Clearstream May report shows ETF assets topping €300 billion LeapRate

June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Clearstream May report shows ETF assets topping €300 billion

Custody business for European ETFs grew by 25% over past 12 months / Vestima platform simplifies complex cross-border transactions for ETF issuers Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been highly successful with investors in recent years. Clearstream’s latest monthly report testifies to the buoyant demand for these passively managed, flexible and extremely versatile instruments, which are meeting…

June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes new Pacer ETFs to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company, today welcomed two Pacer ETFs to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (Bats: CALF) seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows Index. The Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows…

Broadridge presents new securities lending assessment solution for mutual funds

June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge launches trade reporting solution for SFTR regulatory change

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced the launch of its trade reporting solution for the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) forthcoming Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). Broadridge’s new offering will enable market participants of all types to achieve a seamless implementation and meet the projected regulatory deadlines in 2018. SFTR requires EU…

June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Bluelight Financial firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Bluelight Financial. Bluelight Financial is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FWO and ASIC target Melbourne businesses in joint campaign

The Fair Work Ombudsman and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will audit 50 businesses in the Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs in their second joint operation. On 20 and 21 June, Fair Work inspectors will be checking time and wage records to ensure employers are paying their workers correctly and complying with pay…

June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Four senior Barclays executives charged by UK Serious Fraud Office in Qatar fundraising

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that has today charged Barclays Plc and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance contrary to the Companies Act 1985. The four people charged, former senior executives with Barclays PLC, include: John Silvester Varley (age 61), the former Chief Executive Officer of…

June 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Dukascopy adds single stock CFDs to live trading

Swiss retail forex broker Dukascopy has announced that the range of tradable CFDs on single stocks at Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe has been extended. Most liquid stock CFDs from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland have been added to the platform. Currently the new instruments are available for…

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June 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Spotware's Caroline Tabet joins FX marketing boutique 120ADVERTISING.com

FX broker marketing boutique specialist firm 120ADVERTISING.com has announced the addition of Caroline Tabet to their team. Ms. Tabet joins Limassol, Cyprus based 120ADVERTISING as Product Marketing Manager. Caroline Tabet has more than 10 years of experience in international marketing and media from companies such as easyMarkets (former Easy Forex) where she led marketing for…

June 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Redline launches new Reuters FX Binary Multicast feed

Redline Trading Solutions, a provider of high-performance market data and order execution systems for automated trading, today announced a new InRush feed handler for the next-generation binary multicast feed now being rolled out for foreign exchange trading on the Thomson Reuters FX MatchingTM platform. Over the last few years, electronic trading in foreign exchange has…

June 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

UnaVista’s RegTech Partner Programme welcomes 20th member

London Stock Exchange Group’s UnaVista today announced it has welcomed more than 20 firms to its Partner Programme in the first half of 2017. The Partner Programme was launched to bring together the world's leading financial services and regulatory technology firms to increase efficiency and reduce operational and regulatory risk for clients. The UnaVista Partner…