Copenhagen-based online broker Saxo Bank today announced a record profit of DKK 955.8 million (roughly $145 million) for 2018, which is a 138% increase to the 2017 profit figures. The Group reported an increase in client deposits to a record high of DKK 112.6 billion ($17m) while its operating income came in at DKK 2.8…
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JFD Brokers has today issued a statement announcing that it has included the shares of the largest Dutch and German companies to the stocks its clients can trade on the MetaTrader 5 platform. Some of the stocks added to the MT5 platform include companies like BMW, Heineken, Allianz, Siemens, Royal Dutch Shell and Bayer. The…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Towards the end of Q4, Equiti Group had officially completed the rebranding of its UK entity as part of its global growth strategy. The company showed strong financial results in 2018. Brian Myers, CEO of Equiti Capital, joins LeapRate today to discuss what's new in the company. LR: Hi Brian and thank you for joining…
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After the successful acquisition of the German-based ACON bank, the multi-asset fintech group JFD Brokers has just announced that it has added commission-free stock trading conditions and Dutch stocks to its product portfolio. With the acquisition the broker enhanced its product portfolio with investment banking, trading and advisory services as well as new target markets in South-East…
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FCA regulated online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced its preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2018 - the company set a new record in terms of financial performance. The company’s Board noted back in November 2018 that Plus500’s results for the financial year ended 31 December 2018 will be ahead of previous market expectations. Some…
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Leaprate Exclusive... UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has announced the launch of IG US, its US-based subsidiary offering foreign exchange (forex) services in the beginning of the month. Through trading with IG US, clients will be able to trade on over 80 currency pairs with lower spreads vs the top two US forex…
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GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), which operates the FOREX.com and City Index retail forex brands, has released its trading volumes for the month of January 2019. LeapRate reminds that January 2018 volumes at Forex.com were the company’s best result since November 2016, the month of the U.S. election which included some record trading days after the…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just released its execution data for January 2019. Last month, FXCM Group has expanded its cryptocurrency offering by adding its second crypto CFD, Ethereum (ETH/USD). The broker released Bitcoin CFD trading back in October 2018 and has added three new CFD products for trading two months later. Earlier today the broker announced that…
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Global commodities broker Marex Spectron has just completed the acquisition of the Irish energy broker Energy Broking Ireland Limited (EBI). Marex Spectron has returned to FX markets with a new platform back in October 2018. Last month, the broker announced another acquisition of Rosenthal Collins Group’s customer business. Marex Spectron started the acquisition process last month, just one day after completing…
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UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has just announced the launch of IG US, its US-based subsidiary offering foreign exchange (forex) services. At IG we pride ourselves on championing the client, I am excited to bring that same focus to serve the United States market,” said June Felix, IG Group CEO. “We see this…
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