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.
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June 03, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe Global Markets adds real-time alerts and analytics to information solutions offering

Ed Tilly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cboe Global Markets commented: We are constantly engaging with our customers and working with them to develop smart, innovative solutions that address their needs. Adding Trade Alert’s highly-curated information, alerts and messaging to Cboe’s existing Information Solutions offering will help our customers make sense of the…

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CME Group
June 03, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports 17.9 million contracts for May

The company’s monthly metrics highlights from May include Interest Rate ADV of 8.2 million contracts. Equity Index ADV registered 5.2 million contracts, up by 23% YoY. Micro E-mini Equity futures traded 252 million contracts, across all four indices, since their May 2019 launch and E-mini Russell 2000 futures ADV grew 39%. Options ADV were 2.5…

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June 02, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SIX adds HANetf as ETF issuer and launches first medical cannabis ETF

Through the new ETFs at SIX, HANetf provides investors with exposure to five equity-themed products, while investing in companies with a promising growth profile. The new ETFs range from e-commerce, cloud technologies, medical cannabis and wellness. The underlying indices reflect stocks targetting long-term, social and technological megatrends. RBC Europe provides liquidity for the 5 ETFs…

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Deutsche Börse
June 02, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse reports 7.5% MoM decline in trading volumes

Divided by class of asset, equities generated around €139.9 billion. Trading ETFs/ETCs/ETNs earned €18 billion. The trading volume in bonds was €0.4 billion, in certificates €1.4 billion and in funds €0.2 billion. SAP SE achieved the highest volume from the DAX stock on Xetra in May with €7.2 billion. TeamViewer AG led the MDAX equities…

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FCA bans sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers
June 02, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FCA bans Cypriot firms Hoch Capital, Magnum FX, Rodeler and F1 Markets from offering CFDs in the UK

FCA’s actions came as a response to insufficient information to the nature of the investments, some of the investors were pressured into making increasingly large investments in CFDs, which referenced bitcoin, foreign exchange, shares and indices. In some cases, investors were even encouraged to take out credit to make the payments. The firms also failed…

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FXSpotStream forex volumes
June 02, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FXSpotStream volumes stabilize with 6.3% MoM increase in ADV

The company’s Overall Volume in May reached USD$758 billion, up by 1.4% MoM compared to April. The trading volume was a bit disappointing with a 5.48% decline, compared to May last year when it registered $802 billion. And still almost half of the volumes registered in March 2020 when crossed the $1 trillion mark for…

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