NEX Regulatory Reporting launches using its Abide Financial unit’s platform LeapRate

New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop

March 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

NEX Regulatory Reporting launches using its Abide Financial unit's platform

NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG), formerly known as ICAP plc, has announced the launch of NEX Regulatory Reporting. Led by Collin Coleman and powered by Abide Financial which NEX Group acquired late last year, NEX Regulatory Reporting brings together a suite of best-in-breed services under a single umbrella to offer clients an extremely powerful and versatile reporting…

March 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC issues another impersonators scam warning

Every several months, it seems, Cyprus financial regulator CySEC puts out some version of a warning against impersonators appearing as CySEC officials in an attempt to scam unsuspecting investors. In the latest iteration, recent instances came to the attention of CySEC which involve correspondence from the US, Canada and the Dominican Republic in which persons…

March 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary options broker Suisse Option receives warning from Canadian regulator BCSC

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated binary options broker Suisse Option, operating from website suisseoption.com. According to the BCSC, Suisse Option claims to be based in Hong Kong, and…

March 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

IG Group and CMC Markets lead Australia forex broker market, Pepperstone #1 in client satisfaction

Financial research outlet Investment Trends has released its latest report on the Australia foreign exchange trading sector, showing continued growth of the Retail Forex sector down under. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 13,000 traders and investors conducted by Investment Trends in November 2016. Overall, Investment Trends calculated 4% growth…

March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings announces additional listing on Bats BZX Exchange

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced its plans to be dually-listed on the Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. and on NASDAQ Global Select Market. Shares of CBOE Holdings common stock have been listed on NASDAQ since the company's initial public offering in 2010. In addition, the company will also be listed on the BZX Exchange…

March 08, 2017 BY admin

ChartIQ redesigns market data and financial widgets for websites

ChartIQ, the US-based charting, and platform company just announced they've redesigned their HTML5 financial portals and widgets for websites and webmasters with an increased focus on ease of use, flexibility, and interactivity. Another US-based company Xignite provides the data package to ChartIQ and is hosted in the cloud. LeapRate a few months ago spoke with…

March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes new Global X Fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats:BATS) just welcomed a new Global X Fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (Bats: PAVE) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Indxx U.S. Infrastructure Development Index. The fund holds a basket of companies involved in…

March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv integrates credit score monitoring into digital banking

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), the global provider of financial services technology solutions, has launched Credit Sense, a solution that enables financial institutions to meet consumer expectations for personalized credit information by integrating credit scores into the digital banking experience. Credit Sense provides a credit score, daily credit monitoring, insight into factors influencing credit score and…

March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japan's economy gets an upgrade in Q3 2016

Japan’s economy grew faster than first thought in the final three months of 2016. Japan’s Cabinet Office announced that real GDP grew by 0.3% in the December quarter, higher than the 0.2% preliminary reading issued in February, Business Insider reported. Despite the upgrade, it fell short of the 0.4% figure that had been eyed by markets.…

March 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Will Spain be next to limit leverage on Forex and CFD trading?

Spain's financial regulator CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) has issued its Activity Plan for 2017-2018. The plan has defined four strategic areas for the next two years, and 50 specific objectives for 2017. While the CNMV did not outline specific plans to target Forex and CFD trading (or Binary Options, for that matter), it…