GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported 11% YoY rise in 2016 FX volumes. November marked a record in average daily volume (ADV) for the GTX ECN with $10,340 billion. December, on the other hand, was not bad either with a total of $9,187 billion. The complete…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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LeapRate has learned that unregulated Retail Forex and Binary Options broker Grand Capital is preparing its application to receive a CySEC license from Cyprus regulator CySEC early this year. St Petersburg, Russia based Grand Capital is incorporated offshore in Seychelles. The company, founded and still run by online entrepreneur Stanislav Vaneev, has been around for about…
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China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) today announced its CES China Private Elite Index (CES P Elite), an index designed to capture the performance of Mainland China’s 30 largest private enterprises listed in Hong Kong or the US, will be launched on Monday, 23 January 2017. The CES P Elite will be available daily after…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined MIS Services Limited (formerly known as Standard Chartered Investment Services Limited) (SCIS) $3 million for its failure to comply with regulatory requirements under the SFC Code on MPF Products (MPF Code) and Fund Manager Code of Conduct. An SFC investigation found that SCIS failed to…
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LeapRate Exclusive... 2016 was not a good year for shareholders of publicly traded Forex and CFD brokers. LeapRate analysis (see table below) has calculated that more than $2.4 billion was erased from the market value of online trading brokerages during 2016. On average each brokerage lost more than one-third, or 37%, of its market cap…
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Commercial banking company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ (ASX:ANZ), today announced it had reached agreement to sell its 20% stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank (SRCB) to China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited and Shanghai SinoPoland Enterprise Management Development Corporation Limited. The agreement will see COSCO and Sino-Poland Enterprise each acquire…
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James Rodríguez, a Colombian soccer player, an offensive midfielder for the Colombia national soccer team, has become the brand ambassador for Libertex, a financial markets trading platform. Libertex is a trade and investment terminal, created by Russian Forex broker Forex Club. The image of James Rodriguez, one of the most successful and dynamic soccer players…
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After several months of discussion, a meeting of Israel's Knesset State Control Committee met yesterday to discuss the issue of unregulated binary options brokers operating from the country. Israel outlawed the marketing or trading of binary options to its own residents earlier this year. However many unlicensed brokers remain based in the country which market to…
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Although most of the financial world was fairly quiet during the past two weeks over the holiday season, one financial instrument continued its volatile climb upwards: Bitcoin. Sitting at just under $800 on December 20, Bitcoin prices continued their yearlong ascent even as traders were unwrapping their presents, sitting on beaches and toasting the new year. From…
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