May 15, 2017 BY admin

Tradeweb adds 4 more banks to MiFID II reporting service

Tradeweb Markets, a leading global provider of fixed income, derivatives and ETF marketplaces, announced that BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Societe Generale are among the latest clients to join Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan in selecting its Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) service. The Tradeweb APA allows firms to meet pre and post-trade transparency…

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Hong Kong SFC
May 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC issues guidance on corporate transactions and the use of valuations

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a guidance note on directors' duties and a circular to financial advisers regarding valuations in corporate transactions together with a statement on the liability of valuers for disclosure of false or misleading information. The SFC shared that has become increasingly concerned that some listed companies are acquiring…

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asic bans
May 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans director and employee of Corporate Superannuation Pty Ltd

ASIC announced that has banned Mr Stuart Arnold-Levy from providing financial services for a period of four years and Mr David Heycock from providing financial services for a period of six years following an investigation. Mr Heycock was the director of Corporate Superannuation Pty Ltd (previously Australian Superannuation Pty Ltd and Superannuation in Australia Today…

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FlexTrade integrates MSCI Risk and Factor Analysis
May 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FlexTrade launches FlexAlgoWheel interface for trading algo selection

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade Systems has announced the rollout of FlexAlgoWheel, its next generation, data-driven interface to algo selection. FlexAlgoWheel incorporates real-time internal and external inputs as well as TCA to optimize the broker and algo selection process. According to Vijay Kedia, President and CEO of FlexTrade, An important, yet repetitive…

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Dukascopy adds new CFD bonds and indices for trading on LIVE
May 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dukascopy launches two-price Touch Binary Options

Swiss retail forex broker Dukascopy has announced that is launching two-price Touch Binary Options. Touch Binaries - binary options on FX currency pairs with 2 remote strike prices set around the open price of the option. At order initiation the client defines a target price level (which is the strike price that makes the option…

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clone firm FCA warning
May 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against London Global Markets clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm London Global Markets. 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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