Category: Financial Services

DTCC - new additions to the Board
October 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

DTCC launches MF Info Xchange to transform delivery of mutual fund notifications

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), which provides post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, has announced it will launch a new, on demand, real time, centralized communications service for the mutual fund industry by the end of 2018, the first service of its kind from DTCC’s Wealth Management Services (WMS) division…

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Nasdaq
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CQG Desktop selected by Nasdaq Fixed Income as official front-end for U.S. treasury trading

CQG, a global provider of high-performance trading, market data, and technical analysis tools, has just announced a new partnership with Nasdaq Fixed Income (NFI). Under the agreement, NFI will provide the web-based CQG Desktop platform to NFI customers as the official front-end for trading NFI's U.S. Treasury Benchmark products. CQG announced earlier this year a…

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ESMA bond liquidity data
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA sees 2% increase in prospectus approvals across the EEA

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), in its annual report on prospectus activity, has just informed the public that it has found that in 2017 the number of prospectus approvals across the European Economic Area (EEA) increased by around 1.9% compared to 2016 (from 3499 to 3567). The growth in prospectus approvals puts an…

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Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq launches ESG futures in the Nordics

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has announced the launch of futures based on the recently launched OMXS30 ESG Responsible index (OMXS30ESG). The product is the first exchange listed and ESG compliant index future in the world. In recent years we have seen institutions increase efforts to integrate sustainability into their investment strategies, with the Nordic region being…

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CME Group
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group announces E-Mini Nasdaq-100 Futures all-time daily trading volume record

Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures reached an all-time daily volume record of 1,150,475 contracts traded on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. This surpasses the previous single-day volume record of 1,149,387 contracts reached on Sept. 18, 2008. This milestone demonstrates how global investors are increasingly turning to CME Group's products to manage…

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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches its new digital platform Sahmi
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches its new digital platform Sahmi

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region's leading financial market, has just announced that it has launched its new integrated digital platform, ‘Sahmi’ which provides digital services for individual investors. The Platform was launched during the GITEX Technology Week 2018, which ADX is partaking in at the Abu Dhabi government pavilion. Sahmi aims to manage…

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SIX Swiss Exchange
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX takes stake in digital inheritance start-up PassOn AG

SIX – which owns and manages the Swiss stock exchange – has taken a minority stake in pre-ICO start-up PassOn AG as part of its strategy to build a digital asset custody ecosystem. Following its announcement in July launching SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) to address the opportunities in the digital asset space, SIX today announced…

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clone firm FCA warning
October 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Capital Assets UK clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Capital Assets UK. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…

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fca warning clone firm
October 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Deutsche Capital Management Ltd clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Deutsche Capital Management Ltd. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their…

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October 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC concludes consultation on amendments to anti-money laundering

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just informed the public that it has today released consultation conclusions on proposals to amend its Guideline on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT Guideline). The amendments are in line with the latest international anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) standards and will make the…

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