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.
CySEC
September 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Depaho Limited settles charges with CySEC with €270K fine

Following CySEC investigation, the regulator discovered that the violations occurred between January 2018 and July 2019. CySEC revealed that that Depaho violated organisational requirement, as well as CIF authorization provisions, order execution requirements, principles and information of clients and had a conflict of interest. Read More: CySEC issues warnings for websites classicfx24trade, safeoptions24 and others…

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FCA warning
September 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cryptenix, Invest Bonds UK and others added to FCA's warning list

Cryptenix Address: 238 Agias Fylaxeos street, 3082 Limassol Cyprus Telephone: +441613941524, +442038073108, +442080898580 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cryptenix.com Invest Bonds UK Address: 37th Floor One Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5AB Email: [email protected] Website: www.investbondsuk.com/ Compare Property Bonds UK Address: 24 Aston Court London E11 2AR Telephone: 0207 7581789 Email: info@ComparePropertyBondsUK Website: www.compareukpropertybonds.com/ ISA Advisor…

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AMF alerts list
September 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

AMF issues warning on websites gfoltd, glb-groupe and others

AMF added the following websites to its blacklist: www.gfoltd.com www.glb-groupe.com gb-patrimoine-paris.com www.patrimoine-partenaires.com www.nortia-groupe.com vinneo.fr corsaircpl.com www.pjp-epargne-whisky.com www.opp-capital.com/ www.sudfactoring.com/ one-parking.co.uk https://octogroupe.com https://alphani-ltd.com dma-finance.com www.gemicpl.com www.cap-de-france.com/index.html www.mage-champagne.com www.ml-capital.fr 24primeoption.com Read More: AMF issues warning on websites createcapitalinvest.com, sudfactoring.com and others AMF issues warning on websites fortiscapitalmanagers.com, wavetomarkets.com and others French AMF warns against several companies

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Whistleblower
September 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Whistleblower receives $1.8 million award from SEC

Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower said: Today’s award demonstrates the success of the program and the important role that company outsiders can play in halting ongoing violations. While many of our whistleblowers have been insiders, the agency also receives critical intelligence from company outsiders, like today’s whistleblower, whose swift reporting…

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SEC
September 29, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Former Amazon finance manager charged with insider trading

Erin Schneider, Director of the SEC's San Francisco Regional Office commented: We allege that the Bohras repeatedly and systematically used Amazon's confidential information for their own gain. Employees with access to confidential, potentially market-moving corporate information may not use that information to enrich themselves, their friends, or their families. The US regulator’s complaint charges all…

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September 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly forex data: GDP and the NFP

Key data this week Bold indicates the most important releases for this symbol. Wednesday 30 September, from 1.00 GMT: American presidential debate Wednesday 30 September, 6.00 GMT: British annual GDP growth (Q2, final) - consensus -21.7%, previous -1.7% Wednesday 30 September, 6.00 GMT: British quarterly GDP growth (Q2, final) - consensus -20.4%, previous -2.2% Wednesday…

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GMO-Z.com Trade UK launches its Agency FX service
September 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

GMO-Z.com Trade UK launches its Agency FX service

Ramy Soliman, Chief Strategy Officer, commented: I’m pleased to announce to launch of our Agency FX service, and I believe that the offering we have put together is well-positioned to go above and beyond in meeting the sophisticated requirements of institutional clients, such as smaller hedge funds or tier 2-3 banks, seeking consolidated access to…

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Swissquote
September 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Swissquote integrates into oneZero ecosystem to enhance liquidity offering

Felix Cloke, Institutional Sales at Swissquote commented: In such a competitive market space it is vital to remain on the cutting edge. Swissquote remains devoted to evolving their institutional offering and the latest iteration of this comes from marrying its liquidity offering with oneZero’s robust infrastructure allowing both entities to focus and deliver their respective…

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daily market analysis
September 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Dollar Index continues to hover close to its highest level in two months

EUROPEAN SHARES  European markets opened higher on Monday, continuing the trend registered overnight in Tokyo, Hong-Kong and Seoul as investors welcomed the latest encouraging data from China. While Beijing's economic recovery seems to be well underway, tensions with Washington continue to grow after the US issued another export restriction on China's largest chipmaker. Monday morning's rally…

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SEC acts against 11 firms neglecting electronic communications
September 28, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SoluTech settles fraud charges with SEC, former exec to pay $25K fine

The SEC alleges that SoluTech and Pitruzzello misrepresented the investors’ interest in investing in SoluTech regarding SoluTech's and Pitruzzello's attempt to raise funds through a Series A stock offering. The US regulator found that SoluTech and Pitruzzello violated the Securities Act and without admitting or denying these findings, SoluTech and Pitruzzello consented to the requirements…

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