Maria Nikolova
LeapRate Analyst
March 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

ASIC report: ASX, Chi-X Australia meet cyber resilience obligations

The 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…

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March 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

China Construction Bank becomes first Chinese bank to join the LBMA Silver Price

International 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…

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March 04, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Dukascopy to apply leverage restrictions to all HKD pairs

A 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…

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March 04, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC suspends license of Pegase Capital, owner of Interactive Option

After 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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March 04, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SGX registers 6% MoM increase in FX futures volumes in February 2016

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today reported its operating metrics for February 2016 , with Forex futures volumes continuing to rise albeit at a slower pace than during January 2016. In February 2016, the FX futures volume at SGX was 552,423 contracts, up 6% from January 2016 levels. The annual comparison was more impressive, as the…

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March 04, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click extends spread reduction campaign until April 8, 2016

GMO Click Securities, the Japanese online trading services provider which is a subsidiary of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), today announced an extension of the spread reduction campaign, which the company initially launched in February. The campaign targets four currency pairs: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY. It was originally set to last until March 4th,…

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March 04, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Saxo Bank sees best FX volumes in more than a year during February 2016

Multi-asset investment and trading services provider Saxo Bank has just reported its key operating metrics for February 2016, with the month delivering a good piece of news for the broker's volumes. Saxo Bank saw its monthly trading volumes reach $259 billion in February 2016, the highest reading since January 2015, which was marked by record market…

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March 04, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

IG enables direct access to IG Community through web platform

Leading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has recently made access to the IG Community easier. Clients of the broker can now access the Community, an online space where one can discover new strategies, discuss market events and share insight with other traders, directly through the web platform. Traders will find the Community…

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