JFD Brokers completes the acquisition of ACON Bank LeapRate

JFD Brokers expands tradeable stocks’ portfolio

November 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers completes the acquisition of ACON Bank

Almost 11 months after JFD Brokers started the acquisition of the investment bank ACON, the German financial industry regulator Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) as well as the Central Bank of Germany (Bundesbank) approved the deal. With the acquisition, the multi asset broker and portfolio manager JFD Brokers enhances its product portfolio with investment banking, trading…

January 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers acquires control of German investment bank ACON

CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced that it has acquired 51% of established German investment bank ACON Actienbank AG. JFD did not give a price for the acquisition, but did state that it also holds an option to acquire an additional 20% of ACON in the future, which could take its…

October 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Franklin Templeton launches new Global FX fund led by star bond investor Michael Hasenstab

U.S. fund manager Franklin Templeton Investments (NYSE:BEN) has announced the launching of a new global currency fund headed by its star bond investor Michael Hasenstab and one of his chief lieutenants. Hasenstab, who has made his name buying markets shunned by others, such as Ireland at the height of its debt crisis, said the new fund would…

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