February 16, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Upstart Forex representative body FXPA elects Board of Directors and Officers

The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) held elections last Friday, February 10th for it's first permanent Board of Directors and Officers. The new FXPA Executive Committee includes: Chair Eric Busay, Portfolio Manager, CalPERS; Vice Chair Adam Cooper, Senior Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer of Citadel LLC; Treasurer Sean Tully, Senior Managing Director, Financial and…

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February 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Work on implementing Russia's Forex law commences

LeapRate is keeping you up to date with all of the latest regulatory developments across the globe, with a piece of positive news coming from Russia these days. About a month and a half after Vladimir Putin signed the Forex law, the actual work on implementing all of the new rules has begun. On February…

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February 16, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Alpari RU introduces 30% Bonus Credit for ex Alpari UK clients

LeapRate Exclusive... We continue to follow the saga of Alpari UK, which remains in administration by KPMG with funds of former Alpari UK clients (although apparently safe and accounted for) still not yet returned to their rightful owners more than one month after Alpari UK entered insolvency. Last week, we reported that Alpari UK's intellectual property…

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February 16, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Netagio reverses course, closes Bitcoin exchange while launching a wealth storage business

UK-based Bitcoin, GBP, USD and EUR exchange Netagio has announced a restructuring of its current business with a view to closing its Bitcoin exchange, instead launching a wealth storage business. Netagio will provide physical vault safekeeping options globally for retail and institutional investors, high net worth individuals and family offices. As part of the new corporate…

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February 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Following warning from Alpari, Russia's CRFIN blacklists Forex Trend

Forex Trend, the retail Forex brokerage registered in New Zealand, seems to be the focus of negative publicity lately, with Russia's Forex self-regulatory organization CRFIN adding its voice to the chorus of warnings against the company. Earlier today, the Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN) added Forex Trend (https://fx-trend.com/home), a retail…

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