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.
FCA warning
September 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Evolve Financials, BNY Mellon clone firm and others added to FCA's warning list

Evolve Financial Services Limited / Evolve Financial Services Ltd / Evolve Financials (clone of FCA Authorised Firm) Email: [email protected] Website: https://evolvefinancialservicesltd.com BN Private Wealth Management / BN London / BN Wealth (Clone of EEA authorised firm) Address: St Martin's Le Grand, London EC1A 4NP Telephone: 02033556074 Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.bn-wealth.com Whichrates4U Websites: whichrates4u.com…

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acquisition
September 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

MarketAxess to acquire Deutsche Börse’s regulatory reporting business

Christophe Roupie, Head of EMEA and APAC at MarketAxess, said: With over 30 years of experience in providing regulatory reporting and data services to the world’s leading financial institutions, we know just how important they are for our clients. With this acquisition, we’re strengthening both our global post-trade and data businesses in two important ways:…

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CFH creates Zero hold time liquidity pool
September 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFH creates Zero hold time liquidity pool

Andy Biggs, Head of Liquidity, CFH commented: Historically there has been a trade-off between speed of execution and pricing. Traders should have the option to choose which is right for them based on their trading style and requirements. The CFH Liquidity Team created a Zero hold time pool minimizing the gap in pricing to standard…

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eToro’s former UK CEO Iqbal Gandham joins CoinBurp
September 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Former UK CEO of eToro Iqbal Gandham joins CoinBurp

Gandham has also served as Chief Marketing Officer for UK’s online investment management platform Nutmegtaking. He took it through two separate funding rounds as well as looking after its re-brand. UK’s first self regulatory association for the crypto and blockchain industry, UK Crypto Association was also founded and chaired by Gandham. The association drafted regulatory…

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September 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Riad Chowdhury named head of MarketAxess APAC

Before that Chowdhury has held senior roles at ANZ Banking Group and Deutsche Bank, organizing new business development and revenue growth with Asian, as well as international clients. Chowdhury also has extensive experience in design and development of systems for trade execution and market data optimization, including the management of development and technology teams. Christophe…

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CFI Financial Group adds CFDs on ETFs to its offering
September 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFI Financial Group adds CFDs on ETFs to its offering

Demetrios Zamboglou, Chief Operations Officer for the group commented: It’s a highly dynamic environment and with volatility remaining elevated across the markets, expanding our current range of products is a given to help our clients in finding new opportunities, hedging in-market exposure and helping them diversify when the need arises. Initially, 100 ETF’s will be…

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Plus500
September 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Plus500 repurchases 25K shares as part of its buyback programme

Plus500 has been repurchasing shares as part of its buyback program from 11 August 2020. The broker recently held an annual general meeting (AGM) where it was decided to add Anne Grim to the Plus500 Board as a Non-Executive director. Plus500 also issued a trading update ahead of the AGM reporting continued good performance for…

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FairXchange launches Pricing Stack Analysis feature
September 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FairXchange introduces pricing stack analysis feature

Guy Hopkins, Founder and CEO, FairXchange commented: A fundamental issue that the market currently faces is that financial institutions find it very hard to measure the financial impact of any changes to their liquidity provision. Conversely, Liquidity Providers find it hard to demonstrate the value they can bring to a client, how much more money…

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