Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
May 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand’s FMA warns against unregistered broker Mrtmarkets

The FMA noted a recent warning by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) against conducting business with Mrtmarkets. FMA warned that Mrtmarkets are not registered to provide financial services to New Zealanders. FMA has received a complaint about Mrtmarkets, not to mention that several other authorities have already published warnings about Mrtmarkets.com: Autorité des…

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May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

The European Energy Exchange acquires US Nodal Exchange

The European Energy Exchange (EEX), part of Deutsche Börse Group, and the owners of US-based Nodal Exchange Holdings, LLC announced that have successfully closed the transaction under which EEX has acquired 100% of the equity in Nodal Exchange. All remaining regulatory conditions to closing were satisfied recently, especially the US merger control process was passed…

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UN report says North Korea laundered $2 billion theft via Hong Kong firm
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC charges Williams Advisory Group with receiving at least $13 million in commodity pool scheme

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Cory Williams of Gilbert, Arizona, and his company, Williams Advisory Group (WAG) (collectively, Defendants), charging them with defrauding 40 investors out of at least $13 million in connection…

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alpari
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari is expanding its list of trading instruments

Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited announced that is expanding its range of financial instruments. From the 4th of May 2017, the following 4 currency pairs and 10 spot metals will be available on all ecn.mt4, ecn.mt5, pamm.ecn.mt4 and pamm.ecn.mt5 accounts: TRYJPY USDTRY EURTRY GBPTRY XAGAUD XAGCHF XAGEUR XAGGBP XAUAUD XAUCHF XAUEUR XAUGBP XPTUSD XPDUSD

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May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Plugit Apps makes their brokerage solutions MetaTrader 5 compatible

After the successful release of the MetaTrader 5 MAMM solution, the Plugit Apps integrator company announced that has decided to extend their portfolio of products for brokers already using the new-generation platform. As MetaTrader 5 gained a foothold to become the favorite platform among retail brokers, we sought to carry on investing in more MetaTrader…

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sfc warning
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds ENOI Europe Limited to its alert list

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…

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