Category: Regulations

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September 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MAP S.Platis wins CySEC outsourcing tender to investigate CIF violations

LeapRate has learned that Cyprus based regulatory consulting firm MAP S.Platis has successfully concluded an agreement with regulator Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), for the provision of expert services in the conduct of investigations of potential violations of the pertinent legislation by Cypriot Investment Firms (CIFs). CySEC issued a public tender to outsource some of…

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September 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: IS Prime sees surge in business from Cyprus Forex brokers following CySEC negative balance ruling

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that London based FX liquidity and prime brokerage services provider IS Prime has become a prime (no pun intended) beneficiary of the new ESMA Negative Balance Protection rules, with the company experiencing a surge in business from Cyprus based clients following regulator CySEC's ruling on both 125k (i.e. matched principal) and 730k…

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ESMA - Did they go too far?
August 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FCA warns brokers against pushing 'replacement' products to leveraged CFDs

UK financial regulator The FCA has issued a statement targeted to brokers, regarding the selling of high-risk speculative investments to retail clients following ESMA’s action on CFD products. In June 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) finalised temporary measures to restrict the sale, marketing and distribution of contracts for difference (CFDs) to retail…

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July 31, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CFTC sues Forex Broker JAFX for taking US based customers

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah against JAFX Ltd. of Sofia, Bulgaria and Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The CFTC Complaint alleges that, from at least September 2016 and continuing to the present, JAFX operates as a…

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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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July 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC launches Innovation hub to bring together FinTech and RegTech

Cyprus financial regulator The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced the establishment of its Innovation Hub, designed to address and explore the rise of FinTech and RegTech developments. FinTech and RegTech are constantly, and quickly evolving. To this end, CySEC has taken the decision to establish the Innovation Hub to foster a better,…

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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI)
July 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters helps financial industry meet European AnaCredit regulations

Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has announced that it has expanded its legal entity data service to help the financial community comply with the new AnaCredit European lending regulation that takes effect in September. AnaCredit (Analytical Credit Datasets) requires Eurozone-domiciled lending institutions to report up to 98 data attributes about their corporate debtors on a…

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Virtu and MarketAxess to provide global ETF and fixed income products
July 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Virtu gets approved for High Speed Trading from Japan’s FSA

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT), a technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, has just announced that its Singapore entity, Virtu Financial Singapore Pte. Ltd. has received High Speed Trading (HST) Registration with Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA). In November 2017, Virtu submitted a comment letter supporting the FSA’s HST proposal and…

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FCA regulation
July 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FCA approach to Brexit: temporary passports and cliff edge risks

However, the FCA noted that there is no reciprocal “TPR” arrangement from the EU, for UK firms looking to continue doing business with EEA clients. How might this temporary permissions regime look? What else is concerning the FCA at this stage, less than nine months before a Hard Brexit might take hold? The full text of Nausicaa…

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