July 04, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
KVB Kunlun shares collapsing after CITIC Securities offer expires
It appears, at least for the time being, that CITIC is content with staying at a 59% holding in KVB
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June 15, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Doing business in the US binary options market – what are the options?
Guest post by Nadex executive Dan Cook looking at a comparison of the business opportunities with Nadex vs Cantor Exchange.
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June 11, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
IG Group targeting Plus500 employees, looking to open Israel office - Globes
Globes also proposes that IG had a hand in creating Plus500's current crisis, by tipping off UK regulators.
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June 03, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
eToro set to merge OpenBook social trading brand into its own - LeapRate Exclusive
OpenBook brand will cease to exist, its functionality folded into eToro which will continue to expand its social and copy trading functionality.
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June 03, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Plus500 shares drop 6% Tuesday, sit 13% below £4 Playtech offer price
Are stock market investors betting that the Playtech-Plus500 deal is likely to break up?
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June 02, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Saxo Bank backed cycling team led by Alberto Contador wins Giro d’Italia
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Alberto Contador won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday. Saxo Bank is promoting a 'Trade Like A Pro' competition involving several of the team riders.
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June 02, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
IronFX CEO Markos Kashiouris separates fact from fiction - LeapRate Exclusive Interview
In an exclusive interview with LeapRate, IronFX CEO Markos Kashiouris deals head-on with some of the rumors swirling around his firm and other challenges facing the retail forex sector.
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June 01, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Playtech-Plus500 deal reaction - PTEC shares down 4%, PLUS up 3%
However Plus500 shares are trading well below Playtech's £4.00 per share cash offer. Why is that?
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May 29, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Clarification: Plus500 not forcing clients to move to Cyprus sub, shares trade up 18%
Further to our earlier article entitled Plus500 transfers London clients to Cyprus, which was based on a letter sent to a client by Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS), we have been able to clarify the situation a little better. It seems as though Plus500 is not automatically transferring any Plus500 UK clients to Plus500 CY (both regulated subsidiaries).…
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May 26, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
UK Forex brokers going after Plus500 affiliates - LeapRate Exclusive
IG Group is accelerating the launch of its Affiliate program in the wake of Plus500's problems, while ETX Capital is making special offers targeted at Plus500 affiliates.
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