Steffy Bogdanova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced writer and journalist, working in the global online trading sector, Steffy is the Editor of LeapRate. She has previous experience as a copywriter and has been with the company since January 2020. Steffy has a British and American Studies degree from St. Kliment Ochridski University in Sofia.
Appital
January 28, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Instinet joins Appital Bookbuilding Platform as its first executing broker

Additionally, Appital’s partnership with Turquoise allows buy-side firms access to over 20 settlement venues via a single point of access and with seamless straight-through-processing (STP). Mark Badyra, CEO of Appital, said: What we set out to do with Appital is provide unique, electronic price formation capabilities of illiquid equity positions to enable execution with minimal…

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January 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Swiss bank UBS expands presence in US through acquisition of Wealthfront

Ralph Hamers, Group Chief Executive Officer of UBS, said: Adding Wealthfront’s capabilities and client base to our global investment ecosystem will significantly boost our ability to grow our business in the US. Wealthfront complements our core business in the US providing wealth management to high net worth and high net worth investors through trusted relationships…

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Macrobond
January 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Macrobond reports record sales in 2021 driven by demand of collaboration tools

Last year, Macrobond also broadened its high-frequency datasets to over 36 million time series. The provider of global economic, aggregate financial and sector data also partnered with FactSet to deliver insights into global equity markets via a database of factor insights and consolidated data from over 70,000 securities across 127 countries. Howard Rees, Chief Commercial…

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Bitbuy selects Eventus
January 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

First Canadian crypto trading platform regulated as marketplace, Bitbuy, selects Eventus for trade surveillance

Earlier last year, Canadian regulators introduced a new regulatory framework that requires cryptocurrency trading platforms that run a marketplace to surveil participants within their markets. Using Validus expands Bitbuy’s capabilities to fulfill these requirements. It also provides the necessary infrastructure to accommodate future growth. Michael Arbus, Bitbuy CEO, said: When we reviewed the Eventus solution,…

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IG Group
January 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

IG Group revenue rises 16% in H1 2022

June Felix, Chief Executive, commented:  This has been a period of outstanding performance with record revenues and profits. Since we launched our new strategy three years ago, the group has transformed from a UK-centric, CFD focused firm, to a global financial technology company with a multi-product trading platform. One of the key factors behind the…

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Match-Prime Liquidity
January 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Match-Prime Liquidity expands digital asset offering

Andreas Kapsos, the CEO of Match-Prime Liquidity, commented: The digital assets market has been growing for a long time; we can probably assume that this whole decade will be theirs. Estimations say that the crypto market cap roughly tripled in 2021. There was a time it nearly reached $3 trillion! We have reasons to be…

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January 26, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HotForex secures CMA licence in Kenya

The spokesperson continued: It also demonstrates the continued success of the HF Markets Group, made possible by our clients, partners and the dedicated efforts of the HotForex team to offer the safest trading environment possible to millions of traders around the world. The latest CMA licence is in addition to the existing licenses and regulation…

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SEC fraud
January 26, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC charges former UBS financial adviser with stealing $5.8 million

Eric I. Bustillo, Director of the SEC's Miami Regional Office, commented: As a financial advisor, Nino was entrusted with millions of dollars belonging to his client. As alleged in our complaint, Nino took advantage of that trust by abusing his access to his client’s accounts for personal gain. The financial markets regulator explained that Nino…

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