November 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

UK online trading survey: IG leads, with CMC Markets, Plus500 and FXCM gaining in CFDs and FX

Australia based research house Investment Trends has released its 2016 UK Leverage Trading Report, an in-depth analysis of UK traders and investors’ attitudes and investing habits based on a large-scale survey of more than 12,000 UK investors conducted both before and after the Brexit vote. Not surprising, perennial industry giant IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) remains…

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November 03, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group introduces four letter trading symbols

TMX Group (TSX: X) has marked the first trading day for four letter stock symbols on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), an industry initiative designed to offer Canadian issuers and applicants greater choice in how they are identified and also to provide interlisted issuers with the opportunity to be uniformly represented…

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November 02, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Moscow Exchange Forex volumes dip 6.1% MoM

Moscow Exchange today announced trading volumes for October 2016. Total exchange trading volumes increased by 5.5% YoY to RUB 70.8 trln. The FX market cooled off both MoM and YoY. The Money Market posted the strongest growth, with volumes increasing by 59.4% YoY.  Open interest on the Derivatives market grew 32.1% YoY to RUB 728.4 bln.…

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November 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC and OSC sign agreement to support innovative businesses

Innovative fintech companies in Australia and Ontario will be able to draw on support from the combined resources of their financial regulators as they seek to operate in the others’ market, under a new agreement. Under the agreement, signed in Toronto this week, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Ontario Securities Commission…

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November 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX announces Q3 2016, revenue and other income is down 20% YTD

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has presented the unaudited consolidated results of the Exchange for the nine months ended 30 September 2016. Here are some of the highlights: Revenue and overall financial performance remained steady in Q3 2016, compared to the prior quarter, with some pickup in volumes during September. Revenue and other…

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