World Cup meets investing: Swissquote launches Football Fever Certificate LeapRate

June 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

World Cup meets investing: Swissquote launches Football Fever Certificate

Taking an interesting twist on sports investing, Switzerland based online trading group Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has launched a Football Fever Certificate, allowing investors access to a basket of listed companies comprised of World Cup sponsors and European football clubs. The Football Fever Certificate can be traded on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX), under the…

June 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Saxo Bank hires Nordea executive Oliver Zecevic as Head of Operations

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Copenhagen based Retail FX broker Saxo Bank has added another member to its senior management team, hiring longtime Nordea executive Oliver Zecevic as the company's new Head of Operations. Oliver Zecevic had been with Nordea for his entire working career, joining the Danish based banking and financial group out of…

June 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NSD and Interfax Group launch RU Data Price service

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Interfax Group have announced that they have launched the integrated product RU Data Price, which allows institutional investors to access a full set of data to analyze market risks and generate regulatory reports, in particular, to evaluate the fair price of bonds. The new service has…

June 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital May Retail FX volumes up 9% to $243 billion

Following a fairly slow April, FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) saw a healthy uptick in activity in May. Retail FX volumes were up by 9% MoM to $243.3 billion at the company's FOREX.com and City Index brands, or $11.1 billion in average daily volumes. Institutional volumes at GAIN's GTX brand soared by…

June 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters announces new US$1 billion share repurchase program

Information giant Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI) has announced that it plans to buy back up to an additional US$1 billion of its shares under a new repurchase program. The new buyback program is in addition to the US$500 million repurchase program that Thomson Reuters announced in May 2018. Thomson Reuters has repurchased approximately…

June 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IFC and MAS to accelerate growth of green bond asset class in Asia

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced that they have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), agreeing to work together to accelerate the growth of green bond markets in Asia. The MOU marks the start of a closer collaboration between MAS and IFC to…

June 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tokyo Financial Exchange announces a new President & CEO

Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just announced that the board of directors decided today the following change of President & CEO. The current President & CEO Shozo Ohta has resigned. The name of the new one is Nobuyuki Kinoshita, whose previous position was an Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. Senior Adviser. This change is subject…

June 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank trading volumes decline for third month in a row, May at $17.6 billion ADV

In a month where some of the world's leading Retail and Institutional FX brokers were setting volume records, Copenhagen based brokerage group Saxo Bank reported its third volume decline in a row. Overall, May 2018 trading volumes came in at a daily average of $17.6 billion at Saxo Bank, down slightly from $17.7 billion in…

June 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Lutz Raettig named chairman of the Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Today's meeting of the Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has informed the public that it has named Lutz Raettig its honorary chairman. Raettig is being recognised for his outstanding accomplishments to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the financial centre of Frankfurt. He has been a member of the Exchange Council since 2001, and…

June 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge acquires MackayWilliams for more integrated view of fund distribution

The global fintech company Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has just announced that it has further expanded its global market intelligence business with the acquisition of MackayWilliams, a specialist European fund market and research firm. The acquisition will combine Broadridge’s fund data and analytics solutions with MackayWilliams’ insight into European mutual fund trends, brand perceptions and…

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