Things are moving fast for forex and commodities broker HF Markets these days. The broker has just revealed that it has added the esteemed Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) license to its long list of credentials. HF Markets (UK) Ltd is now authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under firm reference number 801701.…
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Sydney, Australia based boutique prime broker Invast Global has just announced that has opened a new Hong Kong office. Senior Executive Marcus Fung, who has been with Invast since 2013, will lead the Hong Kong business as its CEO. Invast Global has committed to the FX Global Code of Conduct back in June 2018. The…
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LeapRate Exclusive... 2018 has been a great year for trading solutions provider Spotware FX and CFD trading platform cTrader - cTrader Open API 2.0 was released just a few days ago, Spotware replaced cMirror with cTrader Copy trading service, cTrader Copy, on the other hand, enhanced PAMM. Panagiotis Charalampous, Head of Community Management of cTrader at…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has today released execution data for December 2018. The company has recently added three new CFD products, including Commodity CFDs and the Index CFD US2000 and has finished 2018 with steady volumes MoM. The company has also teamed up with DGCX Exchange and APEX Exchange in December. December 2018 All Instruments Highlights:…
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Leading online Swiss bank Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has just announced an expected growth in earnings and profit of 15% for 2018 as a whole. This forecast has now been achieved with total earnings of CHF214 million and expected with pre-tax profit of CHF53.5 million (+16% YoY). Swissquote thus presents the best annual result…
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Online trading broker ATFX has announced its first affiliate programme, aimed at increasing its client base across Europe. The company is gearing up to expand its client capacity and providing marketing tools to assist affiliates in the process. The CPA structure offers commissions of up to $1300. Marcos Tigsilema, Commercial Director, commented: With the launch…
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After reporting multi-year lows in trading volumes in September, retail FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) had a very nice rebound in October, with volumes up 55% MoM, coming in at $231 billion. November activity, however, was down 10% MoM, dropping at $207 billion and continued plunging in December with 7% MoM. December volumes at GAIN Capital, which…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that retail FX broker Markets.com will be launching a new product soon - the MarketsX platform. CEO Joe Rundle joins us today to tell us all about it. Joe Rundle has been in the Retail FX and CFDs business for 15 years. He began his career at ETX Capital in 2004,…
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FX technology company Integral has just released its volumes report for the month of December. The company reported that average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totaled $38.7 billion - a 1% rise MoM and 18.3% increase YoY. Harpal Sandhu, CEO of Integral, commented: Integral and our partners have had a tremendous year, and we…
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The following guest post is courtesy of Leverate: Online brokerages have undergone many changes since the first ones opened in the mid-90s. Through the ups and downs of the industry, several aspects have stayed constant. One of the elements that remains unchanged is the choice of model to use for your brokerage. With the improvement…
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