May 17, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

AMF turns to France's president regarding Forex advertising ban

Gérard Rameix, head of France's securities regulator AMF, has addressed the nation's president François Hollande, voicing his concerns regarding the risks associated with trading online, and Forex trading in particular. The letter mentions that in the face of the regulatory efforts to curb the investors' exposure to such high-risk products, the amount of losses from…

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May 17, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Spain's CNMV warns against investment firm Tiger Asset Management

Spain's securities regulator CNMV keeps updating its investor warning list, with one more entity getting a warning today – Tiger Asset Management. The company, which purports to be located in the United States, targets a wide clientele, offering its services in a variety of languages, ranging from English to Bulgarian. The website of the company…

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May 17, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Updated Thomson Reuters Eikon app for iOS supports Monitor Lists

Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has recently released an updated version of its Eikon application for iOS mobile devices. The latest version (4.4) of the solution offers support for Monitor Lists. In addition, it features improved badge count on Alerts icon, for an accurate count of unread alerts, maintained across devices. Thomson Reuters Eikon seeks to…

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May 17, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click posts 15.9% MoM increase in revenues in April 2016

GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), the parent of Japanese online trading giant GMO Click Securities, today published its key financial metrics for April 2016, with revenues showing a decent rise from March 2016 levels but failing to match results registered in April 2015. GMO Click registered operating revenues of JPY 2.41 billion ($22.11 million) in April…

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May 17, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Invast Securities sees operating revenues drop 7.8% MoM in April 2016

Japanese online trading company Invast Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO:8709) has earlier today published its key financial metrics for April 2016, with revenues continuing to fall after already registering a decrease in March 2016. The company posted operating revenues of JPY 319 million ($2.93 million) for April 2016, with the result down 7.8% from the reading…

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May 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 apps and plugins provider Takeprofit Technology unveils redesigned website and new products

Following a trend we have been observing among leading Forex brokers and technology providers alike, MT4 solutions provider Takeprofit Technology has just come out with its redesigned, visual-heavy website alongside a number of new service and product introductions. Takeprofit released three new products as part of the website launch: EasyMAM allocation system. A simple money management solution…

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May 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorships get 'heavy': Orbex backs Eleiko Weightlifting

Retail forex brokers continue to use sponsorships of sports teams and events as marketing tools. And it is not just top-of-the-line Football and Formula One racing outfits getting the backing, as brokers get more creative and local with their sponsorships. Retail broker Orbex has expanded its backing of  WODWARS CrossFit fitness competitions, to sponsor Eleiko Weightlifting Training…

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May 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorships get 'heavy': Orbex backs Eleiko Weightlifting

Retail forex brokers continue to use sponsorships of sports teams and events as marketing tools. And it is not just top-of-the-line Football and Formula One racing outfits getting the backing, as brokers get more creative and local with their sponsorships. Retail broker Orbex has expanded its backing of  WODWARS CrossFit fitness competitions, to sponsor Eleiko Weightlifting Training…

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May 17, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Moscow Exchange sees 9% Q/Q drop in net profit in Q1 2016

Moscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian venue for trading currencies, stock and derivatives, has earlier today published its financial report for the first three months of 2016, with profits down in both quarterly and annual terms. MOEX posted net profit for the first quarter of 2016 of RUB 6.98 billion,…

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