Nasdaq and OPCOM sign new market technology agreement LeapRate

February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq and OPCOM sign new market technology agreement

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Operatorul Pietei de Energie Electrica si Gaze Naturale (OPCOM) announced that they have signed a new market technology agreement for Nasdaq to deliver new matching engine and clearing technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture to Romania’s market operator for gas and electricity. OPCOM will leverage the modular functionality of the…

February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Associate Director in the Office of International Affairs Alberto Arevalo retires from SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Alberto Arevalo, an associate director in the Office of International Affairs, will retire later this month after 28 years of public service. Mr. Arevalo joined the SEC in 2004 and has been an associate director since 2014, with responsibility for international enforcement and supervisory cooperation, and technical…

February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tickmill launches Portuguese site

UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill just announced that Portuguese has now joined the growing number of official languages for the company's website. By localising its services to Portuguese, the provider takes an important step towards establishing a strong foothold in the region, whilst ensuring that all of its…

February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LMAX Global liquidity is now available through Kx trading platform

LMAX Global, the FCA regulated broker for FX and part of the LMAX Exchange Group, has just announced that its global liquidity has been added to the Kx trading platform, Kx for Flow, a technology platform for FX trading. Institutional clients and brokers, using the Kx for Flow trading UI, will now have access to…

February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SET educates Thai firms on MiFID II, lauhcnes SET Digital Roadshow

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), in collaboration with Thai Investor Relations Club and Thai Listed Companies Association, informed that it holds a seminar “MiFID II: The New Challenges For Thai Capital Market”, in which experts from Bloomberg and Maybank Kim Eng jointly provide information to listed companies about Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II…

February 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote adds NZZ Mediengruppe executive Monica Dell'Anna to its board

Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it will propose to the shareholders the election of Dr. Monica Dell'Anna as a member of the Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting on May 4, 2018. The remaining five members of Swissquote's board will all stand for re-election. Mario…

February 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital with a positive comment on recent market volatility

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) has commented on recent market volatility while presenting at the Credit Suisse 19th Annual Financial Services Forum. Here's what Glenn Stevens, GAIN Capital's CEO, said at the Forum yesterday: It is encouraging to see active traders embrace recent market volatility, as uncertainty around the direction of the equities markets…

February 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 reports record Revenues of $132 million for Q4, 2018 starts even better

CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has reported its financial metrics for 2017, indicating record results for both the full year and for what was an amazing Q4 - plus (no pun intended), an even better start to 2018. Overall for 2017, Plus500 brought in $437.2 million of Revenue versus $327.9 million in 2016 - an…

February 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Australia parliament passes legislation to create Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA)

Australia's financial regulator ASIC has stated that it welcomes the passage through Parliament of the Bill to establish the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The AFCA will start accepting complaints no later than November 1, 2018. AFCA is the culmination of more than 20 months of public consultation and inquiry, commencing with the review…

February 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

IOSCO wants all securities regulators to enforce CFD leverage limitations, negative balance protection

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a Report on Retail OTC Leveraged Products, providing its own guidance to the world's financial and securities regulators on the future of leveraged trading. IOSCO members include virtually all of the key major (and minor) global regulators including the FCA in the UK, the SEC in the…

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