The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Friday announced that provider of data centre infrastructure support services PRO IT is the newest Managed Service Provider to join the financial markets community in the Australian Liquidity Centre. PRO IT will be co-locating in the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), ASX’s state-of-the-art data centre. The addition of PRO…
Read moreLiu Shiyu, chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), has called for extra investor protection. According to Xinhua, he made the appeal at a symposium held with securities and fund firms in Shenzhen on Saturday. "Institutions should put more emphasis on the protection of investors' legitimate rights and contribute to the healthy development of the…
Read moreCashBackForex, a leading provider of FX rebates since 2008, has launched a new website, www.rebatekingfx.com, aimed at growing market share from the Asian FX market. Lke its cousin CashBackForex, the new site offers volume rebates at more than 40 brokers, 7 payout methods, instant rebates at select brokers, 5 official support languages and a 24 hour support team…
Read moreFirst reported a couple of weeks ago on LeapRate, we interviewed CEO of FXStreet Carolina May regarding the new FXStreet beta version which was slowly being rolled out. Today, the beta has become live on www.fxstreet.com. The new website goes live before the new trading week begins. FXStreet hopes to capitalize on new screen resolutions…
Read moreForex industry news at LeapRate was certainly dominated this week by IPO fever. With equity markets especially for tech and growth companies in both the US and Europe having a hot start to 2016, companies having the results to back up their stories are now looking to go public. And the Forex sector is no exception.…
Read moreRetail FX broker Alpari Limited has earlier today published its operating metrics for March 2016, with the trading volumes staying virtually unchanged from February 2016 levels. A slight month-on-month change can be seen as a good result, given the steep drop in volumes that many FX companies reported for March 2016. Alpari's trading turnover amounted to…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's report about DDoS attacks affecting Exness' services... In an email today, the retail FX broker addressed its partners warning of them a temporary server interruption due to DDoS. The first problems emerged last week, affecting the company's website, whereas another attack targeted the broker's trading servers. The company stresses that the personal…
Read moreMahiFX, a brokerage with licenses in Australia and New Zealand, has presented its clients with a new and sleek website design. Visitors of the corporate website (mahifx.com) are now greeted with a much cleaner view of the broker's offering, with the stress on MahiFX's e-FX Engine Room - a range of products that have been…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report about Bats Global Markets, Inc. planning an initial public offering on the Bats BZX Exchange... Bats today announced the pricing of its IPO at a price to the public of $19.00 per share – this is the upper end of previously forecast range of $17.00 - $19.00 per share. The…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today published an Occasional Paper, dedicated to high-frequency trading (HFT) and examining whether high-frequency traders (HFTs) prey on other market participants. The paper, authored by Matteo Aquilina and Carla Ysusi, both working in the Chief Economist’s Department of the Financial Conduct Authority, examines claims that HFTs can predict when…
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