UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill announced that it has sponsored the Kyrenia Triathlon Team at the IRONMAN Austria. The NOK Triathlon team undertook the challenge of completing a run course of more than 200 kilometers in Klagenfurt, Austria. Known to be one of the greatest challenges of endurance…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for August 2, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, No sooner had the Fed cut rates than President Trump attacked China with further tariffs. Even though…
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The Polish Financial Authority (KNF) has just released a new category of investor called an experienced retail client. The polish watchdog has also increased the level of leverage up to 100:1 for selected instruments. LeapRate reminds that just a few days ago ESMA issued four opinions on product intervention measures taken by the National Competent…
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Crypto advocates in India are not going down without a fight, even though crypto skeptics seem to have finally turned the tide of debate in their favor. The crypto debate in the world’s second most populated country has been raging for several years with stern warnings from the nation’s Supreme Court to finalize proposals post…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 2, 2019. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar is down against other major currencies in Friday’s morning trading, as the markets digest the latest move by President Trump, who yesterday tweeted about his intention to raise additional tariffs on…
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The EU securities markets’ regulator ESMA has just informed the public that it has started to make available new data for bonds available for trading on EU trading venues. The following announcement has been made for bonds, subject to the pre-trade and post-trade requirements of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation…
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Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has just released its volumes report for the month of July. Total volume was $834,219 last month. Average daily volume was $36,270, indicating a 14% MoM drop, yet a rise of 31% YoY. The complete results can be seen below: Month Total Volume* Avg Daily Volume (ADV) ADV Change MoM…
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Montreal-based payment technology firm and provider of global payment solutions, Nuvei, announced that it has completed the acquisition of SafeCharge International Group Limited for approximately US $889 million. LeapRate reminds that the Financial Conduct Authority has approved the proposed change in control of SafeCharge Financial Services Limited last month. The acquisition creates a global payment…
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Deutsche Börse’s cash markets has announced that it has generated a turnover of €124.8 billion in July (previous year: €124.3 billion, previous month: €116.0 billion). Of the €124.8 billion, €112.1 billion were attributable to Xetra (previous year: €113.6 billion), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €4.9 billion. Trading volume on Börse Frankfurt was…
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Leaprate Exclusive... Edgewater Markets, the NFA-registered non-bank FX liquidity provider, has just informed LeapRate that it has welcomed aboard Rick Lloyd as Director of eFX Sales out of its Singapore office. Rick Lloyd brings a wealth of experience in the Foreign Exchange markets space spanning over 30 years of industry expertise working for corporate and…
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