Japanese Forex broker Arena-FX today announced a set of pending changes to margin requirements for selected instruments. And while two currency pairs with the Canadian dollar – CAD/JPY and CAD/CHF, are about to enjoy relaxed margin requirements, the company is increasing more than twofold the margin requirements for two pairs with the South African rand –…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report on Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) partnering with Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) and The Vanguard Group, Inc. to establish a discretionary investment management company... Monex announced today that the new company, known as Monex-Saison-Vanguard Investment Partners, Inc. (MSVIP), completed its registration with the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on December 14,…
Read moreInternational provider of online trading services Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) has just published the findings of the Nineteenth Monex Global Retail Survey, conducted from November 24 to December 7, 2015. Fed expected to hike rates this year Amid the key findings of the survey, which monitors investor mood and expectations in Japan, China (Hong Kong)…
Read moreSwitzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) keeps updating its Warning List, with the latest addition being Forex broker UnitFX. The broker, operating from https://unitfx.com, claims to have an address in Switzerland: Route de Pré-Bois Geneva 29. This is what must have caught the attention of the Swiss regulator. The inclusion of UnitFX in FINMA’s Warning…
Read moreFidessa Group plc (LON:FDSA), a provider of trading, investment and information solutions for financial companies, today filed a report about a transaction in its shares that took place on December 15, 2015. Fidessa was notified today that Ron Mackintosh, a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at the company, bought 10,000 ordinary shares in Fidessa at a…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Alpari Limited has just posted its operating metrics for November 2015, with the data being in tune with what the industry has displayed thus far, as trading volumes staged a drop, albeit a small one, in annual and monthly terms. The company registered monthly Forex turnover of $87.2 billion in November 2015,…
Read moreTradier, Inc., the brokerage-as-a-service company, on Monday announced that predictive analytics platform WooTrader has integrated with the Tradier API to provide users with the opportunity to purchase and sell stocks directly from within its system. WooTrader make use of more than 350 technical, fundamental, analyst and options markets indicators to analyze stocks each day. Through…
Read moreMany Russian Forex market participants have been displeased with the current version of the Russian Forex law, including restrictions on maximum leverage and tight deadlines for obtaining a Forex dealer license. And yet, all these requirements may seem quite loose if we consider the demands of the Bank of Russia stated in a letter to…
Read moreProvider of top-quality educational material for traders Investoo.com has just launched a comprehensive course which offers an introduction to the powerful cTrader platform, developed by Spotware Systems. The course is designed for both beginner and experienced traders looking at alternative platforms to better suit their needs. The entire course is spread across five modules and equates…
Read moreEarlier today shareholders in bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc (LON:BPTY), owner of CFD and spread betting services provider InterTrader, had their say on the $1.7 billion acquisition bid from GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC). At a Court meeting and a General meeting, bwin.party's shareholders voted in favor of GVC's bid and also supported the scheme of arrangement of…
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