May 10, 2016 BY Mike Fox

FX prime broker Divisa Capital confirmed as Watford Football Club official partner

English football Premier League team WATFORD FC announced today that it has reached an agreement with London based FCA regulated multi-asset ECN Divisa Capital to be the club’s new Official Foreign Exchange Partner. Commencing immediately, the deal will run for the next three seasons. Under the terms of the agreement, Divisa Capital will play a critical role in helping the…

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May 10, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Gold-i enhances MetaTrader MAM post-trade allocation tool

MT4 systems integrator Gold-i has announced the launch of its MAM Pro, replacing its current MAM post-trade allocation tool product for brokers and money managers. The new Gold-i MAM Pro, available by the end of May, has an enhanced User Interface and simplified configuration. New features for this advanced post-trade allocation tool include: Multiple exclusion rules…

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May 10, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CFTC settles and files charges against Chicago FCM for segregated accounts, filing omissions

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Cunningham Commodities, LLC (Cunningham), a registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) based in Chicago, Illinois. The Order finds that Cunningham violated CFTC’s Regulations that: 1) require an FCM to immediately report to the CFTC any deficiency in its customer…

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May 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Boston Ivy adds one & two-character domains to its portfolio of financial TLDs

Home to specialised financial domains Boston Ivy, backed by IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), has released one and two-character domains across its portfolio of financial Top Level Domains (TLDs), which includes .Markets, .Forex, .Broker, .Trading, .CFD, and .Spreadbetting. Prices start from $200, with the domain names are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The lineup…

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May 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FCA opens regulatory sandbox to applications

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), today announced the opening of its regulatory sandbox to applicant firms. The sandbox is a ‘safe space’ in which businesses can test innovative products, services, business models and delivery mechanisms while securing necessary protection to consumers. A part of Project Innovate, which was launched in October 2014, the regulatory sandbox…

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May 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Saxo Bank sees 12.7% MoM rise in ADV in April 2016

April was a solid month for multi-asset trading and investment services provider Saxo Bank, as exhibited by their key monthly operating metrics reported earlier today. The company saw trading volumes grow in both monthly and annual terms, whereas client deposits kept rising, continuing a trend witnessed in March 2016. Saxo Bank's monthly trading volumes hit $260…

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May 09, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

OANDA UK monthly volumes $13 billion in 2015, up 8%

FCA regulated broker OANDA Europe Limited, the London-based EU arm of global retail forex broker OANDA Corporation, has reported its 2015 financial report, indicating a year of significant growth for the company. Before we get to some of the details and stats, we should note that as with similar subsidiary reports (such as our recent…

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