France’s AMF updates “Black List” of unauthorized binary options brokers LeapRate

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

France's AMF updates “Black List” of unauthorized binary options brokers

France's financial markets regulator AMF has earlier today published an update regarding unauthorized binary options firms targeting French investors. The “Black List” of such companies featured more than 200 names when the previous update was provided in September 2015. Today's announcement adds 11 new names to the list. The new sites that have recently been…

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

TechFinancials' shareholders approve proposals regarding Hong Kong binary options JV

Shareholders in binary platform provider and operator TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) have voted in favor of proposals regarding the financing of the new binary options joint venture whose establishment was agreed with Hong Kong-registered Optionfortune Trade Limited in October this year. At a General Meeting held earlier today all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. This means…

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Integral announces exec appointments in New York, London and Tokyo

Integral Development Corp., today announced several new executive appointments in its New York, London and Tokyo operations. Soren Haagensen will join in Integral's team in New York as Managing Director, BankFX, Americas. In London, Alan Scott will become Managing Director, Enterprise Solutions. Takashi Ozeki is now Regional Sales Director, Japan, where he serves the region…

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Ladbrokes defends Coral merger, following Desmond's criticism

Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD), a gaming and betting provider, today had to defend the rationale for the proposed merger with the Coral Group, following stark criticism from one of Ladbrokes' shareholders - Dermot Desmond. Mr Desmond has published an open letter slamming the proposed deal and simply calling it “bad”. His arguments include what has already become…

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

RoboForex opens representative office in Lithuania

CySEC-regulated retail Forex broker RoboForex (CY) Ltd announced today that it has opened a representative office in Lithuania's capital Vilnius, in an expansion push in Europe and, in particular, the Baltic States. The company stressed the importance of the new office for the improvement of the level of its client service in the Baltic States.…

November 19, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

EBS BrokerTec sets agreement to launch SGX listed FX block futures on EBS Market

EBS BrokerTec, the eFX and fixed income business unit of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have announced an agreement to launch SGX listed FX block futures on EBS BrokerTec’s FX central limit order book EBS Market, a primary venue for e-traded currencies. The strategic collaboration between EBS BrokerTec and SGX announced in January 2015…

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Belize's IFSC warns against Profit Riders, promising up to 200% in daily returns

The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC) has published one more warning on its website. The watchdog has voiced its concerns regarding Profit Riders Inc., an investment firm operating via www.profit-riders.com. The company is promising generous profits – up to 200% in daily returns, to investors that decide to entrust Profit Riders their money.…

November 19, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

What's most important to top retail traders?

An OANDA survey found - surprisingly - that Discipline and Risk Management are top of mind for retail FX traders heading into 2016.

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Dukascopy's Swiss Forex app now available on Apple Watch

Dukascopy Bank SA has made a step towards the users of Apple's newest handy accessories – Apple Watch, by updating its Swiss Forex mobile application to support these devices. Version 3.6 of the application offers support for Apple Watch, meaning that users of the solutions will have access to a rich variety of information about…

November 19, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group adds Aluminum Japan Premium (Platts) futures to offering

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just announced an expansion to its base metals offering via the launch of a new Aluminum Japan Premium (Platts) futures contract. Subject to regulatory approvals, the new contracts are set to start trading on December 7, 2015. They will be available for trading on CME Globex and…