Category: Forex

December 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

DFM welcomes the listing of Bahrain’s Khaleeji Commercial Bank

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced the listing of Bahrain’s Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB), one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as trading commenced on the bank’s shares under the trading symbol (KHCB), which appears on DFM screens, trading system and publications within the Banking Sector. This listing further strengthens…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
December 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nigel Babbage appointed to NZX Board as a director

The New Zealand Stock Exchange Board today announced the appointment of Nigel Babbage as a director. Babbage has more than 30 years’ experience working in financial and capital markets. This includes 18 years abroad where he held executive roles with British Petroleum (now BP) and Citibank, managing the New York currency derivatives desk. In addition…

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December 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FlexTrade appoints new Multi-Asset Sales Director Manuela Bauer

FlexTrade today announced the expansion of its EMEA sales team with the hiring of a new Multi-Asset Sales Director, Manuela Bauer. The expansion of the team comes at the end of a successful year of cross-asset innovation for the business. Manuela Bauer will be responsible for further strengthening FlexTrade’s capability in multi-asset class sales. She…

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Bank of China (UK) Limited joins LCH’s SwapClear
December 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH’s CDSClear launches credit index options clearing

LCH, a global clearing house, today announced that it has extended its CDSClear platform to include the clearing of credit index options. This addition to LCH’s credit derivatives clearing service follows the launch of CDX high-yield clearing in July 2017. LCH becomes the first CCP to clear credit index options CDSClear launches clearing of credit…

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Swissquote Manchester United movie
December 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Sports Sponsorship: Swissquote promo video with ManU players David De Gea, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marcus Rashford

Continuing our exclusive coverage of the different ways that Retail FX brokers are putting their marketing budgets into sports related sponsorships of all kinds, LeapRate can report that Swiss online trading leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has produced a new promotional video around a theme called 'Wins are Decisions' starring three Manchester United players: David De…

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December 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Playtech confirms £220 million 6.7% stake in Ladbrokes as GVC merger talks heat up

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that online gaming and financial trading systems provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has indicated that it remains one of the largest shareholders of betting and gaming company Ladbrokes Coral Group PLC (LON:LCL), which operates both the Ladbrokes and Coral brands as well as Eurobet, Gala Casino and Betdaq. According…

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FXCM Group
December 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group supports ESMA’s proposed 30x Forex and CFD leverage cap

Retail forex broker FXCM Group has also released a statement in support of yesterday's announcements by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) relating to additional customer protections. Further, FXCM hopes this leads to harmonized regulations across Europe. FXCM has long been in full compliance with most of the proposed…

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