January 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

PIMCO names Kimberley Stafford as New Head of Asia-Pacific

Investment management giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) has announced that Kimberley Stafford, Managing Director and current Global Head of PIMCO's Consultant Relations Group, has been named the new Head of Asia-Pacific. Ms. Stafford will assume her responsibilities immediately and will relocate to Hong Kong mid-year. She will report to PIMCO's Chief Executive Officer, Emmanuel…

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January 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC consults on consolidating ASIC market integrity rules

ASIC has today released a consultation paper proposing to consolidate and clarify Australia's market integrity rules. There are currently 14 market integrity rule books that set out obligations and prohibitions applying to activities and conduct on eight licensed financial markets. Collectively, these rule books amount to more than 1,300 pages of regulation, and a further…

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sec whistleblower award
January 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC awards $7 million to whistleblowers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of more than $7 million split among three whistleblowers who helped the SEC prosecute an investment scheme. One whistleblower provided information that was a primary impetus for the start of the SEC’s investigation. That whistleblower will receive more than $4 million. Two other whistleblowers jointly provided…

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January 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 solutions provider Match-Trade hires XTB veteran to head new Warsaw office

Irvine, California based Match-Trade Technologies LLC, which provides customizable technology solutions for Forex brokers, has announced the opening of a new office in Warsaw, Poland to target business development opportunities for the European and Asian markets. Heading the new Match-Trade Warsaw office will be Michael Karczewski. He will have he title Head of Business Operations, with…

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IG Group office
January 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

IG Group banning all traffic from websites containing Binary Options content - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that online trading industry leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has instituted new policies with regards to Binary Options. Specifically, IG has decided to distance itself from the Binary Options product in most geographies around the world. IG has decided that it will no longer promote binary (and what it now…

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cssf warning
January 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Luxembourg regulator CSSF warns against Ebel & Partner Luxembourg S.A.

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) just warned the public of the activities of an entity named Ebel & Partner Luxembourg S.A. which claims to be established at 26-28, rue Edward Steichen, L-2540 Luxembourg. Ebel & Partner Luxembourg S.A.  is operating at www.ebelundpartners.com. The CSSF informed that the entity named Ebel & Partner Luxembourg…

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January 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Visible Alpha acquires ONEaccess broker valuation platform

Visible Alpha just announced its acquisition of ONEaccess. ONEaccess is a corporate access, resource tracking and broker valuation platform with more than 185 contributing sell-side firms and 150 buy-side client firms. The purchase of ONEaccess will enable Visible Alpha to accelerate its goal of changing the way investment professionals uncover and measure unique insights from…

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January 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

South Africa broker Sanlam chooses FlexTrade cross asset trading platform

The multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade Systems just announced that South Africa-based Sanlam Investments has chosen the FlexTRADER EMS to facilitate global cross asset trading alongside FlexAlert for real-time iOS and Android mobile notifications. Oliver Boatfield, Director EMEA of FlexTrade UK Ltd in London, commented: With trading across asset classes becoming more…

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