Category: Brokers

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August 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

AxiCorp acquires Middle East focused Retail FX broker One Financial

Consolidation in the Retail FX space continues. Australian-owned Retail Forex and CFDs brokerage group AxiCorp, which primarily operates the AxiTrader brand, has announced that it will acquire FCA regulated C B Financial Services Ltd, which operates the One Financial Markets (OFM) brand. The deal is predominantly cash-based and will be subject to customary regulatory approvals.…

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August 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Admiral Markets provides more ETFs and ETF CFDs in MT5

Estonia based Retail FX brokerage group Admiral Markets has announced that its MetaTrader 5 offering just received another expansion. The company's clients now have access to: 306 new CFDs on ETFs on the Admiral.MT5 account; 177 new ETFs on the Admiral.Invest account. These new instruments allow clients to gain exposure to a variety of markets…

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August 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ATFX upgrades to ‘IFPRU €730K’ FCA license

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that AT Global Markets (UK) Limited, the UK arm of global retail FX brokerage group ATFX, has upgraded its license from the FCA to a full-scope IFPRU €730,000 license, expanding the services it can provide to clients. ATFX's original license from the FCA was for a Limited License – matched principal broker.…

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August 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness FX volumes rise 11% in July 2018 to $343 billion

After a record first half of the year which saw more than $2 trillion of client trading volumes booked, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has reported July FX trading volumes of $343.5 billion - 11% above June's $308.6 billion and one of Exness' busiest months ever. Exness saw 44,135 active traders in July, up from…

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Exness launches MT5 with support for hedging on real accounts
August 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exness launches MT5 with support for hedging on real accounts

FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has announced that it starts offering its clients trading via MetaQuotes' fifth generation platform MetaTrader 5. The total trading volume of the broker in 2017 comprised over 3.2 trillion USD, while the average monthly turnover exceeded 270 billion USD. The number of active clients as at May 2018 was…

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August 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG completes going-private deal after receiving FCA approval

London based Retail FX, CFDs and Spreadbetting broker London Capital Group (or LCG) has announced that it has received FCA approval for the transaction which will see the operations of the brokerage transferred to a private company controlled by Charles-Henri Sabet, called SLCG International DMCC. The publicly traded company now retains 8.5% of the issued share…

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Cryptocurrencies and real estate now added to Swissquote's Robo-Advisor
July 31, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote reports record results for 1H-2018 driven by crypto trading

Continuing the strong business momentum which it saw in the second half of 2017, Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has reported record results for 1H-2018, driven in part by large numbers of new account openings from a new generation of cryptocurrency traders. Operating revenues for the six month period rose…

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