HotForex updates features to its WebTrader LeapRate

September 18, 2014 BY Mike Fox

HotForex updates features to its WebTrader

HotForex, the Mauritius headquartered and fully regulated Forex broker informed clients today that its WebTrader’s highly customizable trading environment is going from strength to strength and latest update brings improved responsiveness and even better performance. They state the WebTrader interface has been automatically updated, so when clients login they will have immediate access to the new features…

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September 18, 2014 BY Mike Fox

ICAP up 4.8% Wednesday to £3.76 after UBS took the stock off its “sell” list

ICAP, (LON:IAP) leading provider of a wide variety of electronic execution, broking, risk mitigation, messaging, and information services to wholesale market participants got a boost in it's stock price Wednesday as fast moving geopolitical events keep stacking up across the globe providing some juice to a summer of otherwise tamed volume figures. Bryce Elder from…

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September 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Aviva Investors appoints four people to its multi-asset team

Reuters is reporting that Aviva Investors, Aviva Plc's asset management business appointed four people to its multi-asset team. Trevor Leydon was named head of investment risk and portfolio construction from his previous post as head of investment risk of the team's fixed income business. Aviva Investors said Wei-Jin Tan will join Leydon's team in October.…

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September 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Binary options are now available to Dukascopy's White-Label partners

Dukascopy officially announced today on their company news page that it's now ready to offer binary options to its White-Label partners. The service has been integrated in the WL infrastructure. This news comes as last week Dukascopy also revealed that Binary options trading is now available for Dukascopy Europe clients. Trading conditions are identical to…

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September 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Just hours before Scotland's vote for independence, CLS settles record number of transactions today

With Scotland set to cast its vote to go it alone or remain in the United Kingdom tomorrow, CLS experienced a remarkable spike in activity, setting an all time record

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September 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

FXStreet launches real-time Japanese news in its local site and for brokers

Concentrating on increasing presence in the Asia Pacific region, FXStreet unveils Japanese language service

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September 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

The future of Bitcoin lies with tech firms as API developer Gem gains $2 million seed funding

Californian Bitcoin API startup Gem has secured $2 million in seed funding, bringing the total number of cryptocurrency API firms to three, further demonstrating that seasoned venture capital investors are concentrating on technology as instrumental to securing Bitcoin's future

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September 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Japanese broker Forex Crown launches cAlgo platform

In a break with tradition, Japanese FX firms are taking a shine toward Western platforms as Forex Crown adopts Spotware Systems' cAlgo

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September 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Report: State Street tells it's head of Forex to stay out of the office

Amid a widening regulatory probe into currency trading, State Street has asked its foreign exchange trading chief to stay away from the office, Dow Jones reported, citing unnamed sources. Simon Pepper, the London-based head of FX spot trading, has been away from the U.K. office for the past two weeks, sources told the publication. A…

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September 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Alpari takes relaxed approach to binary options client acquisition in Russia

In total contrast to the majority of firms offering binary options to retail clients, Alpari has begun offering demo accounts for which clients do not need to register their details. Could this be the dawn of passive acquisition?

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