Exclusive: Direct FX placed into bankruptcy, Deloitte named as Liquidator LeapRate

October 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Direct FX placed into bankruptcy, Deloitte named as Liquidator

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that embattled Australia based Retail FX broker Direct FX Trading Pty Ltd has been placed into liquidation. The move became effective as of October 11. Jason Tracy, a Partner in the Financial Advisory group of Deloitte's Restructuring Services arm in Australia was named as Liquidator. The liquidator's plans are apparently to…

Admiral Markets adds new index and commodity futures derivatives for trading on MT5

October 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Admiral Markets makes 300+ ETF and 8 Commodity CFDs accessible to Retail clients

Estonia based Retail FX brokerage firm Admiral Markets Group AS has announced that over 300 financial instruments that have been exclusively accessible to Admiral Markets Pro users are now available to all Retail clients with Admiral.MT5 accounts. The latest additions to the company's range of commodity CFDs now allow Retail traders to take leveraged exposure…

October 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

JP Morgan takes up 6.4% position in Playtech

Another major institutional player has taken a large bet on online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), with regulatory filings showing that US banking giant JP Morgan has picked up an effective 6.41% stake in Playtech over the past few days, JP Morgan's stake consists mainly of a series of cash-settled equity swaps, plus…

New chapter in India crypto ban debate – Massive brain drain anticipated

October 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank relocates 500 employees to new office in Gurugram, India

Copenhagen based Retail FX broker Saxo Bank Group has announced that it is expanding its India presence and relocating more than 500 employees into a new and bigger office in Gurugram. The company stated that the move reflects its major investments in technology with the Gurugram office as a hub for fintech innovations. Saxo Group…

October 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari's turnover for the first 9 months of 2018 shows solid growth

Retail Forex broker Alpari's trading turnover across key international markets for the month of September came out to 116.6 billion USD. The broker pointed out that its clients continue to trade actively despite the declining turnover on the popular EURUSD currency pair. Volatility on the pair for September remained at one of the lowest levels…

October 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex broker shares caught up in global stock selloff

Shares of leading publicly traded Retail FX and CFD brokers traded down on Wednesday and early Thursday, in concert with the global stock market selloff taking place over the last 24 hours. Led by a dive in US shares on Wednesday which saw the Dow Jones and S&P indices off by more than 3%, and…

October 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Australia FX broker FP Markets launches MetaTrader 5

ASIC regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker FP Markets has announced that it has just added the multi-asset platform MetaTrader 5 to its offering of existing trading solutions. FP Markets is a forex broker with over 13 years of experience in the industry. The new platform enables the company to offer more tools for comprehensive…

October 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tickmill reports September 2018 FX trading volumes of $117.7 billion

UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill has announced today the Group consolidated trading volume for September 2018 which came in at $117.7 billion, up by 58.9% from September 2017. The September trading volume figure is the highest to have been recorded by Tickmill and reflects the Group’s accelerated growth…

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Exclusive: Direct FX placed into bankruptcy, Deloitte named as Liquidator

Admiral Markets makes 300+ ETF and 8 Commodity CFDs accessible to Retail clients

JP Morgan takes up 6.4% position in Playtech

Saxo Bank relocates 500 employees to new office in Gurugram, India

Alpari's turnover for the first 9 months of 2018 shows solid growth

Forex broker shares caught up in global stock selloff

Australia FX broker FP Markets launches MetaTrader 5

Tickmill reports September 2018 FX trading volumes of $117.7 billion

Dukascopy Adds 303 New Trading Instruments

Integral Announces Access to CME Group’s Primary FX Markets from Workflow Solutions

Wedbush Securities Working With Rival Systems on Multi-Asset Trading Solution

Clearstream Launches a Digital Solution for Private Market Fund Processing

INFINOX Appoints Ricardo Grados to Lead EFX Institutional Sales in LATAM