Thomson Reuters updates its Legal Tracker LeapRate

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters updates its Legal Tracker

Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) just announced that corporate legal departments can more easily compare their performance to industry benchmarks and streamline frequently-used workflows with new automation tools in the latest update of Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker™ (formerly Serengeti Tracker™), the e-billing and matter management solution. Tracker Benchmark Index data is now available in…

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats Europe launches two new indices designed to measure impact of Brexit on UK companies

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, today announced it has launched the Bats Brexit 50/50 Indices, two new benchmark indices designed to reflect the impact of Brexit on UK companies. The two indices – the Bats Brexit High 50 and Bats Brexit Low 50 – are designed to act as barometers for…

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japan SESC to fine Prospect Asset Management, Inc. for insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC), today, made a recommendation to the Prime Minister and the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency that an administrative monetary penalty payment order be issued in regard to insider trading of the shares of Tri-Stage inc. by Prospect Asset Management, Inc. (PAMI) pursuant to Article 20(1) of the…

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AxiTrader hires Filippo De Rosa to head its Middle East operations

Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp continues its global expansion and has appointed Filippo De Rosa to head its Middle East operations. De Rosa brings more than 12 years of experience in retail and institutional sales in the global CFD and FX markets to his new role, which will see…

March 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels AFSL of Aquaint Capital Limited

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Aquaint Capital Limited (in liquidation) ACN 110 353 065. Aquaint is the responsible entity for Aquaint Income Fund ARSN 114 372 619 (the Scheme). It was placed into liquidation on 1 September 2016 following a creditors' resolution that Aquaint be wound up on the basis…

March 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM cuts Board to seven with departures of Eric LeGoff and Jim Brown

The departures at retail forex broker FXCM and its newly-named parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) aren't limited to just the management ranks. The company has announced that two outside directors, Eric LeGoff, and James G. (Jim) Brown, would be stepping down from the Global Brokerage board, without replacements planned. Following the departures of LeGoff and Brown,…

March 21, 2017 BY admin

Spain sets in motion stricter marketing of retail Forex and CFD accounts

Back on March 8th, LeapRate covered when Spain’s financial regulator CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) issued its Activity Plan for 2017-2018... In that activity plan, the CNMV did not outline specific plans to target Forex and CFD trading, but it did state that one of its four strategic objectives will include “analysis of initiatives…

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vision Financial Partners fined more than $6.5 million in CFTC binary options fraud action

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge James I. Cohn of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a Consent Order against CFTC Defendants Neil Pecker with a last-known address in Longwood, Florida and his company, Vision Financial Partners, LLC (Vision) of Deerfield Beach, who were charged…

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes Saba Capital Management as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, today welcomed Saba Capital Management, L.P., as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The Saba Closed-End Funds ETF (Bats: CEFS), and Saba’s first ever ETF, is an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate high income by investing in closed-end funds trading at a discount…

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hellenic Bank Ltd renounces CySEC license

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) announced that, on 15th March 2017, the Cyprus Investment Firm Hellenic Bank (Investments) Ltd renounced its authorization pursuant to section 24(1)(b) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007. As stated in the renouncement letter of the Company, which provided investment services via the…