Category: Forex

ASIC office
November 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC announces the initial members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel

Following expressions of interest from leaders in the financial services and consumer credit industry to become members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP), ASIC announced that it has selected for appointment the following people: Annette Spencer Gaye Simpson Brad Fox Gayle Cilfone Bruce Debenham Jennifer Diggle Calvert Duffy Johanna Turner Christine McArthur Naomi…

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cme europe shut
November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Seven FX market participants to clear CME OTC Non-Deliverable Forwards

Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announced that seven market participants have agreed that they intend to clear OTC FX Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDFs) by the end of Q1 2018. As more clients and liquidity providers are affected by uncleared margin rules, additional market participants clearing NDFs will provide greater access to the capital…

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November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Janus Henderson expands BNP Paribas strategic partnership with addition of U.S. services

Janus Henderson Investors (NYSE:JHG) today announced that BNP Paribas Securities Services, a global custodian with over $10 trillion in assets under custody as of September 30, 2017, will assume responsibility for the majority of Janus Henderson's back office (including fund administration and fund accounting), middle office and custody functions in the U.S. As part of…

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November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Cboe Vest Fund targets distributions of 3.5% above the S&P 500 with Proportional Price Returns

The newest mutual fund from Cboe Vest Financial LLC, a majority owned subsidiary of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE), seeks to track the recently launched Cboe S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income Index (SPAI), an index designed to track the hypothetical performance of a partial buy-write strategy applied to stocks contained in the widely utilized…

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FX liquidity providers
November 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LMAX Exchange liquidity made available through the Seabury FXone trading platform

LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for FX trading, has announced that its global liquidity has been added to Seabury’s FXone trading platform. Professional traders using the FXone GUI interface will now have access to LMAX Exchange streaming firm limit order liquidity and benefit from transparent, precise, consistent exchange quality execution. Jeremy Barnes,…

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November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Regulatory Reporting to become an SFTR trade repository

NEX Regulatory Reporting, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides regulatory reporting services across global regulatory regimes, announced today its intention to apply to become a trade repository for the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) and launch a dedicated reporting solution, pending the issuance of the final technical standards from ESMA. NEX Regulatory Reporting will…

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New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop
November 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Leverate launches EMIR / MiFID II regulatory consulting service Regyoul8

Continuing its metamorphosis from turnkey brokerage solutions provider to an FX point solutions company, Leverate has announced the launch of a new Cyprus-based regulatory consulting and services operation, called Regyoul8. This of course follows our exclusive coverage from earlier this week of Leverate entering into a cooperation agreement with (former?) FX platform rival MetaQuotes, to…

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KVB Kunlun office
November 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Record revenues in Q3 for Hong Kong FX broker KVB Kunlun

Hong Kong retail forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) has released its third quarter financial report, with the company seeing record Revenues and significantly improved profitability so far in the second half of the year. In Q3, KVB Kunlun reported total Revenues of HK$181.5 million (USD $23 million), up 38% from Q2's HK$131.5 million.…

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