BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TP ICAP announces senior hires in Institutional Services division

Interdealer broker TP ICAP (LON:TCAP) has announced a number of senior appointments within its Institutional Services division. Jonathan Gane has joined Institutional Services as Managing Director. He joins from Fort Rock Asset Management, where he was CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer. He previously worked at Société Générale as the Global Head of Origination and Structuring…

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October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Global Market sets out Guidance on Initial Coin Offerings and virtual currencies

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has set out in Guidance its approach to Initial Coin/Token Offerings (ICOs) and virtual currencies under the Financial Services and Markets Regulations (FSMR). Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has extraordinarily wide application to financial services and markets as a whole. Virtual tokens, at their…

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October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex Clearing announces partnership program

Eurex Clearing, a part of Deutsche Börse Group, announced that has developed a partnership program designed to further accelerate the development of a liquid, EU based alternative for the clearing of interest rate swaps. Eurex Clearing has designed the program in close consultation with major participants in the interest rate swap market including dealers, end-clients…

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Bitcoin astounds again – Testing $9,000, share up to 61% - What’s next?
October 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Trading Bitcoin and Altcoins safely and wisely

The following article was written by blogger and trader Investor Greg. The Concept Cryptocurrency trading offers great opportunities to today’s traders and investors. Main cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC), are traded every day, in various strategies. Traders who use technical analysis tools believe that cryptocurrencies obey technical analysis more than classic markets…

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clone firm FCA warning
October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Cedar Call clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Cedar Call. 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…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Robert Evans III named Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance in SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Robert Evans III has been named Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance in the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance. The office spearheads the division’s outreach to non-U.S. issuers that access the U.S. capital markets. Mr. Evans recently joined the Division of Corporation Finance after…

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saxo bank fx volumes
October 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank FX volumes strong, Commodities and Equities weak in mixed September trading

Copenhagen based online brokerage provider Saxo Bank has reported steady but mixed overall trading volumes for September 2017, with FX trading up but Commodities and Equities somewhat weaker than in August. Overall, total multi-asset trading volumes at Saxo Bank were down 2% MoM in September, $342.6 billion versus $348.4 billion in August. We'd note that monthly volumes…

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