Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
BCSC warning
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Binary options broker B4Option receives warning from Canadian regulator BCSC

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated binary options broker B4Option. B4Option has claimed to provide an online binary options trading platform. Spain’s securities market regulator CNMV already warned against B4Option two years ago. A binary option is a type of option whose payout depends…

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Moscow Exchange MOEX
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange FX Market turnover up 10% in April

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that in April 2017 total trading volumes across the exchange's markets amounted to RUB 70.9 trln. Turnover grew: on the Money Market up 20.2% YoY, Equity and Bond Market up 17.9% and FX Market up 9.5%. More detailed information on MOEX' total trading volumes can be seen below: Equity and…

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IG Group office
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group offers first retail IPO on its Investment Platform

Online trading industry leading broker IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announced that is offering access to retail IPOs on its Investment Platform for the first time. IG launched the service today, with applications now open for the Global Ports Holding IPO. This latest development of IG’s Investment Platform allows investors to subscribe to upcoming IPOs…

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May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes VelocityShares to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company today welcomed VelocityShares® branded ETNs to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The VelocityShares 1x Long VSTOXX Futures ETN (Bats: EVIX) links Long Securities to the VSTOXX Short-Term Futures Investable Index (the "Long Investable Index"). The Long Investable Index replicates the performance of a long position in [constant-maturity one-month…

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asic bans
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC disqualifies and bans the former MD of Provident Capital Ltd

On 2 May 2017 the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) upheld ASIC's decision that Mr Michael Roger O’Sullivan of Sydney be disqualified from managing corporations for five years and from providing financial services for seven years. The AAT qualified the five-year disqualification decision by permitting Mr O'Sullivan to remain as a director of three private companies,…

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bitcoin
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin and other digital assets reach new all-time highs

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange announced that the price of bitcoin and the total market cap for digital assets are each shattering previous records. Bitcoin was over $1500 yesterday, while the digital assets total market cap was nearing the $40,000,000,000 mark. These numbers represent new all-time highs for an industry that is becoming increasingly popular among…

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May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EBS BrokerTec to be renamed NEX Markets

NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of the global markets, announced today that its EBS BrokerTec business which provides electronic trading technology and services to the foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income markets, will be renamed NEX Markets. The business is being renamed to further align with NEX. The new…

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May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chicago based AMP Futures launches MT5 platform

AMP Futures has officially announced the launch of the MetaTrader 5 platform for trading futures AMP Futures is a US regulated Chicago-based Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) providing access to the global electronic futures markets for individual traders, as well as US and foreign Introducing Brokerages from 150+ countries around the world. AMP Futures offers over…

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May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Intercontinental Exchange reports Q1 2017 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.84 on revenues of $1.2 billion

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the global network of exchanges and clearing houses and provider of global data and listing services, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2017. For the quarter ended March 31, 2017: consolidated net income attributable to ICE was $502 million on $1.2 billion of consolidated revenues less transaction-based expenses.…

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