Maria Nikolova
LeapRate Analyst
November 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Japan registers 4.9% QoQ increase in OTC Forex volumes in Jul-Sep 2015

The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has just published the statistics of its members for the quarter from July 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015, with the data showing increases in over-the-counter and on-exchange Forex trading volumes. Domestic exchanges saw 12.04 million FX margin contracts traded in the July-September 2015 quarter, up 18.4% from…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari International to close nano.mt4 accounts

Mauritius-registered Forex broker Alpari International Limited today announced the pending closure of nano.mt4 accounts, as the company seeks to optimize its product offering. From December 1, 2015, the opening of nano.mt4 and demo.nano.mt4 accounts will be unavailable. On December 4, 2015, at 23:59:59 EET, all positions left open on such accounts will be automatically closed…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Hong Kong regulator issues warning against Forex broker IQSFX

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, with the latest additions including Forex brokerage IQSFX. The company, offering its services via www.iqsfx.com, provides an address in Hong Kong, which is incomplete, the watchdog says. Furthermore, the name of the company resembles that of IQS Financial Limited, a business entity which…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

IG Group acquires investment solutions provider InvestYourWay

There is more news on the mergers and acquisitions front, as leading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced the completion of the acquisition of InvestYourWay. InvestYourWay is a discretionary investment management service that enables creation of various solutions tailored to clients' needs. We had reported about a year ago that…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

AFT FX halts support of Market Link trading platform

Japanese retail Forex broker AFT FX today announced its plans to stop offering trading on the Market Link platform from January 2016. From today, the broker will stop accepting new account applications for the service and from December 25, 2015, opening of new positions will no longer be available. Traders are asked to close all…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

MetaQuotes Software marks its 15th birthday

MetaQuotes Software Corp., the developer of the popular trading platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) turns 15 today. The company notes that since their launch, the MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 trading platforms have come a long way, evolving from a tool for trading into an entire ecosystem offering a variety of services,…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Fraudsters impersonate CySEC officers

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today published a warning regarding fraudsters using its details to obtain money from investors and the general public. The regulator says that several types of financial scam messages and/or letters purporting to be sent by CySEC are currently in circulation. In particular, the fraudsters have used the email…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

OANDA Japan tightens margin requirements

OANDA Japan today announced a set of pending changes to margin requirements for dozens of currency trading instruments it offers to its clients. The new requirements come into effect on December 14, 2015 and are introduced in response to changes in market conditions and regulatory requirements. The broker refers to the events from January 15,…

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November 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Swiss FINMA adds binary options broker TradeSolid to Warning List

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) on Thursday updated its Warning list, which contains the names of companies that might be operating without a licence although their service requires authorisation and should be supervised by FINMA. The latest addition to the list is TradeSolid, a binary options broker, offering its services via www.tradesolid.com. The…

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