Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange FX volumes drop to RUB 25.9 trillion in July

Moscow Exchange (MCX:MOEX) has announced that its total trading volumes increased by 12.3% YoY to RUB 65.7 trln in July 2016. The Money Market posted the strongest growth, with volumes increasing 52.4% YoY. Equity & Bond Market Secondary market turnover in shares, RDRs and investment fund units was RUB 656.9 bln (July 2015: RUB 689.3 bln).…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Financial institutions provider Axioma launches Australia office

  The innovative risk-management and portfolio-construction solutions to financial institutions provider Axioma has announced the launch of its Australia office and the appointment of Brian Smith as the Head of Australia and New Zealand. The launch underscores the increasing demand from institutional clients and asset owners for risk-management and portfolio-construction tools to support decision-making across complex multi-asset…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF bans Rodeler Limited (24option) from providing financial services in France

The service provider Rodeler Limited (regulated by the Cypriot financial regulatory agency) offers access to binary options, particularly Forex, and does not comply with certain professional obligations. The AMF has therefore decided to ban the company from providing services to both new and existing clients in France. This decision takes effect on August 1, 2016. The…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters to join R3 blockchain consortium

Thomson Reuters has joined financial innovation firm R3’s partnership to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. As a leading source of news and information for professional markets, Thomson Reuters will contribute insights from its work with customers to drive product innovation and transformation in the financial sector using distributed…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE reports 2% decrease ADV MoM in July

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) or CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has reported today that July average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and futures contracts traded on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) was 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 2% from July…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ETFGI reports a record high of $38 billion at the end of June

ETFGI, the research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, has reported assets invested in active ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high US$38.19 billion at the end of June 2016, according to data from ETFGI’s June 2016 global Active ETF and ETP industry insights report. Record levels of assets were also…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXTM expands to South Africa with FSB license

Soon after its update to latest MT5 platform, CySEC-regulated Forex broker FXTM (ForexTime) has announced that it is continuing its ongoing expansion, with the broker having recently received a license from the Financial Services Board (FSB) in South Africa. The license was obtained on July 5, 2016 (FSP no.46614) and provides the company with the opportunity…

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