June 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Belarus central bank grants FX company registration to Alpari

Retail forex broker Alpari has announced that it was added to the list of Registered Forex Brokers by The National Bank of Belarus, the country's central bank and financial regulator. Belarus is a fairly sizable country of about 10 million people, nestled between Poland, Russia and Ukraine. Alpari joins fellow Russian brokerage giant Forex Club as…

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June 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Leverate reports volumes 3x normal on Friday as platforms performed well

Forex platform and technology provider Leverate has issued a statement in the wake of last week's post-Brexit referendum volatility, saying that it and its clients were unscathed after the Brexit outcome. Leverate indicated that trading volumes Friday executed on its platforms were nearly 3 times normal, and that its systems remained strong handling the heightened volumes…

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June 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex trader's survival guide for Brexit

This article was written by Richard Perona, VP of Institutional FX at Advanced Markets. Major market events are generally accompanied by periods of massive uncertainty, volatility and downright fear. It doesn’t matter whether these events are expected, like the Brexit vote, or unexpected like the SNB move last year, the outcome is the same. Many…

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June 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Blockchain startup Colu raises $9.6 million to create local currencies

Israel based Blockchain startup Colu has announced that it has raised $9.6 million from venture capital investors Aleph (headed by former Benchmark partner Michael Eisenberg), Spark Capital, and Digital Currency Group, as well as former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer. The current financing round brings the amount raised by the company to over $12 million. Colu is…

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June 24, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CMC Markets reports no losses due to Brexit volatility

Online trading firm CMC Markets has issued a statement in the wake of today's post-Brexit vote market volatility. The statement reads as follows: CMC Markets Plc Statement on market volatility as a result of the EU referendum CMC Markets plc ("CMC" or "the Company") can confirm that despite the extreme volatility in the financial markets…

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June 24, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

TradAir reports fill ratios remaining high on its eFX platform after Brexit vote

eFX trading technology solutions provider TradAir has issued a statement, indicating that the TradAir eFX platform performed well over Brexit volatility with overall fill ratios remaining high. TradAir’s platform is used by regional and local banks and brokers, to provide internal traders with aggregated views of executable liquidity against which they trade and manage their risk. The…

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June 24, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Malta's Tier1FX reports all systems go with 4% margin requirement remaining

Tier1FX, a leading Malta Financial Services Authority regulated broker confirms that its strict risk controls, advanced technology and preventive measures, taken well in advance, ensured that both clients’ and company’s assets were well protected and prepared to successfully meet any market challenges resulting from the EU referendum event of undoubted historical significance. The broker would…

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