Category: Exchanges

June 12, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Raspberry Pi Debut Gives LSE A Welcome Boost

During morning trade, RPI shares were up 31%, establishing a good starting point for the company as it wishes to raise £166m with its debut. Open trade is set for Friday 14 June 2024. The firm, which makes small, single-board computers, initially priced its shares at 280p each, giving it a market value of £541.6m.…

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June 05, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Temenos Teams Up With Mastercard To Expedite International Payments

In its press statement, Temenos indicated that this collaboration will realise the swift and secure movement of cross-border funds. It will also make transactions more cost-effective thanks to Mastercard’s widespread international network, which includes approximately 10 billion service points in more than 180 countries. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter Temenos…

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June 04, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

DMM Bitcoin Hacked, More Than $300m In Bitcoin Stolen

DMM, Japan’s largest crypto exchange, said roughly 4,503 BTC, valued at about $308m, were illegally siphoned from a primary wallet. According to BITCOIN Magazine, the incident occurred around 13:26 local time and was orchestrated via “unauthorised access.” To date, the company has not divulged how the breach was done. It did, however, confirm that the…

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May 20, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Dow Jones Crosses The 40K Threshold For The First Time

The prime index hovered above the 40,000 brink at a stage on Thursday, 16 May 2024, but ended that day lower. Hopes of rate cuts fuelled bullish investor actions and enabled the Dow Jones’s gallop towards this all-time high. According to CNN, the latest report from the US Bureau of Labour Statistics indicated a decrease…

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January 26, 2024 BY Simon Mugo

US Investors Keep Withdrawing Funds From Equities for the 4th Week

U.S. equity funds experienced net outflows of $3.04 billion during this period, the smallest amount in the past four weeks. This trend was mitigated by a rally on Wall Street, mainly driven by solid gains in the tech sector following optimistic projections from TSMC and Super Micro Computer (SMCI.O). U.S. value funds witnessed net redemptions…

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January 03, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

2024’s first BIG IPO by healthcare provider BrightSpring

According to a Bloomberg report released in September of last year, BrightSpring, backed by investment management company KKR & Co. (KKR), originally hoped to garner $1bn in IPO, although this figure is now absent from the most recent filing from the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 2 January. In 2023, the healthcare provider saw…

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December 22, 2023 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Hedge fund performance in 2023

Data shows fluctuating market highs and lows put many global hedge funds on the back foot. Moves, such as losses when trading on macroeconomic events drew the shortest straw due to the unanticipated rebound in government bonds. Other investments, such as those related to US tech stocks, hit their marks. Compared to hedge fund performances…

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December 15, 2023 BY Simon Mugo

eToro Adds Almost 700 US Stocks to Its Tradable Assets Portfolio

The expansion not only offers a broader range of stock options to eToro's users but also aligns with the company's mission to provide cost-effective trading solutions. The users now have the chance to diversify their investment portfolios more robustly by adding these stocks. The expansion covers a variety of new stocks, thus broadening investment choices…

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BidX Markets
December 14, 2023 BY Simon Mugo

BidX Markets Offer Interest on Cash Holdings of up to 5.1%

This announcement from BidX Markets follows shortly after a warning issued by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) against investment platforms engaging in "double dipping" – a practice where platforms retain a portion of interest on client cash balances while charging an additional fee for cash management. Simon Blackledge, the CEO of BidX Markets, said:…

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