Eurex supports market participants and regulatory change with Total Return Futures LeapRate

October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex supports market participants and regulatory change with Total Return Futures

Eurex, Europe's largest derivatives exchange, will offer Total Return Futures on the EURO STOXX 50 Index as of Friday, 2 December 2016. The new futures complement the Eurex suite of equity index derivatives and support the market in complying with new financial market legislation. Under the Basel III capital standards banks already face increased capital…

October 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on clone firm of Corpserv

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has put out details of the cloned firm Corpserv. 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 to scam people…

October 19, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CME Group collaborates with Big Data Apps specialist TickSmith to improve access to historical data

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has announced that it has signed an agreement with Montreal based TickSmith, a leader in Big Data applications for capital markets, to improve access to CME Group's historical data by implementing TickSmith's TickVault to power CME DataMine. With more than 450 Terabytes of historical market data, some of…

October 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Morgan Stanley reports better-than-expected comeback with 61.7% rise

Morgan Stanley's quarterly profit rose 61.7% to $1.52 billion from $939 million for the quarter ended September 30, while earnings per shares rose to 81 cents from 48 cents. Earnings per share from continuing operations was 80 cents, far above the average analyst estimate of 63 cents, according to Thomson Reuters. Adjusted revenue from sales…

October 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Luxembourg regulator CSSF warns against MT4 broker Zidex Financial

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has warned of the activities of an entity named Zidex Financials. The company claims to be supervised by the CSSF and located at 5th floor, 58 boulevard Royal, 2887 Luxembourg. The CSSF has informed that the entity Zidex Financials is not supervised by the CSSF and has not been…

October 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC welcomes re-appointment of Non-Executive Director

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has welcomed the re-appointment by the Financial Secretary of Dr Kelvin Wong Tin-yau as a Non-Executive Director for a term of two years with effect from 20 October 2016. Dr Wong has first been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the SFC on 20 October 2012. Dr Wong has provided the…

October 19, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

UK bookmakers now calling a Clinton victory a 'done deal'

With now less than three weeks to go, we thought that we would take a quick look at what UK oddsmakers and bookmakers are saying the 'real' odds are right now of either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump winning the US Presidential election on November 8. Unlike polls, oddsmakers' numbers aren't estimates or polled people saying…

October 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on clone firm of Shaks Specialist Cars

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has put out details of the cloned firm Shaks Specialist Cars. 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 to…

October 19, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

IPC selects Hibernia Networks for Ultra Low Latency service between Chicago and Tokyo

Hibernia Networks, a leading provider of global telecommunications services, has announced that IPC, a leading financial markets technology and service provider, has selected its Ultra Low Latency (ULL) service from Chicago to Tokyo. The service on this route features network latency performance of 121.90 milliseconds from CME in Chicago to JPS in Tokyo, providing IPC…

October 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari September FX volumes rise 5% to $88.7 billion

At the end of the first autumn month retail FX broker Alpari Limited's turnover has increased by 5% over the August figure and amounted to $88.7 billion. The main fuel for the increase of 11% in September was the most popular among traders Alpari currency pair EURUSD. In relative terms, USDCAD currency pair has also made…