Following her departure from the CFTC last year, Jill E. Sommers has been elected to the board of Chicago-based Alston Holdings.
Read moreJapanese FX giant MONEX Group has experienced a third quarter in which its net revenue has halved, denoting a stark contrast to the stratospheric volumes of last summer.
Read moreLeverate has compiled results of social trading platform, releasing data reflecting the performance of two Sirix Social Community traders
Read moreAfter four years at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Scott O’Malia moves to pastures new
Read moreBritish firm IG Group has made a steady increase in revenues during the financial year ended May 31, 2014, however despite the slight increase, trading activity had tailed off considerably from the halcyon days of last summer.
Read moreRetail Forex broker and Swiss Bank Swissquote (SWX:SQN) has reported its First Half 2014 results, showing an increase in Revenues and a slight decrease in Profits as it continues to integrate the acquisition of MIG Bank. On the FX front, Forex trading volumes averaged $73 billion per month at Swissquote during the Janaury-June 2014 period, down about…
Read moreIt seems as though the low interest rate, low volatility environment is hitting not only the results of Forex brokers, but also the big boys. Banking giant Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) reported its second quarter results today, and they came in with a worse-than-expected loss of CHF 700 million ($775 million). A good part of the…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular online gaming website Winner.com has added Binary Options trading, using the new Keystone binary platform. Keystone is the in-house trading platform of Retail Forex broker Markets.com. It is interesting to note that Markets.com's own binary brand, TopOption, launched using the SpotOption platform. The leading binary options platform providers, including SpotOption…
Read moreBitcoin gains further ground, as well as corporate confidence as Dell prepares to accept virtual currency as online method of payment.
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