Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA publishes updated AIFMD Q&A

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated questions and answers document on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The Q&A includes one new question and answer on the commencement of periodical reporting pursuant to Article 13 of the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation for Alternative Investment Fund managers.…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Women's Exchange celebrates its 4th anniversary

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's (HKEX) Women’s Exchange celebrated its fourth anniversary at its annual reception last night. More than 200 men and women, primarily from the financial services, legal and accounting sectors, attended the event. The programme included a brief introduction of Women's Exchange by Angelina Kwan, Managing Director, Head of Regulatory Compliance,…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group announces a monthly volume record for the SXF in September

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has announced September 2016 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. MX set a new daily volume record on September 12, 2016 for the S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures (SXF) of 190,810 contracts. A monthly volume record…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TOCOM reports 3.7% ADV drop MoM in September

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) has announced that average daily volume for September 2016 was 85,496 contracts, down 3.7% MoM. Volume for TOCOM’s largest contracts was mixed; Dubai Crude Oil was up 5.5% to 19,849 contracts and Rubber was up 6.4% to 6,567 contracts while Gold Standard decreased 13.7% to 24,608 contracts. TOCOM Dubai Crude…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds CW Associates to its alert list

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats announces successful migration of BZX Options Exchange to next-generation matching engine

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats:BATS), has announced the successful migration of its largest options exchange, BZX Options, to the company’s proprietary next-generation matching engine. The migration of BZX Options to the new technology was seamlessly completed without incident or impact to customers. On the final day of migration, September 29, 2016, 100% of active customers…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC launches new budgeting tool that speaks your language

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, The Hon. Kelly O’Dwyer has today launched ASIC's MoneySmart ‘Simple Money Manager'. The Simple Money Manager is a free online budgeting resource designed to help culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians with everyday budgeting to take control of their finances. ASIC has consulted a wide range of government…

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October 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Investment adviser charged with cherry-picking and misleading clients

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced fraud charges against an investment adviser accused of “cherry-picking” profitable trades for his own account rather than a client’s accounts, and misleading seniors and other clients about the fees he charged and the risks in investments he recommended. The SEC Enforcement Division alleges that Laurence I. Balter and…

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