Interdealer broker Tradition extends trade compression to Uncleared Margin in FX LeapRate

February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Interdealer broker Tradition extends trade compression to Uncleared Margin in FX

Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financiere Tradition SA (SWX:CFT) announced that has delivered an initial margin optimization in FX, after extending its partnership with LMRKTS, a compression and analytics provider. Tradition and LMRKTS announced a strategic partnership in 2016 to handle execution and compression processing for G10 FX Forwards. Earlier this month, the two firms completed…

February 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Daniel Skowronski resigns as CEO of Retail Forex broker Oanda UK - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings in the UK, and in discussion with industry insiders, that Daniel Skowronski has resigned as CEO of the UK subsidiary of retail forex broker Oanda, Oanda Europe Limited. Mr. Skowronski had been CEO of FCA-regulated Oanda UK for the past three years, joining Oanda after serving in…

February 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Markets.com sees improved 2H-2016 results after restructuring, parent Playtech revenues up 12%

Online gaming and financial trading systems giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has announced its results for 2016, which showed significant improvement across the board in Revenues (up 12% over 2015), EBITDA (up 20%) and Net Profit (up a tidy 42%). The second half of 2016 also saw a nice turnaround, or at least a stabilization, at…

February 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

BlackRock takes 9.2% position in UK Forex and CFDs broker IG Group - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) has upped its position in UK online broker IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) to over 9%. New York based BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with more than $5 trillion in assets under management. IG Group is the UK's largest online broker,…

February 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CMC Markets launches its new CFD limited-risk account in France

London-based online trading firm CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) launched its new limited-risk CFD account in France. The new account has been launched to comply with new regulatory rules from the French regulator (AMF), and is designed to best serve clients’ interests. Every new client opening a trading account with CMC Markets will now be able…

February 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Drew Niv resigns as CEO of FXCM as forex broker changes name to Global Brokerage Inc.

Not too surprising. Distancing itself from its recent troubles including being banned from its home US forex market, retail forex broker FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM) has announced some major changes including: the resignation of co-founder Drew Niv (pictured above), who has been the CEO of FXCM and its public face since the company's inception in the…

February 21, 2017 BY admin

Forex broker Tickmill offers fresh IB bonuses with Harley Davidson as top prize

FCA-UK and Seychelles FSA regulated forex broker Tickmill has just announced a new IB rewards promotion to the highest performing Introducing Brokers for the period of February 20th through May 31st. The promotion is only available for clients of Tickmill Ltd. (the FSA regulated entity). In the biggest prize pool ever offered by Tickmill, IBs can…

February 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex sports sponsorship: FXTM backs Sahara Force India Formula One

Retail forex broker FXTM has announced its sponsorship of the Sahara Force India Formula One team to become the “Official Forex Partner” for the 2017 season. FXTM has been very creative with its sports sponsorships. The company also backs world record BASE jumper Valery Rozov. The Sahara Force India Formula One team jumped onto the watch list…

February 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Alpari UK final distributions held up by one Retail Forex client appeal

It has been more than two years since the bankruptcy of FCA regulated retail forex and CFD broker Alpari UK. However, it will be a few more months until some Alpari UK clients get at least some of their money back. Alpari UK special administrator KPMG has issued a progress report on the return of…

February 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes Global X Funds as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace

This week Bats Global Markets, Inc.(Bats: BATS) makes another entry to its Bats ETF Marketplace with Global X as a new issuer. The Global X Founder-Run Companies ETF (Bats: BOSS) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Solactive U.S. Founder-Run Companies Index. Laura Morrison, Senior Vice President, Global…

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