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Michael Cunningham Invast Global
February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Invast Global adds KPMG partner and risk expert Michael Cunningham as non-executive Director

Australia based boutique multi-asset prime broker Invast Global has announced the appointment of ex-Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Treasurer and former KPMG Partner Michael Cunningham as a Non-Executive Director to its Board of Directors. ASIC licensed Invast Global is a subsidiary of Jasdaq-listed Invast Securities Co. Ltd. (TYO:8709), and has grown over the past few years to…

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FXCM UK
January 31, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Management changes at FXCM, Juan Cafe promoted to COO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FXCM Group has made some senior management changes, as the company continues to shift its operating focus to London, under FXCM CEO Brendan Callan. The primary change involves the promotion of longtime FXCM US employee Juan Cafe to the #2 position in the company. Mr. Cafe will be COO…

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Devexperts Bookmap visualization trading platform
January 31, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Devexperts partners with Bookmap to launch financial visualization and trading platform

Munich based Devexperts, which develops retail and institutional trading platforms and provides cloud based financial data infrastructure, has announced that it has partnered with US based Bookmap in the release of trading platform Bookmap version 7. Bookmap is an innovative visualization and trading platform for US Equities, Futures and digital currencies. Bookmap’s data visualization offers complete…

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ICO fraud
January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Spoofing and Commodities Fraud charges lead to $46 million in fines for Deutsche Bank, HSBC and UBS

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced, in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Investigative Division, criminal and civil enforcement actions against three banks and six individuals involved in commodities fraud and spoofing schemes. What is spoofing? Spoofing is the practice of bidding or offering with the intent to…

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RoboForex Andrei Kulebin Muai Thai kickboxing
January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Sports Sponsorship: RoboMarkets backs Muay Thai and Kickboxing champion Andrei Kulebin

Continuing our coverage of the interesting ways leading Retail FX brokers are spending their offline advertising dollars, especially in the area of sports sponsorships, CySEC licensed RoboMarkets has announced that it has become the official sponsor of Muay Thai fighter and kickboxing world champion Andrei Kulebin. Under terms of the agreement, the popular Belarusian athlete will take…

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January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Equiti Group receives financial services license in Jordan

Equiti Group, the parent company of prime brokerage provider Divisa Capital and Retail FX arm Equiti Global Markets (Equiti.com), has announced today that it has been awarded a brokerage license by the Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) that allows the company to provide financial advisory and brokerage services in the local and international markets. Equiti is…

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SEO trends 2018
January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Experts on the SEO trends that will count in 2018

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. With the new year comes a new set of SEO trends. It’s important that you keep track of these changes as it isn’t going to be slowing down anytime soon. In fact, what you knew to be effective strategies in 2017 may no longer…

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