ACY Securities hires Profile Booster’s CEO Ashley Jessen as Head of Marketing LeapRate

September 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ACY Securities hires Profile Booster's CEO Ashley Jessen as Head of Marketing

ASIC regulated Australia-based multi-asset trading provider, ACY Securities, has hired Ashley Jessen as their new Head of Marketing. Jessen has almost 20 years’ experience in the financial markets and will be in charge of developing the digital marketing strategy, implementing performance-based marketing campaigns and identifying market opportunities. Prior to ACY Securities, Jessen was CEO of…

September 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former director of Hudson Resources Limited charged with market manipulation

Australian regulator ASIC informed earlier today that following an investigation, the Former director of Hudson Resources Limited and Raffles Capital Limited, Benjamin Amzalak, has pleaded guilty to an offence of market manipulation. Amzalak, of Bondi, NSW, has been sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment. He took part in transactions that had the effect of creating…

Huobi Group announces Indonesia expansion

September 09, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Indonesia with a brand new way to monitor fintech companies

While the UK FSA has had some ideas about how to approach the ever growing cryptocurrency, blockchain and overall the entire fintech industry, another financial regulatory body is taking serious steps to do the same thing. The Indonesian FSA, also known as OJK, has created an online registration platform so as to more efficiently oversee…

September 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA adds Coinbrokerz to its warning list

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has recently added another name to its list of unregulated firms. The latest addition is the company Coinbrokerz. According to the regulator, Coinbrokerz has the hallmarks of a scam, including withholding clients' funds, requesting clients to transfer additional funds before being able to withdraw investments and bank accounts that do…

September 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

How will markets react to ASIC's binaries ban and CFDs restriction?

Two weeks back, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released a consultation paper, which suggested that, since all other measures had failed to curb extraordinary losses caused by binary options and to a lesser extent by CFDs, the agency intended to ban binary options and severely restrict the use of CFDs. The measures were…

Forex Sports Sponsorship: ACY Securities sponsors ITTA

September 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex Sports Sponsorship: ACY Securities supports the Inter-university Table Tennis Association

Sydney-based multi-asset online trading provider ACY Securities was the major sponsor of the Inter-university Table Tennis Association (ITTA) tournament held on Sunday at Sydney Olympic Park. ACY Securities announced last month that it will support ITTA as a major sponsor for their upcoming 2019 flagship event. ITTA President, Robert Lee said the event was a success…

September 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels Platinum Perpetual Global Private Wealth's AFS licence

Australian regulator ASIC announced earlier today that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of the company Platinum Perpetual Global Private Wealth Pty Ltd, based in Perth (AFSL 508415). The AFS licence was cancelled at the request of the company, following a separate action brought by Western Australian Police Force (WAPF), which has…

September 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fullerton Markets enters white label partnership with Dion Capital

Fullerton Markets just announced that they have teamed up with Dion Capital Limited. Headquartered in Saraburi, Thailand, the brokerage serves a large network of local traders with a simple-to-use trading platform, capital safety and quick set-up of various types of accounts. Dion Capital's team also provides traders with quality Forex education, offering seminars and classes…

September 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX launch Indian Rupee (INR) Currency Futures

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that they will launch Indian Rupee (INR) Currency Futures in Q4 2019. The exchange plans to introduce two new futures contracts: the INR vs US Dollar (INR/USD) Futures; and the INR vs Renminbi traded in Hong Kong (INR/CNH) Futures. The INR/CNH Futures contract will be the first…

September 03, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Exclusive Interview: South Korea's move into the cryptocurrency space - PIEXGO's CEO speaks

LeapRate Exclusive… Czhang Lin is the CEO of PIEXGO, an innovative global digital currency trading platform that provides a one-stop seamless experience for institutional and individual traders. PIEXGO’s platform is the first to launch an IXO, essentially an upgraded IEO which seeks to promote an ecosystem of protocols, dedicating resources and opportunities for emerging blockchain…

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