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November 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank reports another strong month with October Forex volumes at $266 billion

Copenhagen-based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has reported another strong month, with October FX trading volumes coming in at $266 billion, flat month-over-month from September's $266 billion figure. Average daily volumes were actually slightly up over September, at $12.6 billion ADV versus $12.1 billion. September was Saxo Bank's best trading volumes month in nearly two years. Clients’…

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November 17, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Goldman Sachs joins ICE Clear Netherlands as a General Clearing Participant

Global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) has announced that Goldman Sachs International (NYSE:GS) has joined ICE Clear Netherlands as a General Clearing Participant. Joost Beckers, President and COO, ICE Clear Netherlands, commented: ICE Clear Netherlands is delighted to welcome Goldman Sachs International as General Clearing Participant. We…

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CySEC issues another impersonators scam warning
November 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC warns against more impersonators trying to scam money from investors

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued another warning against impersonators trying to use CySEC credentials in order to scam money from traders and investors. We had reported on previous such warnings on several occasions. Most recently in October, CySEC reported that it became aware of an unknown company based in the Caribbean which was presenting itself as…

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November 17, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Markit Group's Rony Grushka joins Algomi Board Of Directors

Algomi, the network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, has announced Rony Grushka joined its board with immediate effect. Grushka was a co-founder of Markit Group and played a major role in building it into one of the world’s most highly respected financial information companies. Over 13 years, he has…

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November 17, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC clears major clearinghouses in latest Stress Test

The Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a report detailing the results of a supervisory stress test of major clearinghouses. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the impact of a hypothetical set of extreme but plausible market scenarios across multiple clearinghouses and their clearing members. The analysis included…

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November 17, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Malta MFSA warns against get-rich-quick website Gemini2.co

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has become aware of the website www.gemini2.co which claims that is searching for 50 beta testers who will make 'at least $12,341.37 a day'. What a salary indeed! The MFSA alerts the public, in Malta and abroad, to refrain from undertaking any business or transactions with the above-mentioned entity. The…

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