FCA regulated Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has announced that it plans to delist the company's shares from trading on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. LCG didn't give an exact date for the delisting, just that it would convene a shareholders meeting to vote on the matter…
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To some degree, Bitcoin trading has made no sense this year. As country regulator after regulator continued to warn against the dangers of buying cryptocurrencies, the price of Bitcoin and its crypto cousins Ethereum, Dash, Ripple et al continued to rise. The more that establishment types such as JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon chimed in to…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges and an asset freeze against a group of unregistered funds and their owner who allegedly bilked thousands of retail investors, many of them seniors, in a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. SEC investigators filed this action to prevent further dissipation of investor assets after obtaining court orders in September and November in subpoena enforcement actions that forced…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a new CySEC CIF license has been granted to a company called A.N. Allnew Investments Ltd, controlled by former XForex executive Jad Abdel Rahman. Under the new license, the company has launched a new Retail FX brand called LegacyFX, at websites legacyfx.com and for EU based clients at legacyfx.eu. The…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that learned that Simon Henry has resigned his position as Compliance Officer of FCA regulated Goldenway Global Investments (UK) Limited, which operates the GWFX Global retail FX and CFD brokerage brand (at gwfxglobal.com). Simon Henry, GWFX Simon Henry was hired by GWFX just three months ago from London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG), where…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our earlier exclusive report that leading online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has decided to remove Revshare payments from its 500Affiliates.com Affiliates program due to MiFID II regulations - going to an all-CPA based system - LeapRate has learned that Plus500 is further adjusting its affiliate payment model. But this time, due…
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Pan-European financial regulator ESMA's plans to severely restrict the online trading business in Europe, if implemented, will have far-reaching effects for traders and brokers alike. ESMA's proposals include: 30x leverage cap on Forex and CFD trading ban on 'bonus' payments to retail traders ban on Binary Options trading required negative balance protection for retail clients…
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Amana Capital, Centroid Solutions, and 514 Capital Partners have announced a transformational plan to unite all three entities under a new holding structure, named ‘180 Capital’. The opportunity to create a new force in financial technology, was the catalyst in the evolution from separate entities to a combination of entities. 180 Capital (180cap.com) will incorporate…
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It looks like TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) isn't done quite yet with the Binary Options business. TechFinancials announced that it has received dividends totaling $1.46 million from two subsidiaries - $1.12 million from its 51% owned joint venture DragonFinancials, which operates a China-focused binary options brokerage business, and $340,000 from its (formerly) fully owned subsidiary MarketFinancials, which provides…
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It looks like London's Retail FX brokers and financial institutions can breathe easy. At least for now. UK financial regulator the FCA issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that it expects the UK will remain within the MiFID license passporting system after Brexit is implemented, allowing financial services companies (such as FX brokers) to receive…
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