Forex Industry Week Review: Betfred launches FX broker TradeFred, Israel Binary Options law, and lots more… LeapRate

June 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Betfred launches FX broker TradeFred, Israel Binary Options law, and lots more…

It was very much a week of new beginnings in Forex Industry News, with the key stories appearing exclusively at LeapRate: Betfred into getting the Retail FX business by launching TradeFred, FxPro launching spread betting, and Saxo Bank expanding its Australia footprint in a deal with leading online equities broker OpenMarkets. See below for more…

June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Large spike in FX trading volumes after UK election exit poll released: CLS

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, today published a report in which they examine the impact of the UK general election on the foreign exchange (FX) spot market, using data published by CLS on Quandl. CLS do this by comparing GBPUSD hourly volumes on 09 June…

June 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: changes at FxPro, Capital.com launch, Apple binary options ban, and lots more…

Before we get to our review of this past week's top Forex Industry News stories, we'd once again like to thank our readers for helping LeapRate extend our lead over our competitors, as the most-read Forex Industry news website. With May data now out at leading website visitor tracking services, we're once again pleased to…

June 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

UK exit polls send British Pound lower as final election results awaited

Nobody like a tie. Not in sports. And certainly not in politics. But after a brief yet highly volatile UK election contest, it looks like that it what we just might get. Initial exit polls (see above, source: CNN) are indicating that Theresa May's Conservatives are likely to lose their parliamentary majority, yet remain as…

June 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Final IG UK election trading market prices indicate 85% chance of Conservative Majority

Data from UK online financial trading firm IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) and its political trading market indicate an expected Conservative majority government - although a smaller majority than was expected earlier in the campaign. IG clients have seen their expectations of a landslide Conservative win ebb, along with Theresa May’s lead in the polls.…

June 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: XTrade suspended, offshore FX broker sued, executive moves, and lots more…

It was week involving a number of somewhat severe regulator moves in Forex Industry News at LeapRate. Both the Cypriot and Australian financial regulators suspended / revoked the licenses of Retail Forex brokers. And in the US, an offshore broker was sued for taking US clients, a big no-no in the business. In our continuing…

May 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Binary options CEO ousted, Euronext-FastMatch and ThinkMarkets-Trade Interceptor, and lots more…

Mergers and Acquisitions activity led Forex Industry News this past week, on both the retail and institutional sides of the sector. The key deals - Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) buying FastMatch and ThinkMarkets acquiring Trade Interceptor - highlighted two of the key FX industry trends we've reported a lot on of late: consolidation, and the growing importance…

May 26, 2017 BY admin

FX Large and BrokerSourcing.com announce content partnership

BrokerSourcing.com Limited of London announced they've contracted with FX Large, also of London, to provide ongoing and fixed content for its value added VPS service to retail brokers. FX Large will be providing market commentaries, videos, and webinar content for BrokerSourcing. Tim Blanchard, Managing Director of BrokerSourcing.com said, “our aim is not just to provide…

May 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Acuity Trading partners with Dow Jones to deliver News Sentiment and Visualization Tool for Traders

First to launch with the beta product is FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker INFINOX.

May 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: FXCM new CEO and mega contracts, Exness FCA license upgrade, Binary Options chief arrested, and lots more…

It was one of those weeks in Forex Industry News where things were 'all over the place'. We saw senior executive moves at ADS Securities, ArgusFX, and of course FXCM parent Global Brokerage Inc, which finally replaced CEO Drew Niv. There were regulatory actions. And, the arrest of the owner of a Binary Options brokerage…

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Forex Industry Week Review: Betfred launches FX broker TradeFred, Israel Binary Options law, and lots more…

Large spike in FX trading volumes after UK election exit poll released: CLS

Forex Industry Week Review: changes at FxPro, Capital.com launch, Apple binary options ban, and lots more…

UK exit polls send British Pound lower as final election results awaited

Final IG UK election trading market prices indicate 85% chance of Conservative Majority

Forex Industry Week Review: XTrade suspended, offshore FX broker sued, executive moves, and lots more…

Forex Industry Week Review: Binary options CEO ousted, Euronext-FastMatch and ThinkMarkets-Trade Interceptor, and lots more…

FX Large and BrokerSourcing.com announce content partnership

Acuity Trading partners with Dow Jones to deliver News Sentiment and Visualization Tool for Traders

Forex Industry Week Review: FXCM new CEO and mega contracts, Exness FCA license upgrade, Binary Options chief arrested, and lots more…

Vijay Albuquerque Appointed New Chief Risk Officer at CME Clearing

Euronext Launches European Common Prospectus to Boost IPO Activity Across the EU

Regulus Financial Group Fined by FINRA Over Form CRS Failures

StoneX Subsidiary Gain Global Markets Bermuda Fined by CME Group

AJ Bell’s Assets Under Administration Rise to £90.4bn