Maria Nikolova
LeapRate Analyst
November 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Japan's Invast Securities sees revenues drop 15% MoM in October 2015

Japanese online trading company Invast Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO:8709) earlier today published its financial metrics for October 2015, with the numbers displaying a continued month-on-month drop in revenues. On the brighter side, the broker managed to report a slight rise in the amount of client deposits. Invast said its operating revenues for October 2015 amounted…

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November 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

New MT4 build improves Code Base, enhances interface for Windows 10

A follow-up to LeapRate's article from earlier this week about MetaTrader 4 build 910... The new build of the popular trading platform was released on Thursday, November 12th, offering a set of fixes and enhancements, including ones to Code Base and the interface for Windows 10. Below is a list of the improvements. Code Base Downloading…

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November 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Quadriga establishes Blockchain R&D facility in Canada

Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp., provider of various technological solutions to the virtual currency space, has announced the launch of a Research & Development lab for Blockchain technology. The lab will be the first of its kind in Canada. Its first project will be the development of a platform with two main functions: handling the onboarding…

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November 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CME extends employment agreements with Exec Chairman & President Terry Duffy, CEO Phupinder Gill

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has announced extensions to employment agreements with Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy and CEO Phupinder Gill. Mr Duffy's agreement is extended through December 31, 2020, and the agreement with Mr Gill is extended through December 31, 2019. Mr Duffy has served as CME Group's Executive Chairman and…

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November 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Russian Forex brokers ask regulators to postpone licensing deadline

As LeapRate has reported, Forex companies willing to obtain Russian Forex dealer licenses have to do so before the end of this year or stop targeting Russian investors. Many Forex companies, however, consider the deadline as too tight and practically impossible to meet. Russian Forex brokers are now seeking that the Bank of Russia extends…

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November 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari offers owners of pro.ecn accounts to fine tune order execution

Following the introduction of pro.ecn.mt4 accounts in collaboration with AMTS Solutions' head Dmitry Rannev in the summer of 2015, retail Forex broker Alpari now offers to owners of such accounts to fine tune order execution settings. This way, traders can adjust their trading according to their own requirements. Traders can now adjust the following settings: Partial…

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November 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC publishes warning against Noerus Capital

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) earlier today published a warning against Forex broker Noerus Capital, operating the website www.noeruscapital.com. The Cypriot regulator notes that the company is not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in Cyprus, pursuant to Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law, because it has never been authorized…

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November 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Hong Kong's SFC re-appoints Mary Ma Xuezheng as non-exec director

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today announced the re-appointment of Ms Mary Ma Xuezheng as a non-executive director of the regulator. Ms Ma was first appointed as a non-executive director of the SFC on November 15, 2013, and her current term is due to expire on November 14, 2015. In addition, the SFC…

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November 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FXOpen publishes warning against clones

“Corporate cloning” - a practice involving unauthorized businesses misusing the data of legitimate ones, has become widespread across the Forex industry. The latest Forex broker to be a target of this illicit practice is FXOpen. The broker has just published an announcement on its website against such abuse of the FXOpen® trademark, as well as…

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November 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group declares Q4 dividend of $0.50 per share

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just announced fourth-quarter dividend of $0.50 per share. The dividend will be payable December 28, 2015, to shareholders of record as of December 10, 2015. The announcement comes shortly after the company reported a set of robust financial metrics for the third quarter of 2015, with net…

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