Vladimir Putin signs law on integrated currency market in CIS LeapRate

December 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Vladimir Putin signs law on integrated currency market in CIS

Vladimir Putin, the president of the Russian Federation, has made another step towards the establishment of an integrated currency market in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Last week, Mr Putin signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement on Cooperation in Organising an Integrated Currency Market between Commonwealth of Independent States Member States. In…

December 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Betfair, Paddy Power shareholders approve merger proposal

A followup to LeapRate's story of the proposed acquisition of Betfair Group Ltd (LON:BET) by Paddy Power plc... Shareholders in both companies today voted in favor of the proposed scheme of the merger. The deal is set to close in the first quarter of 2016, pending certain conditions, such as sanction of the Scheme by the…

December 21, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM shares up 135% last week: What will this week bring?

Shares of retail forex broker FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) more than doubled in value in the December 14-18 trading week. The move up is a stunning turnaround for FXCM, which has seen its shares slowly decline in value basically since January 2015, when FXCM narrowly avoided bankruptcy from losses suffered in the January 15 surprise 20%+…

December 21, 2015 BY Mike Fox

BT partners with ADS Securities extending institutional trading operations into North America

Leading Abu Dhabi based brokerage and FX investment firm to use BT Radianz Services to offer access to the New York financial markets BT Group plc (LON:BT.A) a UK based leading communications services company announced today that it is making it easier for institutions with a presence in North America to access Forex, metals and commodities markets via the OREX trading platform…

December 21, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Hong Kong Exchanges record 19% YoY rise in trading for 2015; RMB currency futures hit new volume record high

Turnover of RMB Currency Futures was 243,443 contracts from January 1, 2015 to December 15, 2015, exceeding the full-year record high of 205,049 contracts in 2014.

December 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear eliminates more than $100 trillion in notional in 12 months

Global clearing house LCH.Clearnet Ltd today announced that its SwapClear service has reached an important milestone this year, by eliminating more than $100 trillion in notional since January 1, 2015. This achievement has been driven mainly by an acceleration of compression activity by SwapClear’s members and their clients throughout 2015. Amidst record volumes of cleared…

December 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

IC Markets adds MT4 Web platform to offering

Australian retail Forex broker IC Markets has become the latest company to adopt the web version of the popular MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform. The broker announced today that its client can make use of the solution, which works on the major web browsers. The Webtrader is available for all MT4 account types IC Markets offers.…

December 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

One Financial Markets expands MT4 offering via launch of One | Web Trader

UK-FCA and South Africa-FSB regulated retail forex broker One Financial Markets continues to enhance its offering to clients. Shortly after announcing a special offer of Lex van Dam's trading education products, the company is now looking to meet traders' needs by broadening its trading platforms lineup. One Financial Markets announced today that it has enhanced its…

December 21, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

DMM FX Australia joins lineup of brokers redesigning websites

DMM FX Australia Pty Limited (DMM FX) has joined the growing number of Forex companies redesigning their websites, in tune with LeapRate's predictions. The weekend saw DMM FX's website (www.dmmfx.com.au/) reappear with a new look. The most obvious change is that the website is now more convenient to use on various devices, including smart mobile…