September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thai Stock Exchange to revise listing criteria to enhance newly listed securities’ quality

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has amended the criteria for the new listing of securities on SET and Market for Alternative Investment (mai), aiming to enhance securities’ quality and increase liquidity, ultimately to strengthen capital market growth, effective from January 1, 2017. In addition, SET and mai have also revised the minimum par value…

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September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge adds cash management capabilities to GPTM

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. has announced the extension of cash management capabilities to its Global Post Trade Management Solution (GPTM), which helps financial institutions optimize their use of capital across multiple asset classes and global markets. GPTM with cash management capabilities allows financial institutions to manage cash, payments and foreign exchange across asset classes and borders in…

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September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Holland to join France in banning Forex, CFD and Binary Options advertising

When answering Parliamentary questions on September 16, 2016, Netherlands' Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem has announced that he will start working together with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on an advertising ban in the Netherlands for toxic investment products for consumers. The AFM has been warning consumers for some time about binary options…

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September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on Unsecured Loan Credit clone firm

Today the UK Financial Conduct Authority put out details of the cloned firm Unsecured Loan Credit. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. The clone firm are using or giving out the following details as part of their…

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September 26, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Thomson Reuters plans $269 million share buyback

Business information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has announced that it intends to purchase up to 6.5 million of its common shares through private agreements with two armʹs-length third-party sellers. at TRI's current share price, the total purchase would amount to about USD $269 million. As at June 30, TRI had $686 million of cash in the…

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September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

LMAX Exchange expands in the US with the launch of New York based exchange

The multilateral trading facility (MTF) for trading FX, precious metals and indices, LMAX Exchange, has announced the expansion of its global infrastructure with the launch of its North American matching engine in the Equinix International Business ExchangeTM (IBX data centre in New York). The LMAX Exchange NY4-based matching engine is a new liquidity pool for institutional spot FX…

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September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

LT Management pays infringement notice in relation to free SMSF set-up claims

LT Management Pty Limited has paid a $10,800 infringement notice penalty after making potentially misleading statements about the cost of setting up a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) using the services of RS Capital Partners Pty Limited, trading as My SMSF Property. ASIC’s concerns related to representations made by LT Management on the Silverhall website between August…

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September 26, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Why have negative rates failed to generate inflation?

This article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The negative interest rate policy, as known as the NIRP, has certainly become one of the most interrogated strategies across the markets. Let us have a quick glance to what caused the central banks to turn…

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September 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaTrader 5 Android mobile platform launches new version, includes multiple charts on smartphones and tablets

The new version of the MetaTrader 5 Android mobile platform features the optimized use of price charts: The application supports the multi-window mode allowing traders to monitor price changes on multiple symbols simultaneously. Added the ability to change an indicator subwindow height. The mobile platform features a symbol fast selection button and a separate menu…

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