It was announced today that CySEC and globally regulated brokerage HotForex has launched the 24/5 market news service from FXStreet, one of the leading online news portal for Forex traders. FXStreet, who just last quarter launched a massive redesign of their website made known in an exclusive interview with LeapRate that the company was looking forward to focusing…
Read moreThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued an opinion regarding the exemption of a Swedish pension scheme from the obligation to centrally clear OTC derivative contracts under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). Pension scheme arrangements meeting certain criteria were granted a transitional exemption from the clearing obligation under EMIR. Some pensions…
Read moreWhat happened to the shares and riskiest securities of European banks after Britain’s disturbing vote to leave the European Union – they plunged. So far the crisis is felt mostly in Italy. Why did this happen to Italy? Italian banks are saddled with about $400 billion of bad loans and lack the financial reserves to…
Read moreMyfxbook, the online automated analytical tool for forex traders is happy to announce that registration for the next contest will be sponsored by Abu Dhabi-based ADS Securities. Registration has officially opened today and will remain open until the 21st of July on which the contest will begin and will continue until the 20th of August. Traders will be competing with…
Read moreDFMarkets is expanding its trading instrument selection by adding several new Еquity CFDs to all versions of the DFTrader platform (desktop, web, mobile), starting July 7. Here’s the list of them: JP Shares: Symbol Sumco Corp SUMCO Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd YOKOHAMA US Shares: Symbol Eastman Chemical Company EMN GrubHub GRUB EU ETFs: Symbol European Low…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings made by a subsidiary of Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) that the company's long-serving regional director in the UK and COO of Gain Capital / Forex.com UK Matthew Wright has left the company. Mr. Wright's departure was effective June 30. The 44-year old Wright was one of…
Read moreSocial finance community StockTwits, Inc. has announced today that it has named Ian Rosen as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 6th, 2016. Howard Lindzon will assume the role of Executive Chairman, and will continue to serve as Chairman of StockTwits' board. Here's what Lindzon commented about the news: Ian's strong experience and passion for the…
Read moreRegulatory reporting specialist Abide Financial and real-time data analytics company Corvil today announced a partnership to deliver end-to-end transaction reporting and reconciliation solutions to meet increasingly complex international regulations. The partnership enables reporting parties in UK, Europe, US, Canada, Australia and other jurisdictions to reduce risk and achieve faster, more accurate compliance with current and evolving…
Read moreEBS BrokerTec, ICAP's electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business and ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, have announced today that they have launched the ‘EBS CNH Benchmark’, the first fully electronic, trade-backed reference rate for the offshore Chinese renminbi (CNH) market. The benchmark has been launched following considerable interest from…
Read moreCySEC regulated retail forex broker Exness has reported June volume metrics, indicating an 8% rise in FX trading volumes to $187.9 billion, up from $173.9 billion in May. The increase at Exness continues a trend we have seen at a number of leading retail and institutional eFX venues, with Brexit-driven volatility during June pushing trading…
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