ActivTrades office
October 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ActivTrades adds Grant Thornton senior partner Patrick Storey to its Board of Directors

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has added Patrick Storey as an independent director on its Board. Patrick Storey is a Chartered Accountant and a Founding Member and Senior Partner of Grant Thornton’s Financial Services group, and head of its regulatory team. Mr. Storey has 30 years’ experience with Grant Thornton…

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Top listings of NYSE and Nasdaq tradable on the global market of the Vienna Stock Exchange
October 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

European Lithium Limited starts trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange

The Australian company, European Lithium Limited, which operates a lithium mine in Wolfsberg, was added to trading on the Third Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange today. The stocks are traded during the single intra-day auction. Historically, the largest buyers of lithium are from the glass-making and ceramics industry according to the company. However, the…

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Moment of Truth: ESMA now requires the online publication of RTS27 and RTS28 reports
October 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA updates list of recognised third-country CCPs

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that has updated its list of recognised central counterparties (CCPs) based in third countries. Today’s update concerns: Indian Clearing Corporation Limited; National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited; and MCX-SX Clearing Corporation. The European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) requires third-country CCPs to be recognised by ESMA in order to…

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australia apac
October 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Client money reporting rules for FX brokers to take effect in Australia in April 2018

ASIC announced that it has released the finalised ASIC Client Money Reporting Rules 2017 (client money rules) which, from 4 April 2018, will impose record-keeping, reconciliation and reporting obligations on Australian financial services (AFS) licensees that hold 'derivative retail client money' within the meaning of the Corporations Act, unless the client money relates to a…

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October 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tickmill adds BTCUSD Bitcoin trading

UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill just announced that has added Bitcoin (BTCUSD), one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies, to its list of trading instruments. Bitcoin is a digital currency that is completely decentralised, meaning no central bank or organisation controls it, therefore Bitcoin trading is an attractive…

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fca warning
October 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Aston Wealth firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Aston Wealth. Aston Wealth is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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October 10, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Dubai - Blockchain Heaven

Dubai's government is the first one in the world to conduct all transactions through blockchain. The Dubai Land Department has gone completely "cashless" as part of the initiative "Dubai Blockchain Strategy" launched by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Foundation…

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October 09, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Blockchain-powered Shopping App Wys Becomes First ICO from Germany

Wysker, a Berlin-based startup that decentralizes e-commerce and that has built the first blockchain-powered shopping app, has now become the first ICO in Germany. What is more, this is the world's first blockchain-powered shopping app with a radical twist to mobile discovery and the first ICO from a company incorporated in Germany. On October 2nd, 2017 at 18:00…

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bank of russia
October 09, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Russian Miner Coin Raises $43 million in ICO

Russian Miner Coin raised $43 million through an ICO to create a “next-gen ecosystem for miners and investors,” challenging China in this field, reported East-West Digital News. Although the company had previously set a target of $100 million, the amount currently raised is a new record high for the Eastern European ICO market. According to…

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