Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that co-founder Lars Seier Christensen will be fully exiting from his ownership interest in the company, selling his 25.71% stake to Chinese conglomerate Geely Group. Certain minority shareholders are expected to exercise tag-along rights as part of the offer from Geely, which is expected to own about 30% of…
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Retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has reported what can only be described as a horrific quarter to begin 2017. Q1-2017 results were poor across the board at what is now the leading US-based retail forex broker. And, weak volumes reported for April don't necessarily portend for a better Q2. Revenues at GAIN…
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CFI Group Holding, the parent company of CySEC CIF licensed forex broker CFI Markets Ltd., has announced the launch of its latest subsidiary company: Credit Financier Invest (DIFC) Ltd. (CFI-DIFC), based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), CFI-DIFC is authorized to operate as a Category 3A licensed entity, with…
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Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited announced that is expanding its range of financial instruments. From the 4th of May 2017, the following 4 currency pairs and 10 spot metals will be available on all ecn.mt4, ecn.mt5, pamm.ecn.mt4 and pamm.ecn.mt5 accounts: TRYJPY USDTRY EURTRY GBPTRY XAGAUD XAGCHF XAGEUR XAGGBP XAUAUD XAUCHF XAUEUR XAUGBP XPTUSD XPDUSD
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via filings made in the UK and the UAE that Arab-focused retail forex broker One Financial Markets has seen a nice bump in its business activity and profitability in 2016, after what was a fairly difficult 2015 for the company. On the top line, One Financial brought in record Revenues…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated MT4 broker ActivTrades has just reported its financial results for what seems to have been a very successful 2016. ActivTrades, which is controlled by Swiss entrepreneur Alex Pusco who still serves as the company’s CEO, saw Revenues grow by 11% in 2016 to £34.9…
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Online trading industry leading broker IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announced that is offering access to retail IPOs on its Investment Platform for the first time. IG launched the service today, with applications now open for the Global Ports Holding IPO. This latest development of IG’s Investment Platform allows investors to subscribe to upcoming IPOs…
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FCA regulated Retail Forex and CFDs broker and official online FX partner of AC Milan FC GKFX has launched an improved spread bet offering for UK traders, focusing on providing competitive fixed spreads on a wide range of asset classes. The change came as a result of continued focus on product development, with the new…
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NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of the global markets, announced today that its EBS BrokerTec business which provides electronic trading technology and services to the foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income markets, will be renamed NEX Markets. The business is being renamed to further align with NEX. The new…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings in the UK that Andrew Bud has resigned from the board of directors of Monecor (London) Limited, parent company of FCA-regulated Retail Forex and CFDs broker ETX Capital. Andrew Bud is founder and CEO of iProov, a London-based startup in the field of facial recognition and user…
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