August 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
How much does downtime really cost your MT4 business?
Why do we keep hearing about MT4 downtime, server freezes and price outages at forex brokers?
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August 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova
Thomson Reuters reports CPFIS-included funds increase 0.68% in Q2 2016
Thomson Reuters has announced its findings on the performance of all unit trusts and investment-linked insurance products (ILPs) that are included under the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme (CPFIS) as of June 30, 2016. In Q2 2016, the overall performance of CPFIS-included funds rose 0.68% on average, a positive and encouraging development for investors. Specifically, CPFIS-included…
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August 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Markets.com sees Revenues drop 37% in First Half 2016 as restructuring hits bottom line
Online gaming giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) announced its First Half 2016 results today, which overall were pretty good. Playtech's revenues and EBITDA were up in the healthy double digit percent range. The company increased its dividend. And post announcement Playtech's shares reacted nicely, up more than 4% to a new all-time high for the stock at about…
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August 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova
DFM accredits Global For Shares & Bonds Co. for direct market
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has announced that Global for Shares & Bonds Co. (LLC) has been accredited to provide Direct Market Access (DMA) for global brokers lifting the number of DMA service providers to 13 brokerage firms. The exchange is currently processing similar applications from other brokerage firms in collaboration with the Securities and Commodities Authority…
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August 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova
Hong Kong SFC adds Ace Standard Holdings Limited to its alert list
Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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August 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova
Hong Kong SFC adds Matthew and Alexis Limited to its alert list
Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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August 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Leverate exits Binary Options business, selling its BX8 platform product - LeapRate Exclusive
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that online trading platforms provider Leverate has stopped selling its BX8 Binary Options platform product. Leverate is continuing to support BX8 for the binary options brokers who are already running it. We've learned from industry sources that Leverate is looking to sell the BX8 platform, along with the current clients running…
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August 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova
SEC charges 71 municipal issuers in muni bond disclosure initiative
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced enforcement actions against 71 municipal issuers and other obligated persons for violations in municipal bond offerings. The SEC found that from 2011 to 2014, the 71 issuers and obligated persons sold municipal bonds using offering documents that contained materially false statements or omissions about their compliance with continuing…
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August 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova
Nasdaq announces mid-month open short interest positions in Nasdaq stocks
Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has announced that at the end of the settlement date of August 15, 2016, short interest in 2,334 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,501,329,605 shares compared with 7,662,477,758 shares in 2,335 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 29, 2016. The mid-August short interest represents 4.37 days…
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August 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova
U.S. nominates Dr. Jim Yong Kim to lead World Bank for second term
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that the United States is nominating Dr. Jim Yong Kim to be President of the World Bank for a second term. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, said: I am proud to announce that today the United States has nominated World Bank President Jim Kim for a second…
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