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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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued a circular to CIF licensed brokers on the island regarding the new rules recently enacted in Spain for forex and binary options trading. As was reported at LeapRate back in late March, Spanish regulator CNMV issued new rules for brokers who offer leverage of more than 10x to Spain-based…
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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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Addition of trader analytics accelerates firm’s Virtual High Touch offering while also delivering MiFID II solutions tailored for the buy side Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced its acquisition of OTAS Technologies, a market-leading analytics platform that delivers actionable market intelligence and context directly to institutional traders and portfolio managers. OTAS’s analytics and…
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Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (RCG), an independent futures brokerage based in Chicago that specializes in serving Introducing Brokers, institutions, professional traders and individual investors, today announced the appointment of Brian Ager as President of the firm’s new Institutional Forex division in New York. Ager has spent more than three decades in financial services, including more…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced the launch of a new franchise program, where partners can benefit exclusively from JFD’s global brand name, building their own regional office while simultaneously empowering their business. The company’s brand new dedicated partnerships website, recently launched, is a direct way for partners and IBs to…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Pioneer Asset Management. 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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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has responded to the European Commission's Public Consultation on The Operations of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). While the consultation has an EU focus, there are some items that are relevant to the WFE's international membership, therefore…
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There are two upcoming events that are expected to impact the price of Oil; firstly, the Iran presidential election will be held this Friday, May 19th and secondly the OPEC meeting will be held on May 25. The result of the Iran presidential election and the associated geo-political risks will likely affect its oil supply.…
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