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February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Irish Funds to develop a blockchain proof of concept for regulatory reporting

Irish Funds just announced that it is working with industry participants and Deloitte to develop a blockchain proof of concept for regulatory reporting. The project, which will focus on the Resident Investment Fund Returns (Money Market & Investment Funds Returns Reporting- MMIF) regulation, will result in the design and development of a proof of concept…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange announces 4% increase in trading volumes in January 2017

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced its trading volumes for the beginning of 2017. In January, total trading volumes increased by 4.0% YoY to RUB 63.3 trln. Trading in bonds rose by 91.1% YoY, equities volumes increased by 9.0% YoY and volumes on the Money Market grew by 42.2% YoY. Open interest in derivatives increased by…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on The Finance Solutions 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 The Finance Solutions. The Finance Solutions is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

PEGAS Spot continues its record-breaking run in January

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, recorded its best annual traded volume with a total of 1,733.3 TWh traded in 2016. A month later, the company registered a total volume of 165.7 TWh in January 2017, thanks to a record-breaking month on its spot segment with 86.4 TWh (previous record: 75.1 TWh…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC issues new rules for Forex broker sales and marketing practices

LeapRate Exclusive... Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has just taken its next swing at cleaning up the regulated Retail Forex, CFDs, and Binary Options brokerage sectors. After late last year instructing brokers to stop using deposit bonus promotions and to limit leverage to 50x (for all but expert traders), LeapRate has learned that CySEC has sent a…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext and Biotech Bourse launch first quarterly barometer for biotech sector

Euronext published its first “Biotech Barometer”, a new quarterly tool that offers an insight into major trends in biotechnology companies listed on Euronext markets. Designed in partnership with Biotech Bourse, the barometer shows performance indicators, investor interest and market sentiment specifically for this sector. Highlighting biotech Biotech is a key sector for Euronext: between 2012…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on clone firm of Ambrosia Capital

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Ambrosia Capital. 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 to…

February 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

How Tax Changes Resulting from Brexit Can Affect Trading

This article was written by freelance writer Zak Goldberg. While many investors in the United States haven’t been overly concerned about the outcome of the UK’s referendum and resulting vote to leave the European Union, there are some very good reasons to perhaps be a bit troubled. Of course, Brexit doesn’t necessarily pose any real…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX cancels the listing of the shares of Ruifeng Petroleum Chemical Holdings Ltd.

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) announced that with effect from 9:00 a.m. on 6 February 2017, the listing of the shares of Ruifeng Petroleum Chemical Holdings Limited (In liquidation) on the Exchange will be cancelled. Trading in the Company's shares has been suspended since 2 April 2013 as the Company has failed…

February 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New eXtremeDB Financial Edition to speed up risk management and compliance

McObject, developer of database system for real-time and historical data analysis, announced today a new version of its eXtremeDB® Financial Edition database management system. The new v.7.1 release brings a host of benefits, including built-in feed handlers for Thomson Reuters and Vela, along with 4x faster data loading for large volumes of tick data, facilitating…