Exclusive: INFLYX launches risk management services to FX and CFD brokers LeapRate

May 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: INFLYX launches risk management services to FX and CFD brokers

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a new EU regulated provider of liquidity and risk management services has launched, based in Cyprus, called INFLYX. Seeking to broaden the scope of liquidity services to Forex and CFD brokers, INFLYX has launched a programme of comprehensive solutions for managing liquidity risk. This programme is intended to minimise exposure…

May 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ITI Capital (formerly FXCM Securities) posts 2017 loss of £5 million

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated broker ITI Capital Limited has posted a larger loss (than last year) of £5.0 million (USD $6.8 million), eating up more than all of the new capital which the company's new ownership group put into the company during the year. (More on that below). Revenues at…

May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ActivTrades 2017 Revenues up 16% to £40.4 million, monthly volumes $90 billion

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated MT4 broker ActivTrades has continued its impressive growth with the company reporting healthy financial metrics for 2017. ActivTrades, which is controlled by Swiss entrepreneur Alex Pusco who still serves as the company’s CEO, saw Revenues grow by 16% in 2017 to £40.4 million (USD $55 million), up…

May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Former Oanda and Alpari CEO Daniel Skowronski launches DX regulated crypto exchange

LeapRate Exclusive... One of the best known (and regarded) names in the Retail FX world has resurfaced, this time in the cryptocurrency trading world. Daniel Skowronski (pictured above), who was CEO of the recently acquired Oanda UK business as well as previously CEO of Alpari UK, has announced the launch of his new company, DX.Exchange…

May 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Saxo Bank sees departure of longtime Head of Markets Claus Nielsen

LeapRate Exclusive... The revolving door which has seen senior management members of Saxo Bank both come and go over the past few months continues to swing.... LeapRate has learned that the latest member of senior management to depart Saxo Bank is Claus Nielsen, one of the longest tenured employees at the Copenhagen based Retail FX…

May 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Leverate Cyprus office head Costas Michael departs for forex broker XTB

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the management makeover at Forex broker platform and technology provider Leverate is continuing. The latest executive to leave Leverate is Costas Michael, who had been General Manager and head of Leverate's Cyprus based entity, CySEC licensed Leverate Financial Services Ltd, for the past four years. He had actually been…

May 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Capital.com hires former IG and CMC senior analyst David Jones

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that recently-launched Cyprus based Retail FX and CFDs broker Capital.com has hired a very recognizable name and face in the Forex world as its new Chief Market Strategist, David Jones. David Jones was the senior market analyst and 'face of the firm' for nearly a decade at two of London's premier online…

May 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Broadway Technology hires FXSpotStream exec Evelina Rosenstein as Head of Sales EMEA

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that New York based trading systems provider Broadway Technology has taken another step in building its European and international presence, hiring London-based Evelina Rosenstein as the company's new Head of Sales EMEA. Evelina Rosenstein joins Broadway after spending the past three years as Executive Director - Sales and New Business…

May 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ITI Capital (formerly FXCM Securities) hires ex Citi and Merrill exec Richard McCall as COO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated broker ITI Capital Limited has made another addition to its senior management team, hiring Richard McCall as the company's new COO. Richard McCall was with proprietary trading firm Sun Trading International for the past four years, as its COO. Prior he was COO - EMEA Equity Derivatives in…

May 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FX broker Dukascopy posts $2.4M 2017 loss amid Revenue drop, adds MT4

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Geneva and Latvia based Retail FX brokerage group Dukascopy continued its weak performance from the first half of 2017 into the second half of the year. Overall, Dukascopy posted Revenues of CHF 29.1 million (USD $29.0 million) in 2017, down 12% from CHF 33.2 million in 2016. The company…

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