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…
Read moreFive new exchange traded commodities (ETCs) issued by BNP Paribas Arbitrage Issuance B.V. have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Friday. Each of the five new BNP Paribas ETCs enable investors to participate in the performance of one of the following energy types: petrol, diesel, heating oil, natural gas and WTI crude oil.…
Read moreASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Melbourne-based company Allegianz Pty Ltd for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports. Allegianz's AFS licence was suspended by ASIC for six months in March 2016 for failing to meet its obligations to lodge financial statements and auditor reports. The financial statements and auditor…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Switzerland-based Forex training and technologies provider TradersClub24 has signed agreements to provide its SwissBox MT4 trading tool to Germany-focused retail forex brokers Musashi FX and Charles FX. Musashi FX is the German brand of CySEC regulated retail forex broker GBE Brokers. Charles FX is similarly the German language division…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) and S&P Global Market Intelligence have announced a commercial relationship that will enable SGX Index Edge to use S&P Global Markets Intelligence’s Alpha Factor Library to develop new quantitative index models and smart beta indices across Asia-Pacific. As part of this agreement, SGX Index Edge has immediate access to the comprehensive research…
Read moreBarclays Bank (NYSE:BCS) has signed contracts with six accelerator graduates participating in its accelerator programme in New York. The deeper engagement with Barclays comes as the ten graduates from the bank's second New York class present at a demo day to an audience of 500 banking executives and corporate partners. The 10 teams to emerge…
Read moreReuters has announced that Reuters Video Archive is now available direct from Reuters through Reuters Media Express, the premier platform that delivers thousands of multimedia stories per day to over 3,000 publishers in broadcast, digital and print. Reuters Video Archive is one of the most comprehensive collections of international news stories that have shaped the world we…
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Jennifer Marietta-Westberg, Deputy Chief Economist and Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, is planning to leave the agency after 10 years of public service. Dr. Marietta-Westberg joined the SEC as a Visiting Scholar in 2006. She became an Assistant Director in…
Read moreFinancial exchanges operator Bats Global Markets, Inc.(Bats: BATS) has welcomed J.P. Morgan Asset Management as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of a new fund. J.P. Morgan Asset Management launched its first fixed income ETF today as the JPMorgan Disciplined High Yield ETF (Bats: JPHY) began trading yesterday on the Bats ETF…
Read moreASIC has banned Mr Geoffrey Woodcock of Auckland, New Zealand, from providing financial services for a period of four years. Between November 2011 and October 2013, Mr Woodcock was the founder and manager of Capital Alternatives Pty Ltd and a director of Velvet Assets Pty Ltd. Both of those companies promoted alternative investments in Australia.…
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