January 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The Liquidity Alliance builds blockchain solution for cross-border collateral transfer

Four members of the Liquidity Alliance (LA), an international group of central securities depositories (CSDs), are cooperating with Deutsche Börse to launch an initiative leveraging blockchain technology to ease cross-border mobilisation of security collateral. With the planned solution, The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS), Clearstream (Luxembourg), Strate (South Africa) and VPS (Norway) want to…

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January 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Israel issues largest Euro bond offering on London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange (LSE) just welcomed the listing of Israel’s largest ever Euro denominated bond offering. The €2.25 billion issue in 10 and 20 year government bonds marks the first time in three years Israel has issued Euro denominated debt. The offer secured exceptional investor demand and was more than four times oversubscribed, with the combined…

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January 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

smartTrade unveils MiFID II transaction reporting solutions

smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading solutions company, has been working with a number of institutions on MiFIR/MiFID II implementations. Transparency, algorithmic trading and transaction reporting are some of the key areas of concern identified. With less than a year before January 3rd, 2018 deadline, smartTrade announced that it is ready for MiFID II challenges.…

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January 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spanish regulator CNMV warns against online trading sites AAOPTION and IB INVERSIONES

Spanish regulator CNMV just issued a warning against two online trading sites. The names of the companies are: AAOPTION (www.aaoption.com), and IB INVERSIONES (also called IB INVERSION BURSATIL, www.ibinversiones.com). Spanish regulator CNMV confirmed that these entries are not licensed or registered and, therefore, are not authorized to provide investment services.

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January 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings stockholders approve share issuance in Bats merger

At a special meeting of stockholders of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) held yesterday, CBOE Holdings stockholders voted in favor of a proposal to approve the issuance of shares of CBOE Holdings common stock pursuant to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among CBOE Holdings, two wholly-owned subsidiaries of CBOE Holdings…

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January 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Forex settlement volumes down to $4.47 trillion in December

CLS Group (CLS), the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for December 2016. The average daily input volume submitted to CLS, combining the settlement and aggregation services, was 934,900 down 19.9% from 1,167,833 in November 2016. The average daily input value submitted to CLS…

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Hurricanes rugby jersey
January 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Sports Sponsorship: Fullerton Markets 3-year jersey deal with NZ Rugby's Hurricanes

Wellington, New Zealand based retail forex broker Fullerton Markets has announced an extension of its sponsorship deal with The Hurricanes, including a front of jersey sponsorship for all their home games for the next three years. The Wellington based Mighty Hurricanes topped the Investec Super Rugby league standings last year at 53 points. Fullerton Markets CEO Mario Singh has…

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Coinbase adds Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its professional trading platform
January 17, 2017 BY admin

DFS grants BitLicense to U.S. based Coinbase

Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of Coinbase, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc., for a virtual currency and a money transmitter license. As a leading state financial services regulator, DFS has rapidly responded to innovations…

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