ASIC and FCA licensed Retail FX broker AETOS Capital Group have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for April 23, 2019. EURUSD The Euro closed higher on Monday, closing at 1.1259(+15 pips) against the greenback as the Wall Street opened in the red, although the three main indexes bounced from their early lows, unable anyway…
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IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, just announced that it has appointed Paul Jackson as Sales Director. Jackson will be reporting directly to the IS Prime Board. Paul Jackson has over 20 years’ experience in the financial markets including almost 5 years at CFH Clearing where he was a member of the management team,…
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Today Sydney Football Club (Sydney FC) is gearing up for a massive AFC Champions League away game against Chinese Champion Shanghai SIPG at Shanghai Stadium. Councillor Mike Thomas, Senior Vice President of AETOS Capital Group, visited Shanghai to support Sydney FC and to attend an exclusive interview along with the team, Head Coach Steve Corica…
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Last month, JFD Group Ltd announced that it has combined its retail and institutional services under the brand JFD Bank, making the website www.JFDBANK.com its new online hub for all current and future services offered by the FinTech group. Nikola Marinov, JFD Bank's Head of Marketing, joins LeapRate today to discuss the company move from…
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After raising $300 million last October, Coinbase has been eager to put that capital to work. There have been acquisitions, but primarily the stellar crypto exchange has been expanding its global footprint across the world. The crypto exchange currently provides service to 42 countries, situated in North America and Europe, along with Australia and Singapore,…
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The first of the "grand masters" in art has officially gone on blockchain. One of Rembrandt's 17th-century etchings has been validated and thus, immortalized through the power of blockchain. The ultimate goal is to protect the art work from art fraud. The etching in question is the famous “The Virgin and Child in the Clouds”.…
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CySEC licensed online trading platform Libertex has announced that it has just launched a new CFD for shares of Lyft Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT). Lyft has recently raised 24,3 bln USD following its blockbuster IPO at the end of March, 2019. Igor Galkin, Head of Global Business Development and Sales at Libertex Group, commented: Lyft held an…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has fined the company Nine Masts Capital Limited $1.2 million for failures relating to the short selling of Yuzhou Properties Company Limited shares in May 2015. Back then, on May 12, 2015, Yuzhou Properties proposed placing of new shares, subject to the fulfilment of…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called BAT Financial Management. The UK FCA has already warned against the same scam company last month. BAT Financial Management Associated entities/individuals: Dan Johnson and William Davies Address: Unit 1619 Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong…
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The Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM) has announced that it has taken national measures mirroring ESMA’s last year restrictions. The AFM will prohibit Binary Options and restrict the marketing, distribution or sale of CFD to retail investors. LeapRate reminds that the new rules, formalized by ESMA in late March, came into effect: Binary Options – from…
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