The first-ever ETF tracking a U.S. volatility futures index debuted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) today. The listing of the ‘Fubon S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETF’ (stock code: 00677U), issued by Fubon Securities Investment Trust Co. Ltd., will also add further diversity to Taiwan’s fast-expanding ETF market. The new ETF tracks the S&P…
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EEX has just announced its newest participant Edlo Energy S.p.A.. Edlo Energy S.p.A. has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures and Options, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, French Financial Power Futures and Options, Greek Financial Power Futures, Italian Financial Power Futures and Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures and Options, Romanian…
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) welcomed 94 new listings to its Nordic markets in 2016, including both large cap IPOs and a particularly strong inflow of small and medium sized companies (SMEs). The activity level is similar to what Nasdaq experienced during the record year of 2015. Adam Kostyál, senior vice president and head of European listings,…
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This article is written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). Anyone who has taken a train from Beijing to Shanghai must have noticed the jungle of brand new, yet inhabited towers. They are famous in the region because they are mostly empty, left by themselves…
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Europe based brokerage Admiral Markets just announced that from 9 January 2017, they will be providing new margining terms on Admiral.Markets and Admiral.Prime accounts. The provided leverage will no longer depend on account's balance and will be determined only by position's notional value in account's currency. Additionally, positions opened within an hour before the trading…
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The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that has added the Brent Oil Futures contract (BR-1.18) expired on 1 January 2018 to the trading system. The contract corresponds with the ICE Brent Crude Futures contract expired on 19 December 2017. In this regard, the ICE Brent Index price published on the ICE's website on 29 December…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Forex and CFD brokerage GCM Prime Ltd posted just £61,385 of Revenue in 2016 (GCM Prime has a March 31 fiscal year end), and a net loss of £729,235 for the year. The shareholders of BVI-based offshore retail forex broker Gallant Capital Markets (gcmfx.com) bought an inactive…
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On 28 December 2016, the NSD Repository announced that has received the license for repository operations issued by the Bank of Russia. It became the first entity in Russia to receive this type of license. In compliance with the Russian law on the securities market, all repositories which register OTC transactions (of the types established…
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On 8 December 2016, Norinvest Holding Ltd applied for the delisting of all of its listed registered shares (Swiss Security Number 1’359’224 / ISIN CH0013592248) with a par value of CHF 1 each. SIX Exchange Regulation granted this application on 27 December 2016. The delisting takes place on 28 April 2017, the last trading day…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Mr Lam Yuk Wai, a former staff of HSBC Broking Securities (Asia) Limited, HSBC Broking Futures (Asia) Limited, HSBC Broking Futures (Hong Kong) Limited and HSBC Broking Forex (Asia) Limited (collectively, HSBC Broking), from re-entering the industry for life. The disciplinary action follows an SFC investigation which…
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