FCStone Merchant) for entering into multiple noncompetitive trades and against INTL FCStone Financial Inc. (FCStone Financial), a registered Futures Commission Merchant based in Chicago, Illinois, for reporting non-bona fide prices to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) between December 2013…

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