Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company welcomed new issuer Principal to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of one fund. The Principal Active Global Dividend Income ETF (Bats: GDVD) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in common stocks and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Virginia Kendall of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an Order of default judgment and permanent injunction against Defendants Alvin Guy Wilkinson of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and his entities, Chicago Index Partners, L.P. (CIP) and Wilkinson Financial Opportunity Fund,…
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Institutional market maker KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:KCG) has announced a fairly interesting transaction, buying back the stake in KCG held by private equity firm General Atlantic, in return for KCG's stake in ETF exchange operator Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats:BATS). The exchange, based on current share prices for the companies involved, is worth about $280 million.…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex ECN Hotspot FX, a unit of Bats Global Markets Inc (BATS:BATS), had its best day ever on the day after the US elections last week. Volumes at Hotspot FX, which average in the $25 billion per day range, hit a record $64.5 billion on Wednesday November 9. Post-US election…
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Forex ECN Hotspot FX has published October trading volumes, showing a decline from September's improved results. October volumes at Hotspot FX came in at $25.3 billion (average daily volumes), 11% below September's $28.3 billion. Earlier this year Hotspot was seeing volumes even higher, steadily above $30 billion ADV. Hotspot FX parent company Bats Global Markets Inc…
Read moreForex ECN Hotspot FX has published September trading volumes, showing marked improvement from August's depressed volumes. September volumes at Hotspot FX came in at $28.3 billion (average daily volumes), 25% above August's $22.6 billion but still below the $30 billion monthly figures Hotspot FX was posting earlier this year. Hotspot FX parent company Bats Global…
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