December 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Invast Securities sees revenues hit lowest level since August 2014

Japanese online trading company Invast Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO:8709) on Friday published its financial metrics for November 2015, with the numbers showing a continued month-on-month drop in revenues. Invast said its operating revenues for November 2015 amounted to JPY 244 million ($2.01 million), the weakest reading since August 2014. The result for last month was…

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December 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click registers 7.3% MoM drop in operating revenues in November 2015

GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), the parent company of Japanese online trading giant GMO Click Securities, on Friday posted its monthly financial report for November 2015. The data showed continued slide in operating revenues, which totalled JPY 2.04 billion ($16.8 million) in November 2015, the lowest mark since the start of GMO's fiscal year. The…

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December 12, 2015 BY Mike Fox

FXCM releases statement on ongoing discussions with Leucadia and stock repurchase program

FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange, or FX, trading and related services, today provided an update regarding its relationship with Leucadia and its stock repurchase program. As previously stated, ‎both FXCM and Leucadia remain committed to restructuring their existing Letter Agreement in a manner that is consistent with a sustainable long-term and…

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December 11, 2015 BY Mike Fox

O-SYSTEMS releases updated mobile trading app

Cyprus based binary options platform developer O-SYSTEMS has announced today the release of a their new OSYS 1.0 Mobile trading app. O-SYSTEMS offers a variety of software and platforms serving as a gateway for brokers and affiliates that wish to offer the benefits of binary options trading to their customers. When more information is released on this specific…

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December 11, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 gets green light from FCA to onboard clients to its UK unit

Retail forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has issued a statement that it has decided to resume the onboarding new customers to its UK-based, FCA-regulated unit Plus500UK. It will begin taking clients into Plus500UK beginning next month. Plus500 halted taking new clients into its UK unit back in May, as part of an ongoing investigation into…

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December 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Morgan Stanley takes stake in Plus500 to 6.81%

Retail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just reported of a transaction in its shares that took place on December 8, 2015. As a result of the transaction, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc has a direct holding of 7,822,037 shares, equivalent to the same number of voting rights, in the broker. Following…

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December 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

TradingView starts displaying major economic events on charts

Financial visualization platform TradingView has made some changes to the information available on charts. Very important events are shown right on the charts, enabling traders to stay up-to-date without leaving the charting environment. This functionality can be configured via the Events & Alerts tab in chart properties. Traders can set chart either to show all…

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December 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

BGC Partners appoints Nicole Shaughnessy as Managing Director, Environmental Products

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced the appointment of Nicole Shaughnessy as Managing Director, Environmental Products. Ms. Shaughnessy will run BGC's Environmental Product Desk through BGC Environmental Brokerage Services L.P. She reports to Shawn McLoughlin, Senior Managing Director of New Business Development, BGC. Ms. Shaughnessy…

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December 10, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

GAIN Capital sees lowest retail Forex volumes since February 2015 in November 2015

Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just reported its operating metrics for November 2015, with overall trading volumes marking a slight increase when compared to October 2015 levels. This result reflected the robust performance on the institutional business front, with GTX volumes staging a decent rise in monthly terms. Retail trading volumes, however, staged a…

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