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Ralf Roth Quantitative Brokers
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Quantitative Brokers hires IHS Markit's Ralf Roth as CEO

Quantitative Brokers, an independent global provider of advanced agency algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, has appointed Ralf Roth as Chief Executive Officer. The company also named Thomas Ascher as Executive Chairman. Ralf Roth brings a wealth of experience to Quantitative Brokers, recently serving as Equities Division CTO…

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ADS Securities management
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

ADS Securities issues warning regarding Zayed Coin

Abu Dhabi based international financial services firm ADS Securities has issued a warning that it is not affiliated, connected, or associated in any way with a company trading under, amongst other names, Zayed Coin. ADS stated that Zayed Coin, without permission, has used images of ADS Securities and referenced links between the organisations. There are…

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December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Poland regulator KNF issues criteria for FX broker dividend payments in 2018

Polish financial supervision authority commission Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF) issued directives yesterday to the country's brokerage houses regarding dividend policy. The KNF recommended that the dividend in 2018 should only be paid by brokerage houses which meet the following criteria in aggregate: A. dividend in the amount not higher than 75% of the net profit for…

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Exclusive: Does getting more ticks improve your algorithmic trading performance?
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MiFID 2: Are you a High Frequency Trader?

The following article was written by Richard Perona, VP of Institutional FX at Advanced Markets. As January 3, 2018 approaches, FX industry participants are busy reading through the new financial laws of “Markets in Financial Instruments Directive” (MiFID 2) in an attempt to understand how these will affect them going forward. Originally, MiFID was created…

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FXDD offices
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Nukkleus, FXDD and IronFX call off planned merger

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that the long-planned merger of publicly traded Nukkleus Inc (OTCMKTS:NUKK) and related Retail FX broker FXDD with rival broker IronFX has been called off. The original deal, set in June of last year, called for a multi-stage and somewhat complicated set of transactions which would see IronFX as…

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sec whistleblower award
December 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

SEC pays company insider $4 million for Whistleblower tip bringing total awards to $179 million

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced an award of more than $4.1 million to a former company insider who alerted the agency to a widespread, multi-year securities law violation and continued to provide important information and assistance throughout the SEC’s investigation. The whistleblower is the third awarded by the SEC in the past week.…

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