Category: Brokers

playtech offices
October 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Boussard & Gavaudan sells down Playtech stake from 9.1% to 4.8%

LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Paris based asset manager Boussard & Gavaudan has sold down its equity position in online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) from 9.1% to 4.8%. Boussard & Gavaudan holds its entire Playtech stake in the form of CFDs. Its 15.28 million Playtech CFDs are worth approximately £67.7 million…

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direct fx bankrupt
October 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ASIC cancels license of bankrupt Retail Forex broker Direct FX

Following our exclusive report from Tuesday that Australian Retail Forex broker Direct FX was placed into liquidation with Deloitte named as administrator, it came as no surprise that today regulator ASIC announced that it was fully canceling Direct FX's AFS license. ASIC had first suspended Direct FX's license back in April. What was somewhat surprising,…

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direct fx bankrupt
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…

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playtech offices
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…

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ATFX shares trading CFD
October 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ATFX increases its product offering with 50+ US and German shares CFDs

ATFX, a leading online trading broker, has announced a new selection of contract-for-difference (CFDs) products, including thirty-eight US stocks and twelve popular German ones. The newly augmented selection features leading blue-chip stocks from the tech, financial, and other main sectors. The latest addition to ATFX’s family of products includes household names such as Apple Inc.,…

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