April 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Exness updates on system status amid DDoS attacks

A follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report about retail FX broker Exness being subject to numerous cyber attacks... The company addressed its clients and partners again today to assure them about its efforts to tackle the problems. The broker says that after solving the initial issues on April 6, thanks to hosting provider, Webzilla, it faced DDoS…

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April 20, 2016 BY Mike Fox

FxPro reveals execution statistics for Q1 2016

FCA-UK and CySEC regulated online broker FxPro is pleased to disclose today key trade execution statistics for the first quarter of 2016. For the months of January, February and March, slippage percentages were as follows: - Positive = 46.93% - At Quote = 31.81% - Negative = 21.26% The figures above show the percentage of…

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April 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Thomson Reuters boosts liquidity access for FX market participants with three new data centers

Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has established three new data centers, located in New York (NY4), London (LD4), and Tokyo (TY3), to provide FX market participants with improved local connections to its FX liquidity venues. Thomson Reuters now offers FX clients a variety of connections that are customizable based on their specific trading volumes and needs.…

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April 20, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Eurex and Korea Exchange extend cooperation on flagship index futures

Eurex, one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges and part of Deutsche Börse Group, and Korea Exchange (KRX) today signed a contract in KRX’s Seoul Office to extend their cooperation by listing Mini KOSPI 200 index futures during Eurex trading hours. In addition, Euro STOXX 50 futures will be traded and cleared in Korean Won…

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April 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FXTM launches website and personal gateway in Traditional Chinese

CySEC-regulated Forex broker FXTM (ForexTime) has enabled its clients to browse its website and use their personal gateway, MyFXTM, in Traditional Chinese. The move is targeted at the Chinese clientele of the company, which already has had the Simplified Chinese option available too. The addition comes less than a month after the broker launched a…

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April 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

EBS BrokerTec adds new TOD/TOM instrument to NDF offering

EBS BrokerTec, the Forex and fixed income arm of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today the addition of a new non-deliverable forward (NDF) instrument – one month against the fix, to be called TOD/TOM. EBS Market is offering an electronic solution for trading today (TOD) and tomorrow’s (TOM) fixing against the one month. The EBS Market…

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April 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Belarus c-bank grants FX company registration to Forex Club

A follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report on Forex Club applying for a Forex company registration in Belarus... The broker has announced that, effective April 19, 2016, it is featured in the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus' register of FX companies. The company is amid the first to get such authorization. To make it to…

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