March 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
FX the week ahead: Commodities boom, US jobs blowout, AUD upside, Brexit fears abate
John Hardy, Head of FX Strategy at Saxo Bank, takes a look at the week ahead in FX trading.
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March 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Are your Ads Being Viewed by Robots?
Research estimates anywhere between 30 and 60% of display ads are viewed by robots. What can advertisers do about this?
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March 04, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Pepperstone's Owen Kerr on CHAMP investment - LeapRate Exclusive Interview
LeapRate was first to break the story on Thursday of Australian retail forex broker Pepperstone securing a multi-million dollar investment, which was then copied on several other blogs. We're now pleased to bring our readers another first, in the form of an exclusive interview on the investment with Pepperstone CEO Owen Kerr. The investment in Melbourne-based Pepperstone…
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March 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
ThinkForex's Chris Reynolds leaves FX for COO role at sports social betting site Favourit.com
Lots of movement in and out of the FX industry for ASIC and FCA regulated retail forex broker ThinkForex. We had earlier exclusively reported that the company tapped a new Global Recruitment Manager from outside the industry, hiring Adam Pomerenke from Porsche UK. Now LeapRate has learned that ThinkForex's Director of Operations, Trading and Risk…
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March 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Bitcoin mining fund, Logos, launched by Genesis Mining
Bitcoin cloud mining provider Genesis Mining has announced the launch of what it calls the world’s first Bitcoin mining fund. The fund, which officially filed Form D with the SEC last week will be called Logos Fund and will cater exclusively to high net worth individuals, investment funds, and accredited investors looking to take part…
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March 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Russia looks to circumvent Western sanctions with China Forex swap
The Bank of Russia is reporting that Russia and China have agreed to open a bilateral Forex swap line, to boost trade and investment cooperation. Largely cut off from global capital markets by Western sanctions, Russia is stepping up efforts to secure access to external funding, including setting plans for a sovereign Eurobond later this year. The…
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March 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
FCA bans ex Deutsche Bank FX trader Michael Ross Curtler following fraud conviction
UK financial regulator The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Michael Ross Curtler, a former FX trader at Deutsche Bank AG, from the UK financial services industry for lacking honesty and integrity following a criminal conviction for fraud in the US. Last October Mr. Curtler pleaded guilty before a US District Court in New York for his role…
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March 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Super Tuesday effect on FX Markets
What can FX traders expect after Super Tuesday in the US Presidential primaries?
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March 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
AFX Capital's SuperTradingOnline starts 10% interest-on-deposits promotion
As with other Retail Forex broker bonus interest promotions, STO's also comes with minimum account size ($10,000) and trading volume requirements.
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March 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Transaction Reporting: CySEC begins enforcing adherence to standards established under EMIR
The following guest post is courtesy of Chris Dingley, Head of Sales at regulatory reporting solutions specialist Abide Financial. [divide] Following a reasonable bedding in period, CySEC has recently begun the process of enforcing adherence to standards established under EMIR. The recent communication regarding EMIR obligations on Cypriot regulated entities is a timely reinforcement of regulator…
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