Sage launches Credit Index to track highly liquid ESG securities LeapRate

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Sage launches Credit Index to track highly liquid ESG securities

Sage Advisory Services, a fixed income investment management firm, has launched the Sage ESG Intermediate Credit Index, with Wilshire Associates retained as index consultant and calculation agent. The index uses Sage’s proprietary ESG factor analysis framework and rules-based selection process. It is designed to maximize exposure to positive Environmental, Social& Governance (ESG) characteristics, while maintaining…

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Gabriel Domínguez De La Rosa is the new Chairman of Iberclear, Spains's CSD

The Board of Directors of Iberclear, the Central Securities Depository of BME, announced that has appointed Gabriel Domínguez de la Rosa new Non-Executive Chairman of the company, replacing José Massa. Gabriel Domínguez, who has been a board member of Iberclear since 2003, has a long and successful career in the financial markets. He began working…

September 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Prime broker Divisa UK doubles its Revenues in Fiscal 2017 to £4.7 million ahead of $100 million expansion

Multi asset prime broker and FX liquidity provider Divisa Capital has reported Fiscal 2017 (March 31 year end) financials for its FCA regulated arm Divisa UK Limited, indicating healthy growth for the company as it prepares for a much bigger growth spurt following Divisa's $100 million capital raise made toward the end of the fiscal…

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Leeds United announces partnership with FinTech marketplace CurrencyTransfer.com

FinTech marketplace, CurrencyTransfer.com announced partnership with Leeds United Football Club as the club’s ‘Official Global Payments Partner.’ The exclusive partnership will provide the club significant cost savings and a competitive advantage in the transfer market The agreement will see CurrencyTransfer.com operate as the club’s exclusive provider of cross-border payments services, including working with the club…

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Optimisation receives further ISO 27001 Security Certification

NEX Optimisation, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, announced today that it has received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001:2013 Security Certification by the Standards Institute of Israel, for its Traiana suite of services through Traiana Technologies Ltd. ISO 27001 is the international standard for best practice in…

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Quantitative Brokers appoints Thomas Ascher as a new Board member

Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent, global financial technology company providing advanced algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, announced that has appointed Thomas Ascher to its Board. Ascher brings more than 30 years of experience across the financial technology, exchange, and wagering industries. Most recently, Ascher served as…

September 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CMC Markets reports increased profits in first half of Fiscal 2018, but fewer clients

FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has issued its H1 2018 Pre-Close Trading Update (for the six months to September 30, 2017 - CMC has a March 31 fiscal year end), which included what we view as mixed results. The positive? CMC reported that profitability in H1 2018 is significantly higher than…

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXSpotStream adds State Street as 13th liquidity provider

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream today announced that State Street has joined the Service as a liquidity providing bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service. State Street is the 13th bank available to clients connected to FXSpotStream’s Service. The addition of State Street adds to the liquidity available from FXSpotStream’s existing liquidity providers, which include BofA…

September 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG turnaround continues with trading volumes up 25%, narrowed losses in 1H 2017

Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has released its results for the first six months of 2017, indicating that the company is indeed well along in its restructuring and turnaround, but still has a long way to go. On the top line, LCG was able to generate healthy revenue…

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chubb announces preliminary loss estimates for hurricanes Harvey and Irma

Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB) just announced preliminary loss estimates in the third quarter of 2017 attributable to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which impacted Texas, Florida, other southeastern states and the Caribbean. Insured losses for Hurricane Harvey are currently estimated at approximately $650 million pre-tax, or $520 million after tax. Losses for Hurricane Irma are currently…

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