A new report issued by Australia based research house Investment Trends has, not surprisingly, found that the US Retail and margin trading FX sector has taken a big hit in 2017, following the (forced) exit from the market earlier this year of former #1 broker FXCM. FXCM, and its founder and CEO Drew Niv, were banned…
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Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, has issued Q3 results indicating continued improved performance for the company, as XTB continues to recover from what was a very slow start to the year. XTB continued its quite unusual pattern of…
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Online trading and banking company Ally Financial Inc (NYSE: ALLY) has released third quarter financial and operating results, indicating steady if unspectacular growth in its business. Net financing revenue for Q3 of $1.08 billion was up 1% from $1.07 billion in Q2, while Pretax income of $395 million was up 5% from Q2's $376 million.…
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Amsterdam based pan-European online broker DEGIRO B.V. has released some of its financial and operating statistics for the third quarter and first nine months of 2017, indicating slowing growth at the company including its first "down" quarter. The broker, which was founded in 2013, has made waves across Europe and in particular in the UK…
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Exness Marketing Director, Igor Rudi, alongside director of Institutional Relations for Real Madrid, Emilio Butragueño, and first team players Benzema, Kroos, Vallejo and Achraf, presented the partnership agreement signed between the FCA and CySEC regulated retail forex broker Exness and the iconic football club just over two months ago. Another partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo was announced right after. The event, which took…
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LeapRate has learned that FCA and CySEC regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker FxPro has indicated to its clients that it will be raising margin requirements on JPY currency crosses, as well as on spot metals and indices, ahead of Japan's general election set for next Sunday, October 22. The margin changes will come into…
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Hong Kong retail forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) has issued a statement indicating that its net earnings for Q3 will be significantly higher that Q2, and also as compared to the corresponding Q3 period last year. In response, KVB shares popped today in HKEX trading, up 16% to HK$ 0.74. KVB shares…
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Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited just announced their monthly volumes report with a turnover of 114.4bn USD across key markets in September. This is just 5% off August’s high and is significantly higher than this year’s average monthly values. In the first month of Autumn, Alpari saw mixed dynamics with regards to trading volume on…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned from industry sources that FCA and CySEC regulated global forex broker FxPro has received a license to operate in the UAE from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). And, the company is in final preparations to open a new office in Dubai, as we first reported back in June. Organizing the…
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ASIC regulated Retail Forex broker IC Markets has announced today its partnership with Autochartist. Clients of IC Markets will have access to Autochartist’s automated technical analysis and content through the MT4, MT5 and cTrader platforms. In addition to seeing potential trade opportunities automatically mapped to their trading platforms, clients will further be able to place…
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