Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
December 2017
Plus500, CMC Markets, and IG Group tumble on fears of strict leverage cap
European financial regulatory body ESMA announced it wants to ban Binary Options in the European Union and limit leverage up to 30:1 on Forex trading.
Dubai stock exchange allows short selling
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) launched the Regulated Short Selling (RSS) Service after completion of all regulatory, technical and procedural preparations.
Cboe launches benchmark index for bitcoin futures
Following the listing of Cboe XBTSM Bitcoin Futures (ticker symbol: XBT) on Sunday, December 10, Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
Liquidnet launches Virtual High Touch for Fixed Income
Liquidnet, the leading global institutional trading network, announced the launch of Virtual High Touch (VHT) for Fixed Income.
Vela Trading supports Bitcoin Futures
Bitcoin has landed on Wall Street and today was the first trading day of bitcoin futures, provided by Cboe.
Quantitative Brokers appoint new CEO and Executive Chairman
Quantitative Brokers has appointed Ralf Roth as Chief Executive Officer and named Thomas Ascher as Executive Chairman.
Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) to provide automated trading in Hong Kong
The continuing worldwide expansion of Cboe Global Markets has led the group to open an office in Hong Kong earlier this year.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.