March 09, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Singapore Exchange opens new Hong Kong office

Deepening it's presence in Greater China, Singapore Exchange (SGX) today opened its new Hong Kong office, which is registered as Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT). Mr. Chew Sutat, Executive Vice President of SGX, hosted the office opening and reiterated SGX’s continued focus and commitment to its operations in Greater China. “With its strategic location…

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March 09, 2015 BY Mike Fox

ICM Capital Partners with Nottingham Forest Football Club

ICM Capital Limited, headquartered in London authorized and regulated under the FCA-UK, has quickly grown in recent years announced their exclusive partnership with Nottingham Forest FC, which will run until the end of the current season. The sponsorship will include branding on the back of the shirts and extensive branding in the stadium, which started…

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March 09, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials IPO update - to begin trading March 16

LeapRate Exclusive... Continuing our exclusive coverage of the goings-on behind the scenes at the IPO of binary options platform provider TechFinancials, LeapRate has learned that the offering was slightly increased in size from our earlier reported $5.25 million to just over $5.4 million, with directors and current holders putting in more money at the IPO price. The…

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March 09, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Forex Yellow Pages Interview: The new marketing for managed accounts

Shaun Overton, the founder of OneStepRemoved, a Dallas based firm which offers programming services for traders developing custom applications believes that managed accounts and EAs have a shaky reputation in the FX industry among investors. LeapRate's Forex Yellow Pages had the chance to catch-up over the weekend with Shaun about his success in marketing QB Pro, one of the…

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March 09, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

London police raid of Heron Tower forex broker - CityAM and Evening Standard name CWM FX

Two London newspapers, business news oriented CityAM and the London Evening Standard, have named retail forex broker CWM FX as being the mystery financial institution associated with a police raid last week at Heron Tower in London's financial district. CityAM first reported the incident last Tuesday, reporting that an unnamed financial services firm based in the…

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March 09, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Lower volumes really are worse than black swans: Saxo Bank considers reversing high margin requirement

Yesterday, LeapRate posed the question as to what is worse; a single black swan event, or a period of low volumes? Today, Saxo Bank considers reversing its decision to raise margin requirements on CHF trades after a 37.5% drop in trading activity in February as the industry begins to consider the dichotomy between single events that cause extreme volatility and prolonged periods of low volumes

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