Category: Forex

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December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA using AI to keep criminal funds out of the financial system

Rob Gruppetta, Head of the Financial Crime Department at the UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made a speech yesterday regarding artificial intelligence keeping criminal funds out of the financial system. The speech was delivered to the FinTech Innovation in AML and Digital ID regional event, London, and included highlights such as: Criminals…

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December 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Plus500 removes Revshare payments from its Affiliates program due to MiFID II regulations

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that leading CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has decided to halt its Revshare payments with affiliates in its 500Affiliates.com program ahead of MiFID II regulations, moving instead to an all-CPA (cost-per-acquisition) model. While most affiliates of FCA and CySEC licensed Plus500 have been working with the CPA model to date,…

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December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group declares annual variable dividend of $3.50 per share

Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) today declared its annual variable dividend, amounting to $3.50 per share. The dividend is payable January 15, 2018, to shareholders of record on December 28, 2017. When CME Group adopted its annual variable dividend structure in February 2012, the intention was to determine the excess cash available at the end…

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December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Susan Swart to leave as Chief Information Officer of the International Monetary Fund

Susan Swart, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Chief Information Officer and Director of its Information Technology Department (ITD), has decided to leave the Fund in early 2018 for personal reasons. Ms. Swart joined the IMF in June 2012, following a distinguished career at the U.S. State Department. Susan brought with her the expertise and international…

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FXCM FX trading volumes
December 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM FX trading volumes up 14% in November 2017 to $218 billion

After seeing a fairly slow start to the fall trading season, retail forex broker FXCM has posted fairly strong FX trading volume metrics for November. FXCM volumes were $218 billion in November, up 14% from $192 billion in October. Average customer trading volume per day of $9.9 billion in November was also 14% higher than…

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December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LCH’s SwapClear expands Australian Dollar offering

LCH, a leading global clearing house majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE), has announced that it has extended its SwapClear service to offer clearing of Australian Dollar BBSW vs AONIA overnight basis swaps (AUD BOBs). With SwapClear clearing approximately 85% of the the AUD interest rate derivatives market today, this addition will…

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Ralf Roth Quantitative Brokers
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Quantitative Brokers hires IHS Markit's Ralf Roth as CEO

Quantitative Brokers, an independent global provider of advanced agency algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, has appointed Ralf Roth as Chief Executive Officer. The company also named Thomas Ascher as Executive Chairman. Ralf Roth brings a wealth of experience to Quantitative Brokers, recently serving as Equities Division CTO…

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December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bank of Russia signs MoU with Seychelles Financial Services Authority

The Bank of Russia and the Seychelles Financial Services Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding on November 29th, 2017. The key areas of cooperation envisaged in the Memorandum are the following: assistance in detection and combating unlawful use of insider information and market manipulation, supervision and monitoring of compliance with applicable legislation in the financial…

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