July 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Which Game of Thrones Character Represents Your Trading Style?

The following article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Member of  the Management Board of Admiral Markets Group AS. Hello, It’s summertime and many traders are off on vacation, so this week’s the perfect time for something fun... In celebration of the new season of the hugely popular Game of Thrones TV-series, we at Admiral Markets invite…

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July 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Endo International restructures manufacturing network

Endo International plc (NASDAQ: ENDP) today announced that after completing a comprehensive review of its manufacturing network, the Company will be ceasing operations and closing its manufacturing and distribution facilities in Huntsville, Alabama. The closure of the facilities is expected to take place over the next 12 to 18 months. The Huntsville location has been…

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MOEX launches trading in sunflower seed futures
July 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Index Committee approves amendments to MOEX index methodology

On 19 July 2017, the Moscow Exchange Index Committee agreed amendments to the calculation methodology for the MOEX indices, which reflected increased liquidity requirements for constituent stocks and an option for a variable amount of securities in the index. According to the updated methodology, the liquidity factor, i.e. the ratio of the annual trading volume…

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clone firm FCA warning
July 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Oxford Capital Partners clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Oxford Capital Partners. 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…

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Bitcoin price crash
July 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

What’s the deal with Cryptocurrencies?

The following article was written by Oskar Pecyna, CEO of IFM Trade. Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies are a hot topic recently being widely discussed in the mainstream media. While Ether and Bitcoin are being purchased mainly by individual investors, the combined value of all Ether and Bitcoin is now worth more than the market capitalisation of…

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sec whistleblower award
July 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

JPMorgan whistleblowers share a record $61 million award

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that is giving away a record $61 million award to two whistleblowers for helping make the case that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) failed to disclose to wealthy clients that it was steering them into investments that would be most profitable for the bank, Bloomberg shared yesterday. The…

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central bankers fx
July 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Keeping up with the central banks

The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). ECB just winked to the hawks The European Central Bank (ECB) will not discuss about what to do with its Quantitative Easing (QE) program until the end of summer. President Mario Draghi said that…

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