April 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

IG and CMC Markets continue to lead crowded Australia retail forex market

Australia-based research firm Investment Trends has recently published a retail FX report for its home market. The Investment Trends 2015 Australia Foreign Exchange Report is based on a survey of 13,910 online investors including 3,967 active FX traders. Key findings: IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) and CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) continued to dominate the market…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

IG Group announces 10 most traded ETFs during ISA season

Leading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has earlier today published the Top Ten of most traded ETFs during the ISA season. The data shows that global stock market and oil ETFs dominated as the most traded ISA-eligible ETFs on IG's stockbroking platform during the period in question. The release follows the…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Thomson Reuters Eikon becomes available as Apple Watch app

The list of financial services providers offering their applications for Apple Watch keeps growing, with the latest addition to this expanding group being Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI). The company has recently released an update to the Thomson Reuters Eikon app, which offers support for Apple Watch. Owners of Apple Watch that use the application can…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC suspends ACFX license for one month

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has flashed its regulatory teeth at Atlas Capital Financial Services Ltd, the parent of Forex broker ACFX, operating via acfx.com. The regulator today announces the suspension of the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) authorisation of Atlas Capital Financial Services Ltd, due to the company's possible non-compliance at all times with…

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April 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Why Google is Still the Number 1 Marketing Channel for Brokers

Bart Burggraaf, Managing Partner at MediaGroup Worldwide takes an interesting look at Forex Brokers' still #1 marketing choice - good ol' Google - in a special LeapRate guest post. Google built its empire on a simple idea: show people an ad relevant to what they search for. Last year alone, Google had $74.5 billion in revenue,…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Swiss FINMA conducts 794 investigations, imposes 14 industry bans in 2015

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has just published its Enforcement Report for 2015, with the data showing that the regulator focused on unauthorized financial services providers last year. Of all the 794 investigations started by FINMA in 2015, more than 500, or the majority, targeted unlicensed financial service providers. This marks an increase…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

RoboOption makes weekend trading available to clients

RoboOption, a binary options service operated by CySEC-regulated RoboForex, has made trading during weekends available to its clients. Thanks to the expanded trading hours, traders can actually make use of the approximately 104 days occupied by weekends each year. Trading at weekend is available for Long Term and One Touch options with payouts from 72%…

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April 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Where are oil prices headed?

Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS, takes an interesting look at where crude oil prices are heading. Oil prices were collapsing earlier this year before recovering more than 60% from their February lows. Will oil prices keep rising? Will oil prices remain volatile? What is happening with oil demand in China and India?…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC extends CIF license suspension of Interactive Option parent Pegase Capital

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just announced an extension to the suspension of the Cyprus investment firm (CIF) license of Pegase Capital Limited, which owns brands like Interactive Option. The regulator initially suspended Pegase Capital's license on March 4, 2016, referring to numerous numerous violations of Cypriot investment laws. In November last year,…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Dukascopy unveils changes to binary options trading conditions

Swiss Forex broker Dukascopy has just announced a set of changes to binary options trading conditions, with enhancements ranging from increased payouts to extended time duration for up/down options. For starters, the company has expanded the Up/Down options maximum duration from 60 minutes to 24 hours, in a move to please fans of longer-term options.…

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