LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that ASIC licensed Australia-based Retail FX brokerage group USGFX has taken a major step toward Europe, setting up a UK subsidiary called Union Standard International Group Limited (we'll call it USGFX UK). The company had applied for and received an FCA license for USGFX UK, which became effective on November 5.…
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Pepperstone Limited, the London based FCA regulated arm of leading Australian Retail FX brokerage group Pepperstone, has indicated in regulatory filings that the company brought in £4.98 million (USD $6.4 million) from CFD commissions and spreads for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the company's first full year of operation. The company grew its…
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Canadian financial regulator BCSC (British Columbia Securities Commission) has issued a warning against offshore CFDs broker Rocket Consultant Group. The move comes just several days after a similar warning issued by New Zealand's FMA involving CCM Clearing Limited, a Bulgaria based entity which the FMA said is associated with Rocket Consultant Group. The FMA stated that Rocket Consultant Group could…
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Forex, CFDs and cryptocurrency derivatives trading broker ThinkMarkets has just announced that it has extended its CFD product offering to include global equities. The firm now covers trading in equity derivatives contracts from North America, Europe & Asia financial markets. The new instruments will be available on the firm’s proprietary trading platform, Trade Interceptor. In…
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For the first time since mid 2017, Playtech founder and (former) controlling shareholder Teddy Sagi has sold shares in the company. Regulatory filings in the UK indicate that Teddy Sagi's Brickington Trading Ltd holding company sold 5 million Playtech shares earlier this week, for proceeds of approximately £23.2 million (USD $30.2 million). The sale takes Mr.…
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IdentityMind, Digital Identities You Can Trust, has just announced that B2Broker, a provider of liquidity and technology solutions for the foreign exchange and cryptocurrency markets, has selected IdentityMind to meet its know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance requirements for itself and its global business-to-business (B2B) clients. In our line of business, KYC…
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Advanced Markets, an institutional foreign exchange liquidity and prime-of-prime service provider, has announced that it has signed Standard Chartered Bank as a foreign exchange prime broker. The addition will further extend the range of clients that can use prime brokerage to trade via Advanced Markets’ Direct Market Access (DMA/STP) liquidity infrastructure. Having Standard Chartered Bank…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC licensed retail forex broker ProbusFX has rebranded as SquaredDirect (at website squareddirect.com). Additionally, the company's legal name has been changed from Aspide Financial Limited to Squared Financial (CY) Limited. This apparently comes as part of the company’s restructuring and pairing up with its sister company, SquaredPro, to form the Squared Financial…
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After reporting multi-year lows in trading volumes in September, data from Retail FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) indicate that the company had a very nice rebound in October, with volumes up 55% MoM, coming in at $231 billion. October activity at GAIN Capital, which operates the FOREX.com and City Index retail forex brands,…
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Online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has issued a Trading Update for Q3 (technically, for the period since June 30, 2018), indicating that overall not much has changed since 1H results were reported in August. The company stated that it remains on track to achieve adjusted EBITDA for 2018 in the range of…
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