Category: Forex

Surging growth in Q2 keeps UK dividends on track for record year
July 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Surging growth in Q2 keeps UK dividends on track for record year

UK dividends surged 7.1% to a record £30.7bn on an underlying basis, according to the latest Dividend Monitor from Link Asset Services. Soaring mining dividends, and a weaker-than-expected drag from exchange rates help explain the impressive figures, though growth was broadly spread across a wide range of sectors. Underlying dividends (excluding specials) surged 7.1% to…

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Hanaa El Moudden 120Advertising
July 30, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX marketing boutique 120Advertising hires easyMarkets veteran Hanaa El Moudden

FX and Crypto marketing boutique specialist firm 120Advertising has announced the addition of former VIP Relationship Manager of easyMarkets, Hanaa El Moudden, as Head of Business Development. Hanaa El Mouden joins Limassol, Cyprus based 120Advertising from easyMarkets after an eight year tenure, having held a variety of client-related and business development roles in the company.…

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Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point adds alternative data
July 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bloomberg launches new data service to increase transparency in UST and IRS pricing

Bloomberg has just announced that it will launch a new data service consolidating NEX’s BrokerTec US Treasuries data with USD Spread-Over data from Tradition's Trad-X platform. This service, called Bloomberg Capital Markets Package (BCMP), will be the most liquid and transparent US capital market reference available, representing the two largest electronic wholesale markets in UST…

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Federal Reserve Board
July 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Federal Reserve Board launches Consumer Compliance Supervision Bulletin

The Federal Reserve Board has informed the public that it has launched the Consumer Compliance Supervision Bulletin - a new publication that will provide bankers and others interested in consumer protection with high-level summaries of pertinent supervisory issues. The Bulletin complements other Federal Reserve System outreach programs for banking organizations, such as the Consumer Compliance…

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cmc markets offices
July 30, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CMC Markets receiving investor opposition to executive pay policies

London based online FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) issued an interesting statement following its Annual General Meeting last week, which also coincided with the release of CMC's quarterly Trading Update. While stating (as is certainly usual) that all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were duly passed as…

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Nordic Credit Rating AS registered as credit rating agency
July 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nordic Credit Rating AS registered as credit rating agency

The EFTA Surveillance Authority (EFTA SA) has just announced that it has registered today the Nordic Credit Rating AS (NCR) as a credit rating agency under Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on Credit Rating Agencies (the CRA Regulation), as incorporated into the Agreement on…

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Compagnie Financière Tradition (SWX:CFT)
July 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tradition's activity up 10% YoY in H1 2018

Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financière Tradition (SWX:CFT) has informed that its activity grew in the first semester with reported consolidated revenue of CHF 459.8m compared with CHF 411.4m in same period in 2017, up 10.3% in constant currencies. At current exchange rates, consolidated revenue presented an increase of 11.8%. For the same period, the Group’s…

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Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk Business is now called Refinitiv
July 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk Business is now called Refinitiv

Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk business has today announced that following the closing of the strategic partnership transaction between information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) and private equity funds managed by Blackstone, the Financial & Risk business will be known as Refinitiv. Closing of the transaction is expected to occur in the second half of 2018 and until…

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