FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker gives up CySEC license, LCG and ETX results, and lots more LeapRate

October 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker gives up CySEC license, LCG and ETX results, and lots more

Which Retail FX broker was the latest to renounce its CySEC CIF license, and leave Cyprus? Were ETX Capital and LCG able to rebound from losses in their most recently reported fiscal periods? Who became the latest significant institutional investor in Markets.com parent Playtech? Which FX industry executives changed places this week? (There were several!).…

October 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ag Barometer drops to lowest level in two years as farm financial conditions worsen

Agricultural producer sentiment dropped to its lowest level since October 2016 as producers expressed concern over worsening farm financial conditions, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reading. The September barometer reading was 114, down 15 points since August. The barometer is based on a monthly survey of 400 agricultural producers from…

September 30, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: IG CEO resigns, InterTrader buys Sigma Trading, FXall for sale, and lots more

Looking back, this seems like the week when ESMA's Forex and CFD leverage cap - which ESMA formally extended for a further three months, with minor modifications - really began to make its mark on the online trading industry as a whole. Revenue and earnings misses. Executives departing. CFD brokers being sold. And this is probably…

September 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX Forex weekly market update: September 24, 2018

The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. The Trump government of the United States announced last week that it has imposed an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports worth US$200 billion. The renminbi is bearish. The negative news has caused the US dollar to see 6.86 against the…

September 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: China forex crackdown, marketing around ESMA, and lots more

If you weren't on LeapRate this week, then you missed (or heard late about) all the key Forex Industry News stories including: What are EU Forex brokers doing to circumvent the ESMA leverage cap? What measures are Chinese authorities taking to crack down on illegal FX brokerage activity? (And, what exactly does it consider "illegal"?)…

September 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker ownership changes, executive moves, and lots more

Forex industry news at LeapRate this week centered on a number of changes in ownership (and board seats) at some of the best-known names in the Retail FX sector. Who took over control of Saxo Bank? (And at what valuation?) Who sold control of Pepperstone? (And to whom?) Who is replacing Playtech and the company's…

September 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker goes offshore, Plus500 shareholders cash in, and lots more

Which Retail FX broker decided to 'move offshore', from its home country to St. Vincent? Which Plus500 shareholders pocketed more than $400 million from the sale of stock? What are Tickmill UK's trading volumes? Admiral Markets' revenues? Answers to these questions and more appeared first or only at LeapRate. Some of our most viewed and…

September 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker results, Crypto exchange launch, and lots more

It was a fairly quiet last-week-of-summer for Forex Industry News, although we continued to bring our readers the key stories and analysis they won't find anywhere else. Which Retail FX brokers reported results this past week? Which CEO departed the London office of a major global FX broker? Which is the latest Retail FX broker…

August 26, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex comes to the Premier League, Binary Options ban extended, and lots more

Which Retail FX broker signed one of the largest sports sponsorships we've seen to date in the sector with not just one but seven (!) Premier League teams - and tied the deal to Bitcoin? For how much longer did ESMA extend its (temporary?) ban against offering Binary Options to retail traders in the EU?…

August 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker results, Regulated crypto exchange planned, and lots more

Which Retail FX brokers posted financial and operating results this past week? Which Forex group is setting up a regulated institutional crypto exchange in Malta? Which longtime Google executive joined Plus500 as the company's new CTO? Answers to these questions and more appeared first or only at LeapRate. Some of our most viewed and commented-on…

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FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker gives up CySEC license, LCG and ETX results, and lots more

Ag Barometer drops to lowest level in two years as farm financial conditions worsen

FX Industry Week Review: IG CEO resigns, InterTrader buys Sigma Trading, FXall for sale, and lots more

ATFX Forex weekly market update: September 24, 2018

FX Industry Week Review: China forex crackdown, marketing around ESMA, and lots more

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker ownership changes, executive moves, and lots more

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker goes offshore, Plus500 shareholders cash in, and lots more

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker results, Crypto exchange launch, and lots more

FX Industry Week Review: Forex comes to the Premier League, Binary Options ban extended, and lots more

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker results, Regulated crypto exchange planned, and lots more

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