The upcoming New Zealand registered brokerage maintains its solid drive Volume numbers at New Zealand registered and CySEC regulated upcoming brokerage have dipped slightly lower in February by 7% to $140.8 million. When compared to recently reporting companies, this seems to be a rather negligible drop, especially when put in context to the month of…
Read moreFXCM bought 50% of institutional FX market maker Lucid in 2012 for $176 million, paid mainly in FXCM stock. LeapRate Exclusive.... LeapRate has learned, via a series of filings made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that Lucid Markets principal Matthew Wilhelm has sold about $8.6 million worth of FXCM shares during the…
Read moreBritain's financial markets regulatory authority set to introduce a dedicated service for overseeing payment systems by April 2015 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Britain's official regulatory authority charged with the oversight of business ethics and consumer protection within the financial services industry has today announced that it intends to create an entirely new regulatory body…
Read moreJanuary's trend reversal was a one off event – growth continues to be stifled at the UK brokerage As we are getting the latest report from UK brokerage ICAP (LON:IAP) on volumes traded over its EBS platform the numbers are anything but disappointing. A total of $83.5 billion have shaken hands over the company’s electronic dealing…
Read moreSignals provided by sentiment analysis are becoming more mainstream for both equity and forex traders The use of sentiment analysis indicators has been an ongoing trend within institutional trading circles for many years. It was all the way back before the tick of the millennium, when it all started with now renowned and successful hedge…
Read moreLalit Nathwani joins institutional liquidity management systems and multi-asset dealing platform provider smartTrade Technology following eight year tenure at Informatica Institutional cross-asset liquidity management software company smartTrade Technologies has today announced the appointment of Lalit Nathwani, who will assume the position of Business Development Director. Mr. Nathwani joins smartTrade Technologies with substantial experience gained via a…
Read moreFX software providers are getting third party audits to ensure quality standards FX transaction processing software provider TwoFour Systems, LLC has announced the conclusion of its successful certification under 2013 SSAE16 SOC1 Type 2 standard for their ASP (Application Service Provider) software services. The company is specializing in delivering forex and cash management solutions to its growing…
Read moreJanuary’s sharp increase is partially reversed, still much higher than Q4 2013 monthly average GMO Click has just reported its monthly volumes numbers for the month of February and just as Monex Group, their business has turned lower in the second month of the year. The figures have been reported at ¥73 trillion ($714 billion),…
Read moreThe rebound has ended – Japanese investors’ risk appetite has been fading throughout the month Japanese Monex Group has just reported trading volumes for the month of February. With figures dropping by 17% over last month to ¥139 billion ($1.36 billion) we can conclude the volumes recovery theme for now. As the imminent sales tax-hike…
Read moreForex and Binary Options brokers – are you ready for EMIR??? On February 12, 2014, new EMIR trade reporting rules come into effect for European Forex, Binary and CFD brokers as mandated by ESMA. LeapRate is pleased to be working with leading regulatory advisory consultancy MAP S.Platis to provide our readers with the information they…
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