Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the region’s largest and most diversified derivatives bourse, witnessed a surge in Gold and currencies trading in June, which can, in part be attributed to the recent listing of additional ‘Calendar spreads’ on the Exchange’s Gold Futures and G6 Currency contracts. The currency segment continued their upward trajectory in…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the Turkish government is issuing new regulations, which will make it illegal for Turkish residents to hold accounts or trade leveraged Forex or CFD products with foreign brokers not licensed by the country's Capital Markets Board (CMB). Turkey has been slowly tightening the screws when it comes to leveraged…
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The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. You’ve surely heard of the agile management style, haven’t you? In recent years it has become an increasingly popular method of software development, which is based on the ability to respond to change rapidly, follow a plan, test data, implement rapid iterations, and collaborate…
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Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today reported June volume and highlights for Bats LIS, its new block trading platform powered by BIDS technology, which saw more than €2 billion in notional value traded during the month, setting a new monthly record. Bats, which completed the…
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The National Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, or CNMV) in Spain has issued warnings against a number of unlicensed brokers and financial institutions targeting traders in the country. Included in the list released today are two unlicensed Retail Forex brokers, NetoTrade (operating from website netotrade.com) and GBO Capital (at gbocapital.com). Both…
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NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG) has announced that its NEX Optimisation unit, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, has launched the FX industry’s first fully automated Settlement Netting Service to streamline the bilateral settlement netting process for market participants. The Settlement Netting Service will automate settlement netting of over-the-counter foreign…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced that it will commence trading of Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs) on Asian indices starting from July 17, 2017. SGX is Asia’s first venue to offer trading in DLCs, allowing Specified Investment Products (SIP)-qualified investors to gain fixed leveraged exposure to key Asian indices. DLCs come without implied price volatility, time decay…
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Data released today by the Tokyo Financial Exchange indicated that forex trading volumes were up slightly during the month of June in Japan. The TFX indicated that the total trading volume of its FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 2,404,152, up 8.3% versus May but still way down (48.9%) from last year June. Average daily forex…
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FCA regulated Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has issued a Half Year Trading Update, indicating that its business did very well in the just-completed second quarter of the year. Without giving specific numbers, which will be delivered in early August, Plus500 stated that the business has continued to trade very strongly, with both revenues and…
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Australia financial regulator ASIC has released a consultation paper proposing guidance on managing conflicts of interest and handling material, non-public information by Australian financial services (AFS) licensees that provide sell-side research. Sell-side research is general financial advice prepared and distributed by a financial institution to investors to help them make decisions about financial products. The…
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