Several months after the first announcements that a New eToro was coming, the new social trading platform was officially launched. On November 5, 2015, eToro CEO Yoni Assia officially unveiled the New eToro at the Web Summit in Dublin. The platform is built from the ground up and replaces the iconic OpenBook and WebTrader platforms. It…
Read moreTradingScreen Inc., the leading independent provider of liquidity, trading and investment technology via SaaS, announces the launch of the Market Surveillance Tool, a component of the TradeAnalytics family of products, to monitor a broad range of market abuse scenarios across all asset classes, especially Listed Derivatives. Spoofing, flashing, front running, pinging, ramping and other market…
Read moreFXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM), the globally regulated online provider of forex trading and related services, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 and trading metrics for the month of October 2015. U.S. GAAP trading revenue from continuing operations were $56.3 million, compared to $88.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. U.S. GAAP net income attributable…
Read moreSwissquote, Switzerland’s leading online bank, announced the addition of two new currency pairs and eight forward CFDs to its already diverse range of trading products. Swissquote’s decision to offer the offshore Chinese Yuan and additional Russian Ruble cross comes at a time of significant fluctuations for these currencies and is the bank’s response to increasing demand from traders looking…
Read moreCypriot retail Forex broker XM today announced the addition of MetaTrader 4 (MT4) WebTrader to the offering to its clients. The web platform now enables clients of the broker to trade without the need to install any programs on their computers. Since the launch of the first version of browser-based MT4 in September this year, MetaQuotes…
Read moreThe “earnings season” gathers speed, with financial software provider SunGard Data Systems Inc. having just reported a set of robust results for the third quarter of 2015, with revenues and profits staging a rise in annual terms. For the three months to September 30, 2015, revenue was $702 million, up 2% year over year. Financial…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) has earlier today posted its operating metrics for October 2015, with Forex volumes staging a decent rise in annual and monthly terms, underpinned by robust trading in INR/USD futures. In October 2015, total FX Futures volume was 475,887 contracts, up 2% from the result recorded in September 2015 and up massive 410%…
Read moreProvider of multi-asset investment and trading services Saxo Bank has managed to provide a good piece of news, striking a contrast note amid a raft of reports from the Forex industry showing decreases in trading volumes for October 2015. Saxo Bank earlier today published its key operating metrics for October 2015, with Forex volumes and client…
Read moreBarclays PLC (LON:BARC) has earlier today announced that its CEO designate James (Jes) Staley has bought into the company. Via a transaction that took place on November 4, 2015, Jes Staley purchased 2,790,000 ordinary shares in the company. The nominal value per share is 25 pence. The average market price of the Shares was £2.3300 per…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's story about South Africa's Financial Services Board (FSB) deregistering Fitch as a credit rating agency... The Registrar of Credit Rating Agencies at the FSB announced on Wednesday that it has granted Fitch Ratings Limited (Fitch) a two year exemption from registration under the Credit Rating Services Act. The exemption concerns the provision of…
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