April 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX affiliate group Investoo buys Dutch cryptocurrency portal Cryptostart.nl

Continuing its year-long acquisition spree, Investoo Group has announced the acquisition of Cryptostart.nl, a Dutch online portal for all cryptocurrencies in use worldwide. The acquisition follows Investoo's purchase of German cryptocurrency portal Bitcoinmag.de, announced in November. Investoo Group has grown to become one of the largest affiliates to FX and cryptocurrency brokers. Investoo has already been actively consolidating…

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April 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Capital.com launches Investmate educational app for traders

Fintech company Capital.com has announced the launch of an educational app, Investmate, which provides training for new and budding traders, allowing them to learn the basics of finance on the go. The app delivers an expansive range of introductory trading courses on financial instruments, derivatives and CFDs, as well as a course on understanding the…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX expands Asia FX market presence with new Thai, Malay, Hindi and Urdu language websites

Online trading services provider AT Global Markets Limited (ATFX) has announced that it has launched websites in four new languages, bringing the total number of languages on the company website to thirteen. The additional languages are Thai, Malay, Hindi and Urdu, highlighting the financial company’s plans to expand its operations in South East Asia. With…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bursa Malaysia's profit up 13% YoY in 1Q 2018

Bursa Malaysia Berhad announced that it has registered a Profit After Tax and Minority Interest (PATAMI) of RM63.8 million for the first quarter ended 31 March 2018 (“1Q2018”), an increase of 12.6% from RM56.6 million reported in the previous first quarter ended 31 March 2017 (1Q2017), and an increase of 15.4% compared to the preceding…

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April 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange launches Light Sweet Crude Oil futures

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced that it will launch a Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract and futures-style options on the futures to facilitate investment in global commodity instruments by Russian participants and their clients. This will happen on 25 April 2018. Igor Marich, Managing Director of the Money and Derivatives Markets at Moscow…

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April 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Yahoo! Russia hack results in $35 million fine for parent Altaba

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that the entity formerly known as Yahoo! Inc. has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle charges that it misled investors by failing to disclose one of the world’s largest data breaches in which hackers stole personal data relating to hundreds of millions of…

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April 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Polish FX broker XTB reports record Revenues of $33 million in Q1-2018

Facing trouble both at home and abroad, X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB) nevertheless has issued preliminary results for Q1-2018 indicating record Revenues and Profits for the Warsaw based company. X Trade Brokers, which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, reported that Q1 2018 Revenues came in at PLN 113.7…

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April 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Marek Dietl reelected President of Warsaw Stock Exchange Board

The Extraordinary General Meeting of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has appointed Marek Dietl as President of the Exchange Management Board for a new term of office On 23 April, the Extraordinary General Meeting passed a resolution under the agenda item concerning changes to the Management Board, tabled by request of the State Treasury which…

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