February 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Institutional FX liquidity provider PositivaFX launching Retail Forex brokerage - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated institutional FX firm PositivaFX (CY) Ltd is making preparations to launch a separate Retail Forex brokerage operation. PositivaFX, based in Limassol, Cyprus and founded in 2014 by CEO George Stylianou (pictured at right) and COO Kaiming Liu, has grown into a fairly successful institutional FX shop, serving mainly small to…

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February 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

triResolve Margin signs over 60 clients in anticipation of the variation margin rules

TriOptima, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, just announced that over 60 clients have adopted its triResolve Margin service in anticipation of the new variation margin regulations effective 1 March 2017. These institutions include dealers, buy-side and corporate clients such as Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Sampo plc,…

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SGX announces trading volumes
February 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX welcomes Pacific Star Development Limited to Catalist

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Pacific Star Development Limited to Catalist under the stock code 1C5. Pacific Star Development Limited is a Singapore-based premier property developer of award-winning mixed-used projects and prime residential developments in key gateway cities across ASEAN countries. Its projects on hand include Puteri Cove Residences and Quayside in Iskandar Malaysia, and…

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February 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX to introduce its first RMB currency options in March

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) just announced that will introduce its planned Renminbi (RMB) Currency Options on Monday, 20 March 2017. The US dollar-Offshore RMB (USD/CNH) Options will be the first currency options traded at HKEX. The eight contract months on the launch day will comprise April, May, June, July, September and December…

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February 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes Global X Funds as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace

This week Bats Global Markets, Inc.(Bats: BATS) makes another entry to its Bats ETF Marketplace with Global X as a new issuer. The Global X Founder-Run Companies ETF (Bats: BOSS) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Solactive U.S. Founder-Run Companies Index. Laura Morrison, Senior Vice President, Global…

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February 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA finds new evidence on liquidity in the UK corporate bond market

Liquidity in the UK corporate bond market has declined recently but still seems relatively healthy, according to analysis by Felix Suntheim from our Chief Economist’s Department and Matthew Allan from the Financial Conduct Authority's Markets Policy Department. New data suggests there has been a decline in liquidity in the UK’s corporate bond market over the…

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February 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes Tortoise as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats Global Markets, Inc.(Bats: BATS) welcomed Tortoise as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The Tortoise Water Fund (Bats: TBLU) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and distribution rate (total return) performance of the Tortoise Water Index. Companies included in the index are materially engaged in the water infrastructure or…

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February 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary Options group Novox Capital fined €175,000 by CySEC

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced a €175,000 fine imposed to Novox Capital Ltd. Novox is a licensed CIF company which operates a number of Binary Options, Forex and CFDs brokerage brands, including OptionBit (at website optionbit.eu), ZoomTrader Global (at zoomtraderglobal.com), RoyalPip (at royalpip.com), and NGN Broker (at ngnbroker.com). The largest portion of the fine,…

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February 15, 2017 BY admin

South Africa Competition Commission prosecutes banks for Forex trading collusion

The Competition Commission of South Africa has today referred a Forex manipulation collusion case to the Competition Tribunal which has jurisdiction throughout South Africa and adjudicates competition matters. The Forex collusion case which was first announced back in April of 2015, officially was referred for the prosecution against the following 17 institutions: Bank of America Merrill…

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