Monex, Inc., a subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), just announced that it has started offering the “Partner Account” for couples of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBT) to save and manage assets together. This is the first Partner Account provided by a major online securities company. Since the fiscal year ending March 2017,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that online gaming and financial trading systems provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has indicated that it remains one of the largest shareholders of betting and gaming company Ladbrokes Coral Group PLC (LON:LCL), which operates both the Ladbrokes and Coral brands as well as Eurobet, Gala Casino and Betdaq. According…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group has also released a statement in support of yesterday's announcements by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) relating to additional customer protections. Further, FXCM hopes this leads to harmonized regulations across Europe. FXCM has long been in full compliance with most of the proposed…
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Continuing our exclusive coverage of the different ways that Retail FX brokers are putting their marketing budgets into sports related sponsorships of all kinds, LeapRate can report that ASIC and FCA licensed Aetos Capital Group has announced a deal which will see it become the main "shirt" sponsor of Sydney FC. Sydney FC are the defending champions…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has issued a statement coming out strongly in favour of new FX and CFD brokerage rules proposed by pan-European financial regulator ESMA. At the center of ESMA's proposals - which include a Binary Options ban, required negative balance protection, and a ban on incentive bonus payments to retail…
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Russia based online broker TeleTrade and Premier League club Burnley FC have announce their partnership, whereby TeleTrade will be designated as the Official Forex Trading Sponsor of Burnley FC. Burnley FC is one of the major success stories of late in English football. The small-market team - Burnley is a town of about 75,000…
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Management of Hong Kong retail forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:6877) probably had other ideas when they decided to move the company's share listing from the HKEX's Growth Enterprise Market (or GEM), Hong Kong's version of the LSE's AIM market, to the HKEX Main Board. KVB Kunlun saw its shares tumble by 18%…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our exclusive coverage of gaming giant Betfred's plans to enter the world of online FX and CFD trading with the launch of the new TradeFred brand, and that the company had received a CIF license from Cyprus regulator CySEC, LeapRate has learned that TradeFred has activated its CIF license and has…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Z.com Trade, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177) has issued a notice to clients that it will be changing trading conditions on a number of products and accounts. The changes at Z.com Trade will become effective next Monday, December 18. The key…
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Zero-commission online brokerage Robinhood, which launched three years ago with plans to shake up the US (and eventually international) online brokerage market, has announced the launch of commission-free options trades. Robinhood began with a limited release of its options trading today, with plans to expand to what it calls a "full release" early in 2018.…
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