Forex sports sponsorship: Plus500 extends shirts deal with Australian rugby squad Brumbies LeapRate

November 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorship: Plus500 extends shirts deal with Australian rugby squad Brumbies

CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced that it has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Brumbies, the Australian professional rugby union football team to be its Official Sponsor for the next three years. Plus500 first became a sponsor of the Brumbies in December 2016. As part of the Agreement, the Plus500 logo will continue…

October 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXTM offers MetaTrader 4 traders Cryptocurrency CFDs: BTC/USD, ETH/USD, LTC/USD

Retail forex broker FXTM just informed that it now offers clients the opportunity to trade CFDs on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin against the US dollar (BTC/USD, ETH/USD, LTC/USD). The launch of this product coincides with a recent surge in demand for digital currencies. The implementation of Bitcoin's SegWit2x solution on the 1st August, designed to…

October 31, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Another monster quarter for FX broker Plus500: Q3 Revenues $116 million, Profits $52 million

Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) just keeps on rolling. In a summer quarter in which a number of its competitors have reported tepid operating and financial results citing low currency volatility and a "typical" slow summer vacation trading season, CFD broker Plus500 followed up its record Q2 with an even better set of results for Q3. After…

October 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Shares of FX broker GAIN Capital rise 20% after posting Q3 results

Shares of Retail and Institutional FX broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) rose 20% on Friday, after the company reported its Q3 results after markets closed on Thursday evening. GAIN shares closed the week at $7.35, up more than $1 from Thursday's close of $6.14. This also represents GAIN Capital shares' highest trading level since May.…

October 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Alpari back in the EU, receives Latvia license

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Russia based Retail FX broker Alpari has initiated its return to the EU market, receiving an investment brokerage license from Latvia's financial regulator FKTK. Alpari has established Latvian subsidiary Alpari Europe IBS AS, which will be part of the international financial brand Alpari. The FKTK license was received earlier…

October 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Gaitame.com Japan retail FX revenues down 20% in Q3, parent Tradition up 2.5%

Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financière Tradition SA (SWX:CFT) has reported preliminary summary results for Q3 2017, indicating continued weakness in its Japan Retail FX business, Gaitame.com. Overall, in the third quarter, consolidated revenue at Tradition was CHF 189.4 million (USD $190 million), compared with CHF 187.5 million in the same period in 2016, representing an…

October 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital Q3 Revenues up 13% YoY

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), the global provider of online trading services, and its Forex.com retail forex unit announced financial results for the third quarter of 2017, indicating that: Net revenue increased 13% year-over-year to $81.3 million GAAP net loss of $2.6 million, or $0.04 per share; adjusted net income of $2.1 million, or $0.05…

October 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote Malta to add Pension Custodial services as it celebrates five years in the EU country

Gland, Switzerland based online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced plans to expand its regulated operation in Malta, as it held an event to celebrate five years as a licensed entity on the EU island country. Since its incorporation in October 2012, Swissquote Financial Services (Malta) Ltd has developed into…

October 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Vantage FX expands to UK, acquiring FCA regulated broker Atom8

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the shareholder of Vantage Global Prime Pty Ltd, the parent company of leading Australia based Retail FX and CFD broker Vantage FX, is expanding into the UK via the acquisition of FCA regulated Retail FX broker Atom8 Financial Services LLP. Atom8 was established in 2013 by former JP Morgan…

October 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

France FX and CFD ad ban leads to declining trader numbers, IG, Saxo and FXCM dominate

Australia based financial research house Investment Trends has released its 2017 France CFD and FX Report, an in-depth study of French CFD and FX traders’ attitudes and investing habits. The study is based on a large-scale survey of over 6,000 investors and traders concluded in July 2017. Key highlights from the Investment Trends 2017 France…

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Forex sports sponsorship: Plus500 extends shirts deal with Australian rugby squad Brumbies

FXTM offers MetaTrader 4 traders Cryptocurrency CFDs: BTC/USD, ETH/USD, LTC/USD

Another monster quarter for FX broker Plus500: Q3 Revenues $116 million, Profits $52 million

Shares of FX broker GAIN Capital rise 20% after posting Q3 results

Exclusive: Alpari back in the EU, receives Latvia license

Gaitame.com Japan retail FX revenues down 20% in Q3, parent Tradition up 2.5%

GAIN Capital Q3 Revenues up 13% YoY

Swissquote Malta to add Pension Custodial services as it celebrates five years in the EU country

Exclusive: Vantage FX expands to UK, acquiring FCA regulated broker Atom8

France FX and CFD ad ban leads to declining trader numbers, IG, Saxo and FXCM dominate

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