Blackfield Capital CEO led life of luxury and had US expansion plans before disappearing with firm’s assets LeapRate

January 05, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Blackfield Capital CEO led life of luxury and had US expansion plans before disappearing with firm's assets

In October 2014, LeapRate broke the news that Blackfield Capital, one of Russia's most promient hedge funds and algorithmic trading firms had gone bankrupt after attracting investment from high net worth investors and establishing entities on the Cayman Islands, with its CEO, Kim Karapetyan, untraceable. At the time, the firm's website displayed a very direct…

October 13, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Russia, China seal CNY 150bn currency swap deal

China and Russia's ever-strengthening trade partnership develops further as the sovereign currencies of the two nations become closer, and access to yuan and ruble liquidity from within both nations is advanced

September 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Moscow Exchange total August FX volume down 15.8% MoM to 17T RUB

Moscow Exchange's turnover across all assets was RUB 37.3 trln in August 2014 (August 2013: RUB 38.9 trln).

August 04, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

FX volume increases by 16.76% MoM at Moscow Exchange during July

Demand for ruble liquidity and the ever increasing access to yuan trading has boosted Moscow Exchange's volumes which outpace even the halcyon days of summer 2013.

July 28, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Moscow Exchange rectifies FIX protocol order rejections

Trading at Moscow Exchange's Derivatives Market had been subject to intermittent order rejections when closing transactions via FIX protocol, however all was resolved by 11.37 today.

June 11, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

MOEX experiences stock trading interruption, FX and futures unaffected

Stock market trading was interrupted at 11.35 MSK today for just over one hour whilst futures and FX continue as normal.

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