October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Total of 119 financial service providers get removed from NZ FSP register in September

New Zealand's financial authorities have solidified their strict image, as a total of 119 individuals and companies were deregistered from the Financial Service Providers Register (FSPR) in September 2015. The latest Deregistration Notice was published on the FSPR website earlier today. All of the companies and individuals mentioned in the notice have been deregistered under…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

EXNESS launches separate website for CySEC-regulated operations

Online trading services provider EXNESS Group has announced the launch of a separate website for its Cypriot subsidiary EXNESS (CY) LTD. As of today – October 29, 2015, EXNESS (CY) LTD's website is available at www.exness.eu. The new website will be used for sharing information about the company's trading conditions, opening accounts, and for EXNESS (CY)…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Doug Yones joins NYSE as Head of Exchange-Traded Products

The New York Stock Exchange, part of Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE), announced today the appointment of Doug Yones as Head of Exchange-Traded Products. Mr Yones will assume his new role at the NYSE on November 3, 2015. He joins from Vanguard where he has worked for 17 years, most recently as head of domestic equity…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group registers 24% YoY rise in net income in Q3 2015

The earnings season keeps gaining momentum, with CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) adding its voice to the chorus of companies reporting strong financial results for the third quarter of 2015. The company saw its revenues grow across commodities, financial products and market data. The robust results were also attributed to tight discipline regarding expenditure. Net income…

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October 29, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Tradable adds Anna Coulling's Quantum Trading 3D trading tools to its app store

Trading apps and platform provider Tradable has announced that it has added Quantum Trading tools to its App Store, allowing Forex traders to benefit from the “Three Dimensional Approach of Trading” methodology created by Quantum Trading’s Anna Coulling. Anna believes trading is done best by understanding that fundamental, technical and relational analysis are three equally…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Ontario regulator to encourage whistleblowers with rewards of up to C$5 million

The Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) is joining the raft of global regulators encouraging reports of securities-related misconduct. On Wednesday, the OSC published Proposed OSC Policy 15-601 Whistleblower Program, a set of rules that would be the first of its kind for securities regulators in Canada. Under the proposed policy, eligible whistleblowers are entitled to…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Hong Kong's SFC warns against binary options broker ToOptions

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has earlier today added one more company to its Alert List, which includes the names of firms that are not authorized in Hong Kong but nevertheless target Hong Kong investors. The newest addition to the Alert List is HongKong Tooptions Limited, a company operating via www.tooptions.com. Through this…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

DMM FX Australia comes up with temporary solution for network issues

A follow-up to LeapRate's report about DMM FX Australia experiencing network issues... The Australian Forex broker issued a couple of updates on the matter today, with the first one saying it was working on a solution and the second one stating that it has found one, albeit temporary. Clients that are experiencing difficulties accessing the…

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October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FxPro publishes slippage statistics for Q3 2015: 43.4% positive

Retail Forex broker FxPro has stayed loyal to its commitment to increased transparency and earlier today published key metrics regarding the execution of trades of its clients during the third quarter of 2015. When compared with the data for the second quarter of 2015, the latest numbers show marked improvement regarding several metrics. First off, the…

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