May 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FXStreet's new website goes live (again)

After a stutter start last month which saw their newly redesigned website go from beta to live and then taken back down again following a series of glitches and crashes, popular FX trader website FXStreet has taken the plunge again and relaunched their new website at fxstreet.com. FXStreet management is of course confident that the kinks…

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May 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FXStreet's new website goes live (again)

After a stutter start last month which saw their newly redesigned website go from beta to live and then taken back down again following a series of glitches and crashes, popular FX trader website FXStreet has taken the plunge again and relaunched their new website at fxstreet.com. FXStreet management is of course confident that the kinks…

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May 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Brokers to add NextShares exchange-traded managed funds to offering

Online trading services provider Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) today unveiled plans to add NextShares exchange-traded managed funds to its offering to retail investors and financial professionals through its investing and trading platforms. NextShares are a new way to invest in actively managed strategies. Since they are actively managed, NextShares offer the potential for benchmark-beating…

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May 12, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Allocated Bullion Exchange announces four new liquidity providers

Allocated Bullion Exchange (ABX) announced today the addition of four new liquidity providers to its membership base. Gold Stackers, Lucius Precious Metals, House of Commodities and Silver Bullion Pte Ltd (Singapore) have recently joined the ABX. Based in Australia, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore respectively, these four liquidity providers constitute an invaluable addition to the ABX,…

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May 12, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FINRA fines broker Stephens Inc. $900,000 over flash emails

U.S. Securities industry regulator FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has announced today that it has censured Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, and fined the firm $900,000 for inadequately supervising firm-wide internal "flash" emails sent by its research analysts. In settling this matter, Stephens neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to entry of…

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May 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

First ever FinTech bridge launched between UK and Singapore

Singaporean officials and FinTech companies gathered with UK FinTech companies in Downing Street on Wednesday to mark the launch of the UK’s first ever FinTech Bridge, which included the signing of a regulatory cooperation agreement between the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The new FinTech Bridge will assist UK…

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May 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC says ACFX license remains suspended

Further to LeapRate's report from April about the suspension of the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license of Atlas Capital Financial Services Ltd, owner of ACFX, operating via acfx.com, the Cypriot securities regulator today announces that the CIF license of the firm remains suspended. While the suspension of the authorisation is in force, the Company: 1. Cannot…

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May 12, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

MetaQuotes Software releases beta version of MetaTrader 5 web platform

Following the successful launch of MT4 Web platform last year, trading software developer MetaQuotes Software today announces the launch of a beta version of the multi-market MetaTrader 5 web platform. The check out the platform, traders need an MQL5.community account and a demo account on MetaQuotes-Demo. The MetaTrader 5 web platform enables trading within the financial…

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