October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click sells 9.6% stake to Daiwa Securities as part of new Business Alliance

Daiwa Securities Group Inc (TYO:8601), Daiwa Securities, GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177) and GMO CLICK Securities today announce the execution of Memorandum of Understanding with view to forming business alliance. Under the strategic partnership, Daiwa Securities Group will acquire 11,100,000 shares in GMO CLICK HD. The amount of shares acquired equals 9.6% of outstanding shares…

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October 30, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

5 BIG Mistakes Trading Brands Make in Their Promotional Emails

The following guest post is courtesy of Tiz G. Corta, CEO of email marketing solutions provider DVFX.com. DVFX is a performance-based marketing agency with more than 5 years experience, serving a variety of industries including a number of Forex and Binary Options brokers. — There are many elements that go into a great promotional email campaign. The offer…

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October 30, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Playtech shares soar 10% Thursday after reporting bullish Q3 results

Shares of gaming technology and forex brokerage company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) soared more than 10% on Thursday, after the company reported better-than-expected financial results in Q3. A good part of that positive surprise was thanks to Playtech's newly established Financials Division, which consists of the online trading brands it purchased from controlling shareholder Teddy Sagi earlier…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click launches website for migration to upgraded FX Neo

GMO Click Securities, the retail Forex broker which is a part of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), today provided one more update regarding the launch of upgraded FX Neo, the broker’s platform for margin Forex trading over the counter. The company today presented a designated site: https://www.click-sec.com/corp/guide/fxneo/, where existing and future users of FX Neo…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

ASIC annual report confirms strict approach to retail FX sector

Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has just tabled its Annual Report for the fiscal year to June 30, 2015, with the document providing further evidence of the rigid approach the Australian regulator has adopted regarding the retail OTC derivatives sector (read, retail Forex). The watchdog notes that it has increased its focus on ‘rogue’…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Japan's FSA adds binary options firm Marblestone Partners to Warning List

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has earlier today added another company to the Warning List, which includes the names of business that offer derivatives trading to Japanese investors without having the proper authorization. The new entry to the Warning List is Marblestone Partners Ltd, the owner of numerous binary options brands, including TradeRush, BossCapital and…

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October 29, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Digital currency exchange Bit-X rebrands to Digatrade

Bit-X Financial Corp. (OTCQB: BITXF) a global digital-currency exchange located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada today announced the firm filed a "Notice of Alteration" with the British Columbia Corporate Registry and changed its corporate name from BitX Financial Corp to Digatrade Financial Corp. The name change is an effort to maintain an original and consistent brand…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Chinese Yuan retreats to #5 as world payments currency: SWIFT

The latest SWIFT RMB Monthly Tracker, the report monitoring the Chinese yuan adoption across the globe, was published earlier today, showing that the Chinese currency lost one place in the ranking of international payments currencies. The SWIFT report for September 2015 shows that the Chinese currency fell back to position #5 in the ranking table…

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October 29, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Euronext Paris derivatives now given regulatory approval for Hong Kong domiciled trading firms

Euronext today announced that it has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“HKSFC”) to provide automated trading services (ATS) to clients domiciled in Hong Kong, thus facilitating direct membership and access to Euronext’s Paris derivatives markets. Mr. Tan Yueheng, Chief Executive Officer of BOCOM International Holdings Company Ltd and Chairman of…

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