Financial visualization platform TradingView is now offering easier access to the vast amount of stocks and other economic data that open platform Quandl has to offer, as it has become available through a tab in the Search window. As a result of this “tweak”, users of TradingView no longer have to perform a rather complex procedure…
Read moreIn one of our more interesting yet offbeat posts here at LeapRate over the past few months, we reported on a retail trader named Joe Campbell who turned to crowdfunding site GoFundMe to help raise money to cover his more than $100,000 debt to online broker E*TRADE Financial Corp (NASDAQ:ETFC). What did Campbell do wrong? He…
Read moreThe Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) on Friday unveiled its plans to add Chinese Yuan Futures to its offering, with the launch scheduled for December 2015, pending regulatory approvals. The contract will be financially settled on the same day as offshore equity index futures, and will hold a value of USD 50,000. It will…
Read moreAustralian retail Forex broker DMM FX has just enlarged the lineup of base currencies that its clients can use for operations with their trading accounts – both demo and live standard ones. The new addition to the list of base currencies is the Japanese yen (JPY). It joins the lineup, which already includes AUD, USD,…
Read moreGlobal Prime Partners, provider of prime brokerage, execution and clearing services to a wide variety of clients, today announced the appointment of Sean Capstick as Head of Prime Brokerage. The appointment is effective immediately. Mr Capstick has set some ambitious aims for the corporate business. He expects to double the size of the company’s broking…
Read moreMulti-asset trading and investment expert Saxo Bank has announced that it will no longer act as a Market Maker for Single Stock CFDs from December 14, 2015 (Monday). Instead, starting from the above-mentioned date, the broker will be offering Single Stock CFDs on a pure Direct Market Access (DMA) basis where all orders will be routed…
Read moreJust ahead of a crucial vote at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on whether the IMF will include the Chinese currency into its special drawing rights (SDR) basket, the Bank of Russia appears to have added the yuan to its Forex reserve basket. According to a report by Russia's information agency TASS, referring to two sources…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) today announced that it has teamed up with Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) and The Vanguard Group, Inc. to establish a discretionary investment management company. The new entity, to be named Monex-Saison-Vanguard Investment Partners, Inc. (MSVIP), is set to commence operations in the Spring of 2016, once…
Read moreFXecosystem, which provides outsourced connectivity services to the FX market, has indicated that it can now provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 banks with an even faster connection between London and New York. As one of the first organisations to be upgraded onto Hibernia’s new Ultra 5 Express Circuit, FXecosystem can now offer clients a…
Read moreOnline gaming operator GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC) today announced the appointment of Shay Segev to the newly established role of Chief Operating Officer. Mr Segev is a former Chief Operating Officer of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) and is considered one of the leading technology and product experts in the online gaming industry. In this new role,…
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