Spotware Systems completes Trading Central integration in cTrader LeapRate

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Spotware Systems completes Trading Central integration in cTrader

Spotware Systems, the developers of multi-asset trading platform cTrader, today announce the completion of the integration with Trading Central in cTrader. As a result, users of the platform can tap into the capabilities provided by a highly sophisticated and deeply integrated tool inside the cTrader platform. The tool receives Trading Central’s market data research which…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Clones target investment giant BlackRock in Hong Kong

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has earlier today updated its Alert List of unlicensed companies, with the latest additions including a set of clone websites of investment giant BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK). The Hong Kong regulator notes that a company presenting itself as Blackrock Financial Co Ltd is misusing the details of…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

TriOptima reports successful first triReduce inflation swap compression cycle

Post trade infrastructure provider TriOptima, part of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today that 18 banks participated in the first triReduce inflation swap compression cycle eliminating $98.5 billion notional in inflation index swaps for the European Union: EUR- Excluding Tobacco-Non-revised Consumer Price Index. Given that inflation swaps tend to be long dated with compounding coupons leading…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Swissquote launches financial info app for Apple TV

Swiss financial services provider Swissquote Bank Ltd today announces the launch of a financial information application for Apple TV. The application will provide detailed and up-to-date information about the financial markets, including financial news. It also displays key indices and currency pairs. The Swissquote Apple TV application displays a rotating globe, showing the performance of various…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

RoboForex sponsors Limassol Police Department football team

Online trading services provider RoboForex Financial Group has announced its sponsorship of the Limassol Police Department football team, in a move underlining the attractiveness of various sports areas for FX marketing. This particular football team was set up in 2011 to allow current and former policemen to participate in various charity initiatives and to fight…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FxPro to introduce dynamic leverage for Spot Indices on MT4 and MT5

Retail Forex broker FxPro has announced a set of changes to trading conditions regarding Spot Indices and Energies. As of Friday, January 29, 2016, the broker will be introducing dynamic leverage across MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) on Spot Indices. It will also be adjusting the current tiers on Spot Energies and Energy Futures.…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Saxo Bank changes name of Japanese business

Multi-asset investment and trading services provider Saxo Bank is about to change the name of its Japanese business. As of Monday, February 1, 2016, the name of the Japanese company will change from Saxo Bank FX Securities K.K. to Saxo Bank Securities K.K. The old name will be in use until the end of April this…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Monex postpones launch of TradeStation platform for active traders in Japan

Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), the online trading services provider with operations in the US, Japan and China, has earlier today posted its detailed financial report for the third quarter of the fiscal year to March 31, 2016. The final results confirm LeapRate's earlier report showing that the Group registered a net loss in the three months…

January 27, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CFTC signs MoU with Germany's BaFin and Deutsche Bundesbank to enhance supervision of cross-border clearing organizations

Through the MoU, the CFTC and the BaFin and Bundesbank express their willingness to cooperate in the interest of fulfilling their respective regulatory mandates with respect to cross-border clearing organizations. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht…

January 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Markets.com doubles margin requirement on stocks during earnings season

Retail forex broker Markets.com, a unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), will be raising margin requirements from 5% to 10% for CFDs on certain US-traded stocks during the current Q4 earnings reporting season. Shares of even very liquid, well-traded equities tend to be more volatile leading up to an earnings announcement - especially year-end results, when 'surprise'…