Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

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

Bats launches new benchmark indices for ten European markets

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, today announced the launch of new benchmark indices for ten additional European markets. Bats now offers real-time, high-quality and low-cost alternatives to those provided by the incumbent index providers across all major European markets. The new Bats Indices covering ten markets include: Bats Austria 20 Bats…

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April 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC announces Andrew B. Busch as the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced that Andrew B. Busch has been named the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer. After spending 30 years in the financial services sector, Mr. Busch comes to the CFTC from the boutique economic research company he founded, Bering Productions Inc. (BPI), where he was…

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Deutsche Börse
April 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse Cash Market sees significant rise in March

Turnover on Deutsche Börse's cash markets totalled €135.7 billion in March, a significant increase on the €120.9 billion seen in the same month of 2016. This increase was largely driven by the daily auctions in Xetra trading, which are held at opening, midday and end of trading. Order book turnover in auctions provided 52% of…

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MOEX launches trading in sunflower seed futures
April 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX announces Index Committee decisions

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that on 24 March 2017, the Index Committee of Moscow Exchange decided to recommend that the Exchange set the following free float coefficients: Ticker Issuer Free float DSKY Detsky mir, ordinary shares 34% EPLN Europlan, ordinary shares 35% FTRE FG FUTURE, ordinary shares 20% The Committee also proposed to consider…

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April 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

European Trade Repository REGIS-TR receives formal recognition as foreign trade repository in Switzerland

The European Trade Repository REGIS-TR has been formally recognized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA on 1 April 2017, Deutsche Börse announced. REGIS-TR is now officially a foreign trade repository in Switzerland, enabling market participants to meet their transaction reporting obligations under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA). Under the terms of the…

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fma warns against unregulated company
April 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Italy regulator CONSOB warns against Investing Group Trading

The National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa – CONSOB) just reported that the company Investing Group Trading is not authorised to offer out-of-the-office, or promote or place through remote communication techniques in Italy, investment services or business in any way, and, therefore, neither through the…

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April 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari main site and myAlpari now available in Malaysian

Shortly after the announcement of the Mauritius office opening, the retail Forex broker Alpari Limited shared another news regarding its expansion. myAlpari, in addition to other key services, is now available in Malaysian. The Malaysian version of Alpari's website will be launched in the coming days, allowing its clients from Malaysia to receive complete and…

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