ASEAN Exchanges
August 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BISX lists the Oil & Gas Opportunity Lending Fund Ltd.

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) just announced that the Oil & Gas Opportunity Lending Fund Ltd. (the Fund) has successfully completed the BISX Mutual Fund Listing Process. As a result, the Fund’s shares have now been added to the roster of funds listed on the Exchange. The Oil & Gas Opportunity Lending Fund Ltd.…

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August 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Vest Technologies and the OIC offer Options Strategy Builders tool

CBOE Vest Technologies, a software company enabling users to work with target outcome investment strategies, and the Options Industry Council (OIC), a provider of unbiased options education, announced that are working together to educate investors and broaden the appeal of options with a new online tool, The Options Strategy Builders. The Options Strategy Builders, available…

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DFSA
August 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Three companies fined in CFTC precious metals and diamonds anti-fraud action

Slemmer Enterprises, Dorrian Enterprises and Roth Investment Group all part of the Berkley Enterprise that defrauded customers The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge William P. Dimitrouleas of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a Consent Order against Defendants Jeffrey Slemmer of Acton, Massachusetts, Christian Dorrian of Boynton…

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asic bans
August 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans former Tasmanian financial adviser

ASIC has permanently banned Daniel Joseph Noonan, a former financial adviser based in Hobart, from the credit and financial services industries. Mr Noonan was banned after pleading guilty and being convicted of 97 counts of fraud and 10 counts of stealing in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on 23 June 2017, following an investigation by…

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Mark Carney BoE macroprudential measures
August 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Bank of England doves consolidating power

The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The UK inflation fell by 0.1% on month to July versus 0.0% expected by analysts. Apparently, the soft pound didn’t cause a positive readjustment in British consumer prices. The headline inflation remained unchanged at…

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Gain Capital forex.com
August 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital shares trade down by 12% after pricing $80 million Convertible Notes offering

Shares of FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), the parent company of Retail FX broker Forex.com and institutional FX platform GTX, were down sharply on Thursday morning NYSE trading after the company announced it had successfully priced an $80 million Convertible Notes offering, which we first reported last night. GCAP shares were at $6.04…

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August 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet announces strategic tech hire to support growth of Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Patrick Strobel as Head of Technology for EMEA. In this newly formed role, Strobel will be responsible for building out Liquidnet’s strategic IT architecture in EMEA with an emphasis on the region’s Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions. He brings over sixteen years’ experience…

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Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
August 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq First North receives UK Growth Market status

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that Nasdaq First North has been granted UK Growth Market status, the first marketplace outside of the UK to achieve this status. The new status means that UK-based investors will receive tax exemptions on investments in UK-based companies listed on Nasdaq First North, and is yet another step towards making…

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z.com trade fx broker
August 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Z.com upgrades its execution engine, adds CFDs

GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177) has announced the launch of a significant upgrade in their range of products and services. The new services are powered by a new execution engine to facilitate improved execution speeds, over 40 new tradable products including newly added…

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