asic bans
July 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans former director of Carter Group Pty Ltd

ASIC has permanently banned Gold Coast based financial adviser Mr Satvir Singh Birk from providing financial services. Mr Birk was an authorised representative of Professional Investment Services Pty Ltd (PIS) and a director of Carter Group Pty Ltd (Carter Group) (now in external administration) which was a corporate authorised representative of PIS. ASIC found that…

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fma warning
July 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority confirms KiwiSaver fees

The FMA has confirmed the methodology KiwiSaver scheme providers must use when calculating the dollar amount of fees paid by KiwiSaver investors for annual statements. The FMA wants to ensure providers are calculating fees accurately without burdening them with unnecessary costs and ensuring they have time to comply. KiwiSaver scheme providers must allocate fees charged…

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July 19, 2017 BY admin

US regulated binary broker Nadex to end free trading incentive program

CFTC-regulated binary options broker Nadex has given notice that its free trading incentive program will terminate at the close of business on Friday, July 21, 2017. Any account that has not made an initial funding as of 4:15 pm ET on July 21, 2017, will no longer be eligible for the fee-free trading days under the…

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Tradeiam FX broker
July 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Vistabrokers launches second Retail FX brand, TRADEiAM

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated Retail Forex broker Vistabrokers CIF Ltd, which operates the vistabrokers.com MT4 brand, has launched second website and brand called TRADEiAM, at tradeiam.com. The company has also launched an Affiliate Marketing website I AM AFFILIATES at iamaffiliates.com, to market TRADEiAM as well as other brands. Vistabrokers registered the tradeiam.com…

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July 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OeKB extends usage of Quantifi for enterprise market risk

Quantifi, a provider of risk, analytics and trading solutions, today announced that Oesterreichische Kontrollbank Aktiengesellschaft (OeKB) has extended its usage of Quantifi for enterprise market risk. Established in 1946, OeKB is Austria's main provider of financial and information services to the export industry and capital markets. In 2015, OeKB selected Quantifi as its front-to-middle office…

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July 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wall Street Horizon expands corporate event dataset with major European and Asian Index companies

Addition sees clients get Enchilada’s full 40+ corporate event datasets for FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX30, Hang Seng 50, Nikkei 225, EAFE and Dow Jones STOXX 1000 constituent companies Wall Street Horizon, an alternative data provider specializing in corporate event intelligence, today announced the expansion of its global dataset to include nearly 1,000 new companies.…

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transparent forex broker
July 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MIFiD II: Will you finally know who is on the other side of your trade?

The following article was written by Natallia Hunik, Global Head of Sales at Advanced Markets and Fortex, Inc. MiFID II, the “Markets in Financial Instruments Directive”, is legislation that is set to be implemented across the European Union on January 3rd, 2018. As this due date approaches, many market participants are scrambling to implement changes to…

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July 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HUBECN releases liquidity aggregator for MetaTrader 5

HUBECN LLC announced that has released the MetaTrader 5 FIX Bridge to HUBECN engine, which allows brokers to connect to hundreds of liquidity providers combining their quotes and providing the ability to route orders according to the Best Bid and Offer (BBO) rules. The list of available liquidity providers includes Currenex, Integral, Hotspot, LMAX, CFH,…

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