Australia’s regulators publish conventions for currency market LeapRate

July 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Australia’s regulators publish conventions for currency market

Australia’s regulators published conventions for the currency market, underscoring a push to shore up standards in the $5.3 trillion-a-day industry. The Australian Foreign Exchange Committee and the Australian Financial Markets Association released the document today, thru their websites. It defines currency and options products and provides guidelines for dealing methods and pricing. The release follows…

July 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Trading update: Plus500 Q2

Plus500 Ltd. (LON: PLUS), the provider of an online trading platform for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally, is pleased to announce the following trading update for the second quarter of 2014.

July 01, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

SafeCharge stock hits 52-week high following Trading Update

Up more than 3% on the day Monday, the provider of payment services to the Forex and Binary options sectors sees its market cap top $500 million for the first time.

July 01, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

KCG Hotspot sees June FX volumes up 6.5%

In accordance with LeapRate's predictions for June 2014, volumes have begun to increase, with KCG Hotspot beginning to move away from the doldrums.

June 30, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

OptionMint withdrawal – new posting on LeapRate Broker Complaints

BY: Lois H Aring BROKER: OptionMint TOPIC: Withdrawal Complaint I was duped into depositing $45,000 with this Toronto based options brokerage by one of the senior brokers, by the name of Chad Williams. They are connected to a known internet scam artist in the USA. They are not real option brokers according to a local broker I spoke…

June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LeapRate Interview: ETX Capital builds economies of scale in Britain and beyond

Following last week's purchase by ETX Capital of Shelbourne Markets, Head of Trading Joe Rundle elaborates on the firm's recent expansion success and future plans.

June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LeapRate Interview - Carla Skaf elaborates on how to acquire and retain retail clients in Cyprus

June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Russia's CRFIN to develop and enforce Forex broker advertising standards

According to discussions it was decided to develop a seminal TSRFIN document regulating forex market advertising.

June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Minister announces £3.9 million grant for First Derivatives supporting expansion

First Derivatives plc (FD) (LON:FDP), a global provider of trading and risk management software systems and consulting services for multinational financial institutions announces a major investment supported by Invest Northern Ireland (INI) to create 484 new high quality jobs in its headquarters in Newry. The announcement of Invest NI’s grant assistance, for a total of…

June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod