April 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Stater Global Markets expands FX liquidity with Cboe FX and FastMatch

London-based Prime of Prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that it has extended the choice of trading venues on offer to its institutional clients, with the addition of Cboe FX and FastMatch. This latest development from the London-headquartered Prime of Prime brokerage gives clients more options to access large pools of diversified liquidity. Ramy…

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April 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Lily Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Lily Loans. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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April 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers relaunches Bitcoin CFD pair BTCUSD trading

CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced that it has relaunched the Bitcoin CFD BTC/USD pair. JFD first introduced leveraged Bitcoin trading in June 2017. JFD in reintroducing BTCUSD trading with maximum 2x leverage (50% required margin). Minimum trade size and minimum trade increment is 0.01 CFD, while maximum trade size on…

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April 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin margin trading site Stocksbtc.com claiming fake Malta MFSA license

Malta's financial regulator The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has announced that it has become aware of an entity operating under the name “Stocksbtc”, which is known to have an internet presence at stocksbtc.com and which, according to information available to the MFSA, appears to be offering investment and/or other financial services to consumers. Stocksbtc…

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April 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Intercontinental Exchange to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), the operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), a full-service stock exchange, including trading, data and corporate listings services. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter…

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April 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets appoints Executive Vice Presidents in newly formed Markets Division

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the appointments of Andy Lowenthal and Bryan Harkins as Executive Vice Presidents and co-heads of the firm’s newly formed Markets Division. The new Markets Division unifies product, sales, business development and account coverage personnel across the company’s U.S. equities and options, ETP listings, global derivatives and FX…

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April 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM FX trading volumes down 12% in March to $210 billion

Retail FX broker FXCM continued its strong start to 2018, although March wasn't quite as good as January or February. FXCM reported client trading volumes of $210 billion for March 2018, 12% below February's $239 billion. Keeping in mind, however, that January and February were FXCM's best months since the February 2017 crisis which saw FXCM exit the…

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April 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abel Noser Holdings to acquire Zeno Consulting Group

Abel Noser Holdings, LLC has announced that it is acquiring Zeno Consulting Group, LLC in a transaction pairing two providers of best execution analysis, regulatory and trade surveillance services. Zeno brings with it over three decades of experience in helping asset owners manage and control equity, fixed income and FX trading costs. We are thrilled…

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