May 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings’ C2 Options Exchange sets daily volume record of 966,604 contracts

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) said Wednesday trading volume at the all-electronic C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (C2) set a one-day trading record with reported trading volume of 966,604 contracts, surpassing a previous single-day record of 825,299 contracts set on November 9, 2016. Trading volume on Bats’ two options exchanges, BZX and EDGX, also each had…

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May 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Playtech shareholder vote rejects 1.5 million share grant to CEO Mor Weizer as shares hit all-time high

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that shareholders of online gaming and trading giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) have rejected a resolution put forth by the company's board of directors, to issue a one-time grant of 1.5 million Playtech shares to CEO Mor Weizer. Weizer has been CEO of Playtech since 2007. The shareholder…

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May 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FCA regulated Strand Capital Limited enters administration

Strand Capital Limited, an FCA regulated investment management firm, formally entered the Special Administration Regime (SAR) insolvency proceedings on 17 May 2017. Having reached an assessment that it was no longer solvent, Strand made an application to the court to formally initiate insolvency proceedings under SAR. Strand has approximately 3,000 customers. The joint special administrators…

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May 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFTC launches New York-based LabCFTC fintech initiative

U.S. financial regulator Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the creation of LabCFTC - a new initiative aimed at promoting responsible FinTech innovation to improve the quality, resiliency, and competitiveness of the markets the CFTC oversees. Located in New York, LabCFTC will also look to accelerate CFTC engagement with FinTech and RegTech solutions that…

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May 17, 2017 BY FIBO Group

Pound has hit a wall

Published on 17.05.2017 22:43 The pound has made a late recovery today in the European trading session after jobless numbers hit the market above expectations. The official unemployment rate released today from the UK came in at 4.6 percent, slightly above analysts’ expectations for a figure of 4.7 percent which was slightly undermined by the…

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May 17, 2017 BY admin

Bloomberg launches new RMB Bond suite for global investors

The launch of Bloomberg's RMB Bond Suite is an extension of the company's broader strategic focus on China's fixed income market, following the recent inclusion of Chinese bonds into its global fixed income indices Bloomberg today announced the launch of its new RMB Bond Suite, a set of advanced fixed income investment tools for China's…

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May 17, 2017 BY admin

Jabre Capital selects Broadridge’s trading, portfolio and risk management platform

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) announced that Jabre Capital Partners, a Geneva-based global multi-strategy asset management company, has chosen Broadridge’s integrated trading, portfolio management, and risk management platform to help manage their front, middle and back-office operations. Jabre will deploy Broadridge’s investment operations platform to manage its sophisticated, multi-asset funds. Broadridge’s fully integrated solution…

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