April 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Élysée is calling
The major question is who, between Francois Fillon and Emmanuel Macron, will be racing against Le Pen?
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April 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
KCG announces Q1 2017 earnings, Virtu Financial Inc. acquires all shares of KCG's Class A Common Stock
KCG announces consolidated earnings of $0.05 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2017 KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement for Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT) to acquire all outstanding shares of KCG's Class A Common Stock for $20.00 per share in cash. The price represents…
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April 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
SFC enhances access to licensing information
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published a comprehensive Licensing Handbook to provide easier access to licensing information. The licensing section of the SFC website has also been revamped to improve the user experience. The new Licensing Handbook consolidates information previously issued by the SFC in its Licensing Information Booklet and in frequently asked…
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April 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
MT5 lands first German client in Forex and CFDs group FXFlat / CapTrader
Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has just announced that the first MetaTrader 5 broker in Germany is the company FXFlat. The advent of MetaTrader 5 is going full speed with FXFlat becoming the first German broker to offer an alternative for MetaTrader 4. The company is a full-fledged STP broker regulated by the Federal Financial…
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April 21, 2017 BY Hantec Markets
DAX futures analysis 21/04/2017
DAX futures (JUNE 2017 contract is FDXM7, continuation contract is FDXc1) A choppy session closed higher yesterday but does little to change the outlook which remains corrective. A near three week downtrend remains intact and the market is still stuck with the resistance band 12,070/12,130. The outlook is likely to be driven to an extent…
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April 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
Bloomberg and Bats Europe announce joint initiative on MIFID II reporting
Bloomberg and Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, have announced they plan to provide Bloomberg customers with the ability to use their respective Approved Publication Arrangements (APA) to fulfil MiFID II transparency reporting requirements. Under MiFID II, market participants are facing a steep increase of reporting tasks they need to manage, for…
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April 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Darwinex parent company Tradeslide grows revenues to $1 million, monthly volume $8 billion
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings made in the UK that FCA regulated broker Tradeslide Trading Tech Limited, which operates the Darwinex.com forex social and copy trading network, has seen a nice bump in Revenues and Profits during its second full year of operation. Darwinex Revenues grew from just €146,500 in 2015 to…
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April 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
FCA warns against Zeb Insurance 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 Zeb Insurance. Zeb Insurance is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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April 21, 2017 BY Hantec Markets
Sentiment cautious in front of French Presidential election
Market Overview Trading sentiment is increasingly cautious in front of Sunday’s first round of voting for the French Presidential election that is too close to call. Key forex and equity markets are consolidating, with the euro steady, DAX and CAC trading only marginally lower and gold also very much in wait and see mode. An…
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April 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
CFTC charges purported hedge fund Capitol Equity FX LLC with fraud
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Eastern Division, against Capitol Equity FX LLC, a purported hedge fund operating in California, and its principals and agents, Robert Leland Johnson IV and Marisa Elena Johnson, both of…
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