Bitcoin Group's plans for a floatation on ASX have just hit the curb... On March 4, 2016, ASX sent Bitcoin Group a letter, informing the company that it does not meet the requirements for admission to the official list. ASX made its decision after Grant Thornton Australia produced an independent report stating that Bitcoin Group has…
Read moreThe Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has earlier today released a “Cyber resilience assessment report: ASX Group and Chi-X Australia Pty Ltd”, with the document presenting the assessments of the cyber policies at Australia’s major domestic financial market infrastructure providers. Overall, the assessment concluded that ASX Group and Chi-X have, up to this point…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) and Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) have announced that China Construction Bank Corporation (SHA:601939) is joining the LBMA Silver Price as a new member. CME Benchmark Europe Limited and Thomson Reuters have operated the LBMA Silver Price since August 2014 when they took over from the London Silver Market…
Read moreThe past week saw a number of exclusive posts on LeapRate, several of which were then noticed and picked up by other blogs. We're happy to report that our continued unparalleled coverage of everything FX-related (and only FX-related) has led to another week of record hits on LeapRate.com. We'd like to once again thank you,…
Read moreJohn Hardy, Head of FX Strategy at Saxo Bank, takes a look at the week ahead in FX trading.
Read moreNew York based Forex advisory and media company Invest Diva, has launched a new service, Financial Assessment, to help traders understand their financial situation before they start trading. The Financial Assessment service contains an online and user-friendly survey including a series of questions about traders’ lifestyle, income, expenses and overall financial health. Invest Diva has partnered with top US financial planners…
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Read moreThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Friday that it will separately identify the renminbi (RMB) in its official foreign exchange reserves database beginning October 1, 2016. The decision comes after in November last year the IMF voted that the Chinese currency is a freely usable currency and will be included in the SDR basket as…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report about Dukascopy cutting maximum leverage on USD/HKD... The Swiss Forex broker has just provided an update regarding the pending changes to trading conditions, specifying that the changes to maximum leverage levels will apply to all HKD pairs (not only to USD/HKD). This means that on top of USD/HKD, the leverage…
Read moreAfter imposing a fine of EUR 300,000 on Pegase Capital Ltd in November last year, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today announced harsher measures against the company, which owns brands like binary options provider InteractiveOption. CySEC announced the suspension of the Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation of Pegase Capital Ltd (number 225/14). The penalty reflects…
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