NSSC warns on Magnum Options and Hampshire Capital Ventures Ltd. LeapRate

November 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

NSSC warns on Magnum Options and Hampshire Capital Ventures Ltd.

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) has cautioned investors about Magnum Options, which is offering binary options via an online trading platform to Nova Scotians. Magnum Options also appears to go by the name of Hampshire Capital Ventures Ltd., and it is known to have used websites magnumoptions.com and magnumoptions.eu. These entities are not registered…

November 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC changes CIF license application process

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has informed all interested parties who have already submitted and/or intend to submit an application to obtain CIF, UCITS Manager and external AIF Manager authorisation (license of operation), that, following the CySEC Board’s decision dated 14 November 2016, the authorisation procedure has been amended as follows: 1. CySEC will…

Lovell Minnick Partners invests in oneZero Financial Systems

November 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Investment Diversification 2020, Re-evaluating Traditional Approaches

FXTM Chief Market Strategist and CNBC Arabia host Hussein Sayed reveals how diversification has changed since 2010 and the alternate approaches for the new decade. As 2020 draws nearer and market volatility shows few signs of subsiding, the current decade has seen diminishing returns from the traditional approaches to diversification investments. At the recent Financial…

November 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian securities regulator NSSC warns against increased Binary Options solicitations

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) has noticed an increase in solicitations and marketing for investment in binary options. At this time, no binary options trading companies are registered in Canada. The NSSC assumes that these platforms may be engaging in illegal activity. The Commission pointed out that: Investing in binary options is intended for…

Thomson Reuters teams up with Seabury TFX to create new trade finance marketplace in Asia

November 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters Eikon platform helps investors identify timely litigation risks

Investors can now find real-time insight into whether an entity, market or industry is the subject of litigation at the exact time a lawsuit is filed – and assess the likely impact on its stock price – with the Court Wire app, a product offering to the investor community available on Eikon, Thomson Reuters Corp…

November 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

EZTrader.com has another tough quarter: $3.2 million Q3 loss, Going Concern doubt

LeapRate Exclusive... Another rough quarter at Binary Options brokerage group EZTD Inc (OTCMKTS:EZTD), which seems to somehow keeps raising more money to stay in business. LeapRate has learned from regulatory filings made in the U.S. that EZTD - which operates the EZTrader (at website eztrader.com), Global Option (globaloption.com) and EZinvest (ezinvest.com) binary options brands - sustained a…

November 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

A Forex Trader's Survival Guide: The Work-Life Balance

The following guest post is courtesy of New Zealand based Forex broker Titan FX. Success is not all about working round the clock. Though it is important to be dedicated to trading, it is also essential to practice healthy work-life balance. Work-life balance is the concept of giving the right time and energy for both…

November 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Takeprofit Technology launches IB commission management system FlexRebate

Takeprofit Technology, a provider of forex trading and risk management solutions for brokers, has just launched a new IB system called FlexRebate. The company has shared that its old Plethora plugin has not been powerful enough, which eventually led to the launching of a new one. FlexRebate is more flexible due to rule system similar to the one…

November 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA finds weak price competition in some areas of the asset management sector

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the interim findings of its asset management market study, which suggests that there is weak price competition in a number of areas of the asset management industry. The FCA launched the market study in November 2015 to assess whether competition is working effectively. It looked at…

November 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds First Venture Capital Group to its alert list

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…