Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS, takes an interesting look at what a Donald Trump win in the US Presidential election might mean for global markets and trade.
Read moreIt was a week of some old faces in new places in Forex Industry News this past week on LeapRate. As well as platform launches focusing on automation - trading automation, conversion and retention automation... Some of the most popular, shared and commented-on posts this week on LeapRate included: Former City Index CEO Mark Preston…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), parent of the Forex.com and City Index brands, saw its share price drop a further 7% on Wednesday to close at $6.68, its lowest closing price since January. During the trading day Gain shares actually dropped as low as $6.15 - down 14% on the day - before…
Read moreMT4 systems integrator Gold-i recently set up an office in Shanghai, headed by former Ericsson executive Max Tsen, to serve and help develop the burgeoning China Forex startup scene. With a few months under his belt on the job, we're now pleased to speak with Max and get his perspectives on what Retail Forex brokers…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive Interview... The past year has seen its fair share of problems and scandals in both the retail and institutional arms of the FX market. The Swiss Franc spike. Last look abuse. Chat room collusion. Have we all learned something? Are things changing (for the better)? Do we feel more confident about our FX…
Read moreMarkit Ltd (NASDAQ: MRKT), a leading global provider of financial information services, today announced the launch of a new service that enables banks to affirm FX trades executed by inter dealer brokers. Seven inter dealer brokers and eight banks have signed to use the service, which expands Markit’s centralised solutions for the FX market. Affirming…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that former City Index CEO Mark Preston is joining the board of FCA-regulated Monecor (London) Ltd, parent company of retail Forex, CFDs and spreadbetting broker ETX Capital. Preston's role will not be a management one at ETX. He will be serving as an Independent Non Executive director on the company's board.…
Read moreThis article was written by Yael Warman, Content Manager at Leverate. Yael is a creative writer with a strong background in marketing and advertising. Yael has been a writer for over 10 years and has worked for clients in various industries as well as her own companies. Forex sales can be an extremely lucrative profession.…
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Plantation, Florida-based IBFX, Inc. (IBFX), formerly known as TradeStation Forex, Inc. IBFX is a wholly owned subsidiary of TradeStation Group, Inc. and a CFTC-registered Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED). The CFTC order requires IBFX to pay a $1…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive Interview... The issue of Automation seems to be coming up a lot more lately in the lexicon of Forex and Binary Options brokers. Following the lead of brokers (such as Plus500) which have been very successful at automating their operations - including everything from customer acquisition to retention - we have been witnessing…
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