Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company announced that has welcomed a new PowerShares PureBeta fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The launch brings the total number of PowerShares funds listed on the Bats ETF Marketplace to 16. The PowerShares PureBeta US Aggregate Bond Portfolio fund (Bats: PBND) seeks to track the investment results of…
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The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the region’s largest and most diversified derivatives bourse, announced that has recorded its highest ever daily volume on September 27, trading 202,571 contracts with a notional value of USD 4 billion. Amidst spikes in market volatility following months of relative calm, monthly volumes also reached their highest ever…
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GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported near-record trading volumes during the month of September, right on the heels of a record August for GTX – quite a surprise given the usually quiet nature of summer currency trading in the institutional world. GTX reported total trading…
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Led by The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), World Investor Week is a week-long, global campaign to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection and highlight the various initiatives of securities regulators in these two critical areas. From 2-8 October 2017, IOSCO securities regulators and other IOSCO members on six continents will provide…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA licensed Spreadbetting, FX and CFDs broker GKFX Financial Services Limited has seen a fairly impressive growth spurt, and - having raised an additional $15 million earlier this year - seems poised for more. GKFX reported that Revenues for the 16 month period September 2015 through December 2016 came…
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It was a week of both good and bad Forex Industry News, with the key stories of the week once again appearing only at LeapRate. We also saw quite a lot of financial reports from a variety of brokers from around the world. Also - some good, some not-so-good. Which investor group was granted a…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a businessman and his two companies with defrauding investors in a pair of so-called initial coin offerings (ICOs) purportedly backed by investments in real estate and diamonds. The SEC alleges that Maksim Zaslavskiy and his companies have been selling unregistered securities, and the digital tokens or coins…
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Beginning our peek into September 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that September was a very good month, if not the best so far of 2017. FX trading volumes at Hotspot FX averaged $33.1 billion daily in September, up 22% from August. Volumes at Hotspot…
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Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for September by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 29% rise in activity from August. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $20.9 billion daily in September, as compared to just $16.2 billion in August. In fact, September was FastMatch's second best…
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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) announced that has permanently banned financial adviser Koresh Daniel Houghton from providing financial services because he had engaged in misleading, deceptive and dishonest conduct and failed to act in his clients' best interests when providing advice. ASIC's surveillance of Mr Houghton found that he: had created false documents…
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