TMX Group announces September volumes, Montréal Exchange with a new open interest record LeapRate

October 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group announces September volumes, Montréal Exchange with a new open interest record

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) just announced September 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. MX achieved a new open interest record on the Three-Month Canadian Bankers' Acceptance Futures (BAX) with 1,158,188 contracts reached on September 6, 2017. Toronto Stock Exchange's…

October 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against J O Hambro Capital Management clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm J O Hambro Capital Management. 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…

October 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Osbourne Mulligan Consulting firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Osbourne Mulligan Consulting. Osbourne Mulligan Consulting is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

October 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ADV on the spot FX market of Euronext's FastMatch up 28% MoM

Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for September 2017. Cash Trading In September 2017, the average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €7,295 million, up +14.6% compared to September 2016 and up +20.7% from the previous month. 15 September was the most active day of…

October 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Eurex experiencing serious latency issues on derivatives orders

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned from several industry sources that Eurex Group, a unit of Deutsche Boerse AG (FRA:DB1), has been experiencing some serious latency issues in the execution of orders in several of the exchanges which it runs, including its main derivative exchange. Eurex's European Energy Exchange (EEX), Eurex Bonds and Eurex Repo are apparently not…

October 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings plans listing of Roku Options

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced it plans to list options on Roku, Inc. (ROKU), the streaming video device maker, on Friday, October 6, once the underlying stock has been certified as meeting all of CBOE Holdings’ applicable exchanges’ listing criteria. The company plans to list Roku options on its four options exchanges -Chicago…

October 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX total trading volumes down 8% MoM in September

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just released its monthly market report for September and total trading volumes across its markets increased by 7.8% YoY to RUB 80.4 trln (however down 8% MoM). Turnover grew on the Precious Metals Market (+25.4% YoY), Money Market (+25.4% YoY) and Equity Market (+8.1% YoY). FX turnover increased by 7.3% YoY in…

October 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

SEC charges Rockey Hatfield as a repeat offender in penny stock fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two individuals with defrauding investors in penny stock companies that claimed to have valuable patents. One of those charged had been barred from the penny stock business based on his role in another securities scheme and neither he nor his companies had ever been issued any patents…

October 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA publishes latest updates to MiFIDII/MiFIR investor protection Q&As

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 12 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR). The new Q&As cover the topics of client categorisation, post-sale reporting, recording of telephone conversations and electronic…

October 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Yinforex Capital Ltd clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Yinforex Capital 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 tactics…

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