March 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

New Zealand's regulator warns against unregistered Forex broker DGMFX

About two weeks after New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA) warned against unregistered Forex broker NoaFX/Capital Market Investments, the regulator issues a similar warning – this time against DGM Service Markets Limited. The list, which includes the names of businesses marketing financial services to New Zealanders without being registered, now includes DGM Service Markets Limited…

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March 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

ASIC warns against Market City International and Brokers500

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today issued a warning against Market City International SRL (Market City International), trading as BROKERS500 through the website www.brokers500.com. BROKERS500 presents itself as a leading online trading broker specialising in stocks, commodities, CFDs and currencies. The website claims (see image below) that Market City International holds an Australian…

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March 08, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary Options Scam Watch – Canada’s OSC warns against Bloombex Options

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has just updated its Warning List, which contains the names of individuals and companies which are engaging in activities that may pose a risk to investors. The latest addition to the Warning List is binary options broker Bloombex-Options, operating from www.bloombex-options.com. The warning was technically issued to both Bloombex Ltd., and to Pilpel…

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March 07, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters spot Forex volumes fall 10% MoM to $111 billion

Thomson Reuters just released February volume data across all Forex trading platforms, daily spot trading volumes fell in February by 10%, a month marked by high volatility across financial markets, with Oil and China demanding much of the headline risk. Spot currency trading volume totaled $111 billion last month, down 10% from $123 billion in January,…

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March 07, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Monex's TradeStation Group announces new president

TradeStation Group, Inc, the parent company of online securities, futures and forex brokerage firms and trading technology companies today announced that Salomon Sredni will retire as President and CEO and from the board of directors effective March 31, 2016 and that John Bartleman, President of TradeStation Securities, a licensed securities broker-dealer and a registered futures…

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March 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Match-Trade Technologies to provide bridging and aggregation technology to X Open Hub clients

Forex technology provider Match-Trade Technologies LLC today announces a partnership with X Open Hub (XOH), a trading name of XTB Limited. Through the partnership arrangement, Match-Trade becomes an official partner which provides bridging and aggregation technology to XOH and its clients. During the past few months, Match-Trade has already successfully onboarded and integrated several clients…

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March 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Leverate intensifies Chinese focus with addition of China A50 index

Leading technology solutions provider for the Forex and Binary Options industry Leverate has just reiterated its commitment to the Chinese market via the addition of the China A50 Index. The addition underlines the company's efforts to help brokers willing to establish themselves in the Chinese market. Giving traders access to the China A50 Index, which is…

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March 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FCA warns against MT Capital Partners, aka Justrader

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today published a warning against unauthorized investment firm MT Capital Partners, trading as Justrader. The company is targeting potential clients by offering them a variety of Forex services. The regulator notes that these companies are not authorized by it to provide investment services to UK residents. Below are the…

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March 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

PhillipCapital UK introduces Spring Cash Rebate Program

PhillipCapital UK, the FCA-regulated Forex broker that started operations in April last year, is offering its clients to make use of a generous spring rebate scheme. PhillipCapital UK offers a cash rebate in relation to trades executed during the promotional period, which runs from GMT 00:00:00 14th March 2016 (Start Date) to GMT 23:59:59 14th June…

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