October 26, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Australia regulator ASIC warns against cold calling impersonators of... ASIC

Australia's financial regulator ASIC has issued an interesting pronouncement, warning consumers to be wary of cold callers claiming to represent ASIC itself. Apparently, there are a group of cold callers calling Australian consumers posing as ASIC personnel, and asking for their targets' personal and financial details. ASIC is warning consumers that these calls are a…

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October 24, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

US Forex brokers face tighter cybersecurity requirements

Soon after US Forex broker FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) announced it was a victim of a criminal cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to customer information, the US financial industry regulators are stepping up their efforts to improve information systems security. The National Futures Association (NFA) announced on Friday that it will tighten the requirements regarding cybersecurity for…

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October 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Velocimetrics, Solarflare partner to offer real-time management, analysis of trading activities

Business flow performance analytics firm Velocimetrics and provider of network data solutions Solarflare have teamed up to help high volume trading firms manage emerging risks, perform business and technical level analysis and satisfy regulatory commitments with a fully integrated, cost-effective and controlled approach. The two companies are joining their efforts to offer a distributed and…

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October 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Belize's IFSC warns against unauthorized FX broker Maxim Trader

The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC) on Thursday published a warning against Maxim Capital Limited, which claims to be licensed by the Belize financial regulator. The company, also known as Maxim Trader, offers Forex services to clients in Europe and Asia. The IFSC notes that Maxim Capital Limited is not licensed by it…

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October 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Acuity Trading - Barcelona U research on predictive ability of sentiment data

It was earlier this month that LeapRate reported about Acuity Trading's partnership with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona University) and today we see the first results of this collaboration in the form of a detailed scientific research paper. The paper, authored by Professor Argimiro Arratia, examines a set of 11 news-based public sentiment indices developed by…

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October 23, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

James Bond and the British Pound - which Bond had it best?

On the lighter side of FX trading, we're pleased to present an interesting analysis put out by international money transfer firm FXcompared.com with this weekend's release of the latest James Bond flick SPECTRE. James Bond has always traveled the globe fighting villains and he’s always extremely well equipped with gadgets while staying at some of the world's best…

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October 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click recommends dividend of ¥5.60 per share for Q2 FY 2016

GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), the parent of the biggest Japanese Forex broker GMO Click Securities, has earlier today published the official financial metrics for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2016, that is, the quarter until September 30, 2015. Along with the robust financial metrics, which overall confirmed the preliminary report issued earlier this…

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October 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

UK introducing broker Core Spreads adds MT4

Core Spreads, an appointed representative of Finsa Europe Ltd, has announced the addition of MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform to its offering. Thanks to the Core MT4 platform, clients of the broker will be able to trade Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on more than 350 markets using the popular desktop and app based platform. Clients of…

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