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Read moreOne of the themes covered recently at LeapRate has been the increasing use of sports sponsorships as a branding and marketing tool in the online trading world. A number of leading European soccer clubs have Forex sponsors, including iconic clubs Manchester United, Atletico Madrid and Messi's Barcelona FC. Forex brokers sponsor other action sports such as…
Read moreThere is more news on the mergers and acquisitions front, as leading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced the completion of the acquisition of InvestYourWay. InvestYourWay is a discretionary investment management service that enables creation of various solutions tailored to clients' needs. We had reported about a year ago that…
Read moreJapanese retail Forex broker AFT FX today announced its plans to stop offering trading on the Market Link platform from January 2016. From today, the broker will stop accepting new account applications for the service and from December 25, 2015, opening of new positions will no longer be available. Traders are asked to close all…
Read moreMetaQuotes Software Corp., the developer of the popular trading platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) turns 15 today. The company notes that since their launch, the MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 trading platforms have come a long way, evolving from a tool for trading into an entire ecosystem offering a variety of services,…
Read moreThe Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today published a warning regarding fraudsters using its details to obtain money from investors and the general public. The regulator says that several types of financial scam messages and/or letters purporting to be sent by CySEC are currently in circulation. In particular, the fraudsters have used the email…
Read moreOANDA Japan today announced a set of pending changes to margin requirements for dozens of currency trading instruments it offers to its clients. The new requirements come into effect on December 14, 2015 and are introduced in response to changes in market conditions and regulatory requirements. The broker refers to the events from January 15,…
Read moreThe Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) on Thursday updated its Warning list, which contains the names of companies that might be operating without a licence although their service requires authorisation and should be supervised by FINMA. The latest addition to the list is TradeSolid, a binary options broker, offering its services via www.tradesolid.com. The…
Read moreThe practice of corporate cloning - fraudsters using the details of authorized firms to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorized company, keeps gaining momentum in the Forex industry. One more piece of proof in this respect comes from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which today published a warning regarding an unauthorized…
Read moreThe European Central Bank (ECB) and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) today announced the successful testing of their bilateral currency swap arrangement. The arrangement was established in October 2013, with a maximum size of RMB 350 billion and EUR 45 billion. As part of the ECB’s plan to regularly test its operational capabilities, the…
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