Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
October 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TSX welcomes Aritzia to the exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:X) has welcomed Aritzia Inc. to Canada's leading equities exchange. The Vancouver-based clothing retailer began trading on TSX this morning under the symbol TSX:ATZ. Ungad Chadda, President, Capital Formation, Equity Capital Markets, TMX Group, said: Aritzia is a dynamic success story here in Canada and across North America and we are extremely…

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October 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXSpotStream announces 24% rise in September's FX volumes

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that September volumes on its system jumped to $15,452 with the impressive 24% MoM (single count) daily. However September volumes were down with 4.7% YoY from September 2015. FXSpotStream’s best-ever month still remains this past February, at $21 billion ADV. FXSpotStream is a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC (which is…

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October 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels AFS licence of Lotus Securities

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Lotus Securities Ltd (AFS licence 306812) for failing to comply with a number of its key obligations as a financial services licensee, including: lodging its financial reports within the required timeframe; lodging compliance plan audits and financial reports for the managed investment schemes it operates…

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October 03, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange's migration to new data center is near completion

The DataSpace1 data center will become the focal point of data processing for the MOEX trading and clearing platforms on 7 November 2016. The M1 data center currently the MOEX primary DC, will operate as a disaster recovery site. DataSpace1 is the first commercial data centre in Russia and continental Europe to have successfully completed…

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October 03, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on consolidated tape for non-equity products

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a consultation paper on its draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) regarding the creation of a consolidated tape for non-equity instruments which is required under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). The new MiFID II framework, which covers equity-like and non-equity instruments traded on…

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October 03, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Corvil introduces Machine-Time Analytics for high speed trading

The network data analytics company for business in the Now™,Corvil, has introduced a new class of data analytics to address the challenges concerning transparency, surveillance and compliance for trading businesses participating in high speed financial markets and algorithmic business in general. Machine-time analytics are being introduced as part of Corvil’s latest release of its streaming analytics platform.…

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