Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX adopts a new approach to the long codes of options on Derivatives Market

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced that in accordance with the recommendations of the Technological Committee and the Derivatives Market Committee it will adopt a new approach to the formation of long option codes. Under this methodology new options will be added in the system without a space, for example, RTS-6.17M150617PA95000 instead of RTS-6.17M150617PA 95000. Old…

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November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters to offer financial community exclusive, live U.S. election day news and commentary

Business information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) will host live news and commentary on the U.S. elections for Eikon Messenger users via its Global Markets Forum (GMF) as events unfold, offering the market direct access to senior Reuters editors and reporters. The Global Markets Forum is an innovative, cross-asset and cross-regional community, connecting senior global financial…

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November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICF to start the compensation payment process to the covered clients of Falcon Brokers Ltd.

Pursuant to a relevant decision of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the Investor Compensation Fund for IF Clients (ICF) has announced the commencement of the compensation payment process by the ICF to the covered clients of Falcon Brokers Ltd. LeapRate has already reported of Falcon Brokers losing its CIF license. The address of the…

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November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ replaces CIO with Dimension Data cloud chief Gerard Florian

Commercial banking company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ (ASX:ANZ), has announced the appointment of Gerard Florian as Group Executive Technology reporting to Chief Executive Officer Shayne Elliott. Florian joins ANZ from Dimension Data where he was Chief Strategy Officer for the global Cloud Business Unit. Over the past five years,…

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November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe partners with Servicemax to provide integrated payment solutions for the field service industry

Digital payment solutions provider Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has announced a new agreement with cloud-based field service management solutions company ServiceMax to integrate payment solutions into ServiceMax’s Field Service Management (FSM) platform. The partnership enables ServiceMax to offer Paysafe’s secure online and mobile point of sale (mPOS) payment solutions to its field service customers worldwide.…

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November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX announces infrastructure migration to new data center

Moscow Exchange has successfully performed the final testing of all trading systems with the DataSpace1 data center operating as the primary DC and M1 data center as a disaster recovery site. From Monday, 7th November, all client-side systems and trading terminals should be configured to accept DataSpace1 as the primary DC and M1 as the…

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November 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former AxiTrader GM Quinn Perrott expands his TRAction trade reporting services firm to the UK

Financial services company TRAction Fintech has launched in the UK and Europe to assist brokers with reporting trades under the EMIR and MiFID legislation. When asked how TRAction Fintech planned to differentiate themselves in the competitive UK marketplace Quinn Perrott, General Manager, responded: There are 2 key areas where we think TRAction Fintech really distinguishes itself…

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