Plus500 Sofia office
September 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Plus500 denied financial services license in Bulgaria

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Plus500 BG EOOD, the Bulgarian subsidiary of global CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS), has been denied by the country's financial regulator Financial Services Commission (FSC) in its application to receive a financial services license in Bulgaria. The regulator did not state a reason for its decision. Plus500 has more…

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fma warning
September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against a number of unlicensed FX brokers

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) have just published g a list of new websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without authorisation to do so. Here is the list of new websites recently identified: www.1875-financeinvest.com / 1875…

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Board of Directors
September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Equifax Chairman and CEO Richard Smith retires

The Board of global information solutions company Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today announced that Richard Smith will retire as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 26, 2017. The Board appointed current Board member, Mark Feidler, to serve as Non-Executive Chairman. Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., who most recently served as President,…

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Moscow Exchange MOEX
September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX average daily trading volume up 3% MoM in August

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just released its monthly market report for the month of August and the trading volume of stocks totalled RUB 809 bln. The average daily trading volume was RUB 35.2 bln, up 3% MoM. The T+2 sector made up 93% of the total secondary market trading volume and the T0 sector accounted for…

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best MAM system MT4 MT5
September 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

What is the best MAM system for MT4 / MT5?

The following article was written by Anya Aratovskaya, VP of Institutional Sales at Advanced Markets. MAM is an acronym for Multi Account Manager, a plugin originally designed for the Meta Trader 4 Platform to allow the proportional (or any set) profit and loss distribution from Fund Manager (or Master) to Investors (or Sub Accounts).  The…

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clone firm FCA warning
September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Instant Lolly clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Instant Lolly. 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
September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC announces enforcement initiatives to combat cyber-based threats and protect retail investors

As a follow up news today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just announced two new initiatives that will build on its Enforcement Division’s ongoing efforts to address cyber-based threats and protect retail investors. The creation of a Cyber Unit that will focus on targeting cyber-related misconduct and the establishment of a retail strategy task…

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bats
September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

More than €10 billion traded on Bats LIS since launch

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings (NASDAQ:CBOE), Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today reported that more than €10 billion has executed on Bats LIS, its block trading platform powered by BIDS technology, since its launch less than 10 months ago. Bats LIS is also on track for another record month of volume…

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