April 21, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

How to improve the Google Adwords campaign of a Forex broker

The following guest post is courtesy of Katya Yun, Head of Marketing at MT4 technologies provider Takeprofit Technology. Takeprofit’s products include A and B-book risk management solutions, the Klondike liquidity bridge, and the Ashira automated dealer anti-cheating defense. Takeprofit’s clients have included Forex brokerages and white-label solution providers such as Darwinex, FXPIG, FXSTAT, BTFX, FinFX.…

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April 21, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

UK CMA extends timescale for publication of findings of Ladbrokes – Coral merger investigation

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday updated its administrative timetable to extend the timescale for the publication of their provisional findings and possible remedies (if required) related to the investigation of the proposed merger of Ladbrokes and Coral. Gaming and betting provider Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD), which today published a Q1 2016 trading update,…

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April 21, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Swissquote and Manchester United extend partnership

Major Swiss online financial and trading services provider Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) and Manchester United have today announced they are extending their Global Partnership which will see Swissquote remain as the club’s Official Global Forex & Online Financial Trading Partner. As part of their new portfolio of rights, Swissquote will have an increased presence on…

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April 20, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

KPMG appoints Beeston Shenton for legal action in debts recovery from ex-Alpari UK clients

KPMG, which is responsible for the special administration of Alpari (UK) Limited, has provided a notice today, concerning ex-clients of the broker who have negative balances. The Joint Special Administrators have appointed Beeston Shenton Solicitors Limited with regard to legal action in debts recovery from clients with negative balances. Beeston Shenton is formally authorised and…

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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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