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Elon Musk’s X App to Add Trading and Investing Features

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

According to reports, X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed at the Cannes Lions festival that users will “soon” be able to “transact your whole financial life on the platform.” She added that it could include paying for a pizza, “or making an investment or a trade.” The app is also reportedly developing a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payment service called X Money, which is expected to debut in the US with Visa as a partner. X’s ambitions go beyond basic transactions.
BMO Agrees $625m Deal to Acquire Burgundy Asset Management

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

The move expands the bank’s wealth management services for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. The transaction will see Burgundy, an independent wealth manager with around $27 billion in assets under management as of May 31, integrated into BMO Wealth Management. Burgundy’s expertise is said to be in its discretionary investment management for private clients, foundations, pensions, and family offices across Canada.
ICE Launches Average Prime Offer Rates (APOR) Index

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

The index, which is updated weekly and available on the ICE Index Platform, is said to aim to complement the APOR figures currently published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The exchange explained that ICE APOR reflects the annual percentage rates based on average interest rates, points, fees and other terms offered on prime mortgage loans.
American Century Investments Becomes the Latest ETF Issuer at SIX Swiss Exchange

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

SIX said in a release that the newly listed ETF, launched under the firm’s quantitative investment unit Avantis Investors, is actively managed and aims to outperform the MSCI World Small Cap Value Index. It targets small-cap companies from developed markets, prioritising those with lower valuations and higher profitability. The ETF trades in US dollars. “With American Century Investments, the 32nd ETF issuer lists its products at SIX Swiss Exchange, broadening the choice for investors,” said SIX.
CME Announces Launch of Futures on Mexico’s IPC Index

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

The S&P BMV IPC Index is Mexico’s main equity index. It tracks the most liquid stocks listed on Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV). CME says the new contracts will offer investors more efficient access to the Mexican equity market, tracking the performance of the S&P BMV IPC Index. The IPC Index is compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices and the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV). It serves as a key benchmark for both local and international investors.
Citi Elects Jonathan Moulds as a New Independent Director

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

Moulds, who also currently serves as a senior independent director and the risk committee chair at IG Group, brings more than 25 years of international financial services experience, having held senior executive positions across the UK, US, and Asia. He is already familiar with Citi, serving as Chair of its international broker-dealer, Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML), and his appointment is expected to strengthen the firm’s global oversight and strategic direction.
Australian Regulator ASIC Issues Infringement Notices for Equity Trustees Limited

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

The regulator says that between April and November 2024, the fund’s product disclosure statement, target market determination and website claimed it invested in green, sustainable and social corporate bonds. However, ASIC stated that the fund held exposure to government and supranational bonds during this period, assets inconsistent with its declared strategy focused on corporate issuers. Equity Trustees, the responsible entity for the fund, paid $56,340 on 13 June 2025 to comply with the notices.
DTCC Central Securities Depository Subsidiary Exceeds $100 Trillion in Assets Under Custody

1 week ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

The new record comes as market capitalisations in the US continue to rise. As of 2025, DTC’s total assets under custody reached $100.3 trillion, up from $73.5 trillion in 2020 — a 37% increase. Growth was said to be broad-based, with equities climbing 49% to $74.1 trillion and exchange-traded funds doubling to $11 trillion. Money market instruments rose 28% to $4.1 trillion over the same period. DTC serves as the central securities depository for US equities, corporate bonds and municipal bonds.
Clearstream and Azimut Partner to Develop a Digital Solution for Private Market Funds

3 weeks ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

The collaboration between Clearstream, Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade services provider, and Azimut, a global asset and wealth manager, is said to be an extension to Clearstream’s automated fund processing platform, Vestima, with a new digital layer built on distributed ledger technology via FundsDLT. The firm explains that the pilot solution introduces an account model allowing access to multiple investor portfolios under a single Clearstream custody account.
Wise Sees 23% Increase in Cross-Border Volume

3 weeks ago | leaprate.com | Sam Boughedda

In its full-year results, the fintech firm announced that it served 15.6 million active customers over the year, representing a 21% increase from the prior period, with both personal and business segments growing by 22% and 11%, respectively. Wise attributed the growth to infrastructure investments that delivered “lower fees and faster speeds,” with 65% of payments completed in under 20 seconds and a 14 basis point drop in take rate to 0.53% in the fourth quarter.