August 11, 2014 BY Mike Fox

LeapRate Forex News Weekly Look Back

Some highlights from the week of August 4th - 8th Last Week's Forex Look Back! Interview: TopFX’s Paul Orford details the important factors of Prime Brokerage: https://www.leaprate.com/UBskF FXCM acquisition of FXDD US clients – $4.4 million: https://www.leaprate.com/vqgE4 Op Ed: Viewing a very different global FX landscape as 2014 passes halfway point: https://www.leaprate.com/m8KLb Investment giant BlackRock…

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August 10, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

FXCM's Q2 results - a closer look at margins

With Forex industry leader FXCM reporting a net loss in its second quarter results earlier this week, there are many in the industry wondering if the current malaise facing the industry due (mainly) to lower volatility in 2014 is reason for long term concern. A closer look at FXCM's Q2 results shows - probably not. Let…

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August 08, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

FXCM acquisition of FXDD US clients - $4.4 million

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the May acquisition by FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) of FXDD's US client assets was done for cash consideration of $4.4 million. It turns out that the assets acquired were a little less than previously advertised - FXCM ended up getting $23.4 million in client equity spread among 6,172 active accounts. FXCM's…

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