Category: Brokers

Z.com GMO Click UK
June 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: GMO Click UK retail FX unit Z.com Trade posts £1.8 million loss in Fiscal 2017

LeapRate Exclusive… Even for the largest global retail forex brokers, breaking into the coveted UK online trading market isn't easy. LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), posted a £1.8 million (USD $2.3 million) net loss for Fiscal 2017,…

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alpari
June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari's trading turnover for May exceeds US$101 billion

Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited announced that has reached a trading turnover of US$101.4 billion across key markets; an increase of 6% on the previous month. In May, the biggest growth in turnover was seen on the EURUSD instrument, which showed 17% higher turnover than in April. Last month Alpari Limited announced that is expanding…

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Dukascopy Bank launches Dukascoin
June 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Dukascopy adds single stock CFDs to live trading

Swiss retail forex broker Dukascopy has announced that the range of tradable CFDs on single stocks at Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe has been extended. Most liquid stock CFDs from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland have been added to the platform. Currently the new instruments are available for…

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exness fx volumes
June 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness May FX volumes up 8% MoM to $253 billion

Continuing a fairly strong month for volumes we have been seeing from leading retail and institutional eFX industry trading venues, CySEC and FCA regulated broker Exness has reported that forex volumes in its system increased by 8% in May, coming in at $253.1 billion. While as noted that is a nice increase over April, it…

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transparent forex broker
June 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank releases Enhanced Disclosures of incentives, stability, FX leverage and performance

Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has released a fairly interesting document called Enhanced Disclosures, which provides insight into Broker Incentive, Broker stability, Client Leverage and Performance. Saxo Bank released the document as part of the company signing up formally to the FX Global Code of Conduct. Some of the interesting insights from Saxo Bank's disclosure document…

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saxo bank fx volumes
June 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank FX volumes up 14% MoM in May at $235 billion

After a fairly slow April, Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has reported that it saw an overall 17% MoM increase in trading volumes during May, including a 14% rise in FX trading volumes. FX volumes came in at $235 billion for May, with total multi-asset volumes (including also Equities, Commodities and Fixed Income) totaling $331 billion for the month.…

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