Category: Brokers

LCG trading floor
June 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG turnaround continues, Revenues up 50% in 2016

Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has released its 2016 full year results, indicating that the company is indeed well along in its restructuring and turnaround, but still has a long way to go. On the top line, LCG was able to generate healthy revenue growth following its rebranding…

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Saxo Bank Istanbul Turkey forex
June 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank shuts Turkey FX operations, closes Istanbul office

Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that it has decided to end operations through its Turkish subsidiary, Saxo Capital Markets Menkul Değerler A/Ş, to reduce complexity in the organization and bolster relationships with strong partners in Turkey. The company's office in Istanbul will be shut down. Saxo Bank had opened its Istanbul…

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June 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM launches Market Data Signals

Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC announced that has launched FXCM Market Data Signals, a trading support tool offering traders powerful insights to help them find potential trading opportunities using FXCM’s proprietary Speculative Sentiment Index (SSI) along with the Grid Sight Index (GSI). FXCM Market Data Signals enable clients to stay up to speed on…

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June 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG responds to FCA Asset Management Market Study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) earlier has today published the final findings of its asset management market study and announced the package of remedies it will take forward to address the concerns identified in its interim report into the sector. Here's what Ian Peacock, Head of UK and Ireland at IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), has to…

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ThinkMarkets expands Single Stock CFDs on Trade Interceptor platform
June 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ThinkMarkets launches live FX trading on its recently acquired Trade Interceptor app

Fintech mobile-app Trade Interceptor has announced the launch of live FX trading. The apps’ global user base will benefit from full front-to- back functionality of the app, right from account creation, charting and analysis to placing trades and funding & withdrawals. As was exclusively reported on LeapRate, FCA regulated retail forex and CFDs broker ThinkMarkets acquired…

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June 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Turkish broker GCM Forex launches MetaTrader 5

The MetaTrader 5 trading platform has further expanded its presence in Turkey. This time, forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes announced that Turkish forex broker GCM Forex started offering the multi-asset platform to their traders. As GCM, we are glad to announce that we have launched MetaTrader 5 in a trading environment with changing trends and…

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June 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chinese online broker Everbright Photon chooses Horizon platform for commodities options

Everbright Photon, a subsidiary of the Chinese futures house (EverBright Futures) and part of a Fortune 500 Chinese financial business, announced that has chosen the Horizon Software as its core trading technology for the new commodity options markets, which went live in China in March (DCE) and April (ZCE) this year. Immediately after the 2016 China International…

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