Dukascopy Bank, regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and its EU regulated subsidiary announced today that due to possible risk of significant price gaps and low liquidity on Turkish lira (TRY) instruments, which may cause negative equity on client accounts, Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe are implementing a maximum leverage of 1:10…
Read moreCME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of S&P 500 Total Return Index Futures (S&P Total Return) and S&P 500 Carry Adjusted Total Return Index Futures (S&P Carry Adjusted Total Return) futures. These new products are designed to help market participants mitigate costs and find efficiencies…
Read moreThe Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published OSC Staff Notice 33-747 Annual Summary Report for Dealers, Advisers and Investment Fund Managers. The report describes initiatives undertaken by the OSC’s Compliance and Registrant Regulation Branch in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, including registration and compliance activities, policy initiatives and new programs. Debra Foubert, Director of Compliance and Registrant…
Read moreFiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced the availability of a new tool, Grapevine6, to enable the delivery of relevant articles and digital content through the Wealth Management Network from Fiserv. This will allow financial advisors to grow their networks and build rapport with their clients by becoming a…
Read moreOTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, has announced First Security Inc. (OTCQX: FIIT), the holding company for First Security Bank, Inc., a Kentucky based banking corporation, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. First Security Inc. upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market. First…
Read moreHere's this month's commentary on S&P Dow Jones risk & volatility index dashboard: Calm has returned: VIX closed at 11.77, its lowest level for over a year. Along with VIX, nearly every volatility measure is down since our last report. The greatest falls were in short term U.S. equity volatility and in British pound sterling volatility.…
Read moreAs we reported recently at LeapRate, more and more marketing dollars from Forex brokers (and other advertisers targeting a young male demographic) are heading toward sports sponsorships. But how can we measure return on those sponsorships? How can we maximize those returns? We are please to present a special guest post on the subject by Stephen…
Read moreFirms operating dark pools have made significant progress in addressing the promotion and the management of conflicts of interest according to a new report from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published today. Dark pools are trading venues with no-pre trade transparency where the price and volume of all orders are hidden and anonymous. The FCA…
Read moreContinuing its string of warnings against forex and binary options brokers targeting traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a warning to investors regarding XForex / XTrade (at website xforex.com). XForex.com was recently integrated by parent company XFR Financial Ltd into sister brand XTrade.com, alongside a major marketing campaign which…
Read moreRussian retail Forex broker Alpari (RU) has earlier today announced that from July 22, 2016 EURTRY and USDTRY currency pairs will be set to “Close Only” regime. On August 1, 2016 the open positions on these instruments will be closed and pending orders will be deleted. Alpari (RU) has asked all clients to consider these…
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