PhillipCapital UK, the FCA-regulated Forex broker that started operations in April last year, is offering its clients to make use of a generous spring rebate scheme. PhillipCapital UK offers a cash rebate in relation to trades executed during the promotional period, which runs from GMT 00:00:00 14th March 2016 (Start Date) to GMT 23:59:59 14th June…
Read moreMulti-asset trading and investment services provider Saxo Bank has recently expanded its product offering via the addition of weekly options on VIX (VIX Weeklys). The main purpose of the new instrument is to provide traders with the opportunity to trade on the short term instead of only monthly or longer dated options. VIX Weeklys can be…
Read moreFor brokerages in the financial trading industry automation can be an incredible tool to help lower costs, improve conversion rates and in turn increase a company’s ROI.
Read moreContinuing our coverage of the arrest of Utrade owner and longtime retail forex entrepreneur Aviv Talmor, Israel business site Calcalist is reporting that Talmor has been remanded to seven days House Arrest, a common tactic in Israel for non-violent offenders facing criminal charges. As reported on LeapRate, Aviv Talmor was originally taken into custody last…
Read moreUS futures, options and stock broker MB Trading has presented the visitors of its website with a redesigned look, to reflect the fact that the company was acquired by TradeKing. In addition to the logo, which now clearly states that MB Trading is offered by TradeKing, the website is less crowded in terms of text and…
Read moreTrading software experts Spotware Systems today announce the launch of their unique cTrader Introducing Broker Program. The feature is now available to all existing broker-clients for no extra charge and is available to all future brokers also for no charge. The new feature can be configured from cBroker and used by Introducing Brokers (IBs) from cTrader.…
Read moreIt was a fairly good week for shares of retail forex brokers. (At least for some of them). Hottest of the group was FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM), which saw speculation heat up again regarding its ability to seal a deal with Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) and renegotiate terms of its $300 million loan from Leucadia. FXCM shares…
Read moreBitcoin Group's plans for a floatation on ASX have just hit the curb... On March 4, 2016, ASX sent Bitcoin Group a letter, informing the company that it does not meet the requirements for admission to the official list. ASX made its decision after Grant Thornton Australia produced an independent report stating that Bitcoin Group has…
Read moreThe Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has earlier today released a “Cyber resilience assessment report: ASX Group and Chi-X Australia Pty Ltd”, with the document presenting the assessments of the cyber policies at Australia’s major domestic financial market infrastructure providers. Overall, the assessment concluded that ASX Group and Chi-X have, up to this point…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) and Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) have announced that China Construction Bank Corporation (SHA:601939) is joining the LBMA Silver Price as a new member. CME Benchmark Europe Limited and Thomson Reuters have operated the LBMA Silver Price since August 2014 when they took over from the London Silver Market…
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