Deutsche Börse Group completed the divestiture of its remaining shareholding in BATS Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) last night. After receiving a cash and share consideration as part of the acquisition of BATS by Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE), the CBOE shares were sold in the market. The divestiture is part of Deutsche…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail Forex brokerage ETX Capital has made another major acquisition of the client list of an active Forex brokerage, its third such acquisition over the past three years. And apparently it is looking for more. The acquired client list is of PipIndex, an MT4 broker which was effectively…
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The Financial Conduct Authority has today confirmed that it will introduce a deadline for making new payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints. The final deadline for making a new PPI complaint will be 29 August 2019. To encourage consumers to decide whether to act about PPI before the deadline, the FCA will run a two-year consumer…
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Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) today announced that it is providing its payments technology to Funzing, an innovative sharing economy marketplace. Funzing is a community marketplace that connects hosts that have created unique experiences with members of the public looking for an unusual way to use their free time. The…
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NEX Exchange, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which operates a regulated, UK stock exchange for small and medium companies, announced that it has launched NEX Reg, a new think tank focused on regulatory and market structure issues. Kay Swinburne MEP has been appointed as Chair and she will work with senior leaders from across NEX…
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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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Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) announced that it intends to purchase up to 6 million of its common shares through private agreements with two armʹs-length third-party sellers. Any shares purchased under these agreements will count towards the company’s existing normal course issuer bid (NCIB), which allows it to buy back up to 37.5 million…
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Order book turnover on Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange across all asset classes stood at €109.0 billion in February (February 2016: €130.7 billion), Deutsche Börse announced today. Of the €109.0 billion, €97.8 billion were attributable to Xetra (February 2016: €120.7 billion). The average daily turnover on Xetra stood at €4.9 billion in February (February…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced its financial results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the year ended 31 December 2016. The Exchange delivered solid financial results driven by record fees and commission income from its Derivatives, Fixed Income and Money Markets. Key Financial Highlights for 2016 Operating income declined 5.3% YoY to RUB…
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Binary options platform provider and operator TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has announced that it will receive an additional $1.5 million dividend payout from its DragonFinancials joint venture subsidiary, which focuses on the Asia Pacific region. This follows the $1 million dividend which TechFinancials received from DragonFinancials last November. We had reported last September, when TechFinancials announced…
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