TOCOM launches oil physical market and begins publication of oil physical index prices LeapRate

December 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TOCOM launches oil physical market and begins publication of oil physical index prices

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) announced that it received regulatory approvals from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as well as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to “launch an oil physical market as a concurrent business of a commodity exchange”. The Exchange plans to start operations on January 11, 2017. For…

December 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorship: ForexMart renews deal with Spain's La Liga football club UD Las Palmas

LeapRate has learned that CySEC licensed retail forex broker ForexMart has renewed its sponsorship of La Liga football club UD Las Palmas for (at least) one more year. ForexMart initiated the sponsorship of Las Palmas last year, when the club moved up to Spain's football first division 'La Liga' after a 13 year absence. ForexMart seems…

December 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tokyo Electric Power investors discussing first bond sale since Fukushima

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) is gauging demand for its first bond offering since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear calamity, with some market participants expecting a sale as early as February, according to Reuters. Investors are no more doubtful and nowadays they are much more comfortable with the utility's outlook after government moves to reassess decommissioning and compensation costs,…

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches its new digital platform Sahmi

December 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange begins an awareness campaign for investors and brokers

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has started the technical short selling service by conducting meetings with brokerage companies in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, in order to begin the official introduction early next year. This service is part of continuing efforts to modernize, enlarge and upgrade the market. It also aims at diversifying investment instruments in…

December 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Paysafe Group begins share buyback with £1.5 million of purchases

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that payments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has spent £1.5 million in the first week of its recently announced £100 million share buyback program. Paysafe shares traded down by as much as 38% earlier this month following the release of a damaging report by little-known short…

December 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against Forex and CFDs broker Inter Global

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List Forex and CFDs broker Inter Global. According to the BCSC, Inter Global is an offshore firm that claims to be a fully regulated…

December 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings announces planned changes in Board leadership roles at close of transaction with Bats Global Markets

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced that William J. Brodsky, Susan M. Phillips and R. Eden Martin, among CBOE Holdings’ longest serving Board members, have notified CBOE Holdings that they intend to step down from CBOE Holdings’ Board of Directors upon the closing of the CBOE Holdings acquisition of Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS).…

MOEX launches trading in sunflower seed futures

December 23, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange to include futures on Rosneft ordinary shares in the inter-month spread

Moscow Exchange just announced that the National Clearing Center has taken a decision to include futures on Rosneft ordinary shares (contracts maturing this and next quarter) in the inter-month spread. Spread ratio for the additional contract shall be equal to 1.2. Changes will come into force at 7 p.m. on 28, December 2016.

December 23, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on clone firm of Meridian Bond Limited

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Meridian Bond Limited. 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…

December 23, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Warsaw Stock Exchange: Margin on GPW series D and E bonds has been defined

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has approved Annex 2 to the prospectus of the Warsaw Stock Exchange which defines the margin on GPW bonds. The series D and E bonds will bear interest at a floating rate equal to the WIBOR 6M reference rate plus a margin of 0.95% p.a. The total nominal value…