October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Vest launches CBOE Vest Defined Distribution Strategy Fund (VDDIX)

CBOE Vest, an investment manager focused on Target Outcome Investment strategies, has announced it has launched the CBOE Vest Defined Distribution Strategy Fund (VDDIX). VDDIX seeks to generate consistent monthly distributions, non-correlated to equity or bond markets, of 5.25% annualized over the one-month Treasury yield, before fees and expenses, while preserving capital over the long term.…

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October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Netflix stock jumps over 20% on big earnings beat

Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock surged 20% after hours on Monday as original hit shows like Stranger Things and Narcos helped the streaming video company crush Wall Street expectations. Netflix beat on both international and domestic subscriber additions by a hefty margin, as well as on EPS. Netflix's revenue was roughly in line with Wall Street…

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October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

IbanFirst raises €10M to become the new online financial service platform for SMEs

Fintech company IbanFirst, specialized in international payments with real-time exchange rate access, raises €10 Million announcing their next growth phase as well as new innovative online financial services for SMEs, available in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) mode. With BaaS, IbanFirst can bring together all Fintech companies under one single web platform to provide the day to day financial…

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October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Hirose UK doubles Revenues in fiscal 2016

LeapRate has learned via filings made with UK regulatory authorities that Hirose Financial UK Ltd., the FCA regulated arm of Japanese retail forex brokerage group Hirose Tusyo Inc (TYO:7185), saw a doubling of its revenues in fiscal 2016. For the year ended March 31, 2016, Revenues at Hirose UK came in at £928,000, up 126% from…

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October 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

LMAX plans move to Ireland if UK MiFID financial passorting removed in Brexit

LMAX Exchange, UK technology firm and an FCA regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for FX trading, plans to be regulated in Ireland unless the British government preserves the EU single market passporting rights for the financial services industry. LeapRate recently shared an article, indicating that the EU powers are going to take a hard stance on enacting a Hard Brexit, including…

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October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Effortless Ways to Increase Productivity

The following guest post is courtesy of New Zealand based Forex broker Titan FX. For a successful and enjoyable career in forex trading, master effortless ways to increase productivity. One of the best methods to improve performance is by optimizing productivity. Time and energy are invaluable currencies. By making sure that both time and energy…

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October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC regulated Retail Forex broker Icetrader.com closed, license renounced - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated Retail Forex broker Icetrader.com has shut its (virtual) doors. The company's website icetrader.com, which as recently as Monday morning was operational and appearing as normal, now shows the following message: In a related development, Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has posted a note on its website that regulated entity Glistentree…

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