September 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX and ICBC sign MOU to enhance capital market links between Singapore and China

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a range of areas that will enhance the links between Singapore and China’s capital markets. Under the MOU, SGX and ICBC will work together to promote Singapore’s capital markets and support Chinese companies looking…

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September 19, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Week in Focus, September 19: BoJ, FOMC, RBNZ, PMIs

The following article is based on research by Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS. [divide] FXPRIMUS Week in Focus week of 19 Sep:  BoJ, FOMC, RBNZ, PMIs It’s a week like a fireman’s life:  days of boredom interspersed with moments of extreme excitement. There’s not much on the schedule except for Wednesday, when…

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September 19, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

ASIC IPO report warns regarding use of social media in marketing new offerings

Australian financial regulator ASIC has issued a report reviewing marketing practices used in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), which includes a warning to both underwriters and issuers involved in IPOs in Australia to ensure their marketing campaigns comply with the letter and spirit of the law, particularly when using emerging social media strategies. An ASIC review of marketing…

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September 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: FXCM moves to NASDAQ, FxPro's new logo, TechFinancials record results, and lots more…

Lots of changes afoot in LeapRate's Forex Industry News this past week. Logo changes, stock listing changes... Our most popular guest posts this week were: How to interpret the probability of a Fed rate hike? courtesy of LCG Senior Market Analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya The flaws in social trading, by Leverate's Yael Warman Some of our most popular, shared…

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September 16, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wholesale gas prices continue to fall in the EU, electricity prices end their decreasing trend in some countries

The downward trend of wholesale energy prices continued in most of the EU in 2015, according to the latest ACER/CEER Market Monitoring Report, whose wholesale volumes were published today. The results will be discussed with stakeholders in a workshop next week in Ljubljana. Gas prices decreased across Europe as a result of declining oil prices,…

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September 16, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone Inc. to redeem Senior Notes

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL), the financial services organization delivering execution and advisory services in commodities, currencies and securities, has announced that on September 15, 2016, the company instructed The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee under INTL FCStone's Indenture dated as of July 22, 2013 for the company's 8.5% Senior Notes to provide notice to the holders…

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September 16, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TOCOM and Nikkei add new leveraged and inverse indices

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc. and Nikkei Inc. will add 10 new leveraged and inverse indices based on the Soybean, Corn and the others. They will be published from September 20, 2016. New indices: Nikkei-TOCOM Leveraged Index Nikkei-TOCOM Inverse Index Nikkei-TOCOM Leveraged Industrial Commodity Index Nikkei-TOCOM Inverse Industrial Commodity Index Nikkei-TOCOM Leveraged Agricultural Product &…

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September 16, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FxPro adds former Saxo Bank UK Chairman Nick Beecroft to its UK BoD

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings with UK authorities that former Saxo Bank UK Chairman Nick Beecroft has joined the board of directors of FxPro UK, the FCA-regulated arm of global retail forex broker FxPro. Beecroft was Non-Executive Chairman at Saxo Bank UK for about six years, until last July, when we reported…

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