Even if you don’t follow the economic news or any news reports at all, you’ve heard about the biggest breakup in modern history – the UK leaving the EU for good. AMarkets have shared their thoughts on this eternal topic in an exclusive piece for LeapRate. Brexit is not another run-of-the-mill separation deal, because two…
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Crypto markets were in disarray, falling nearly 12%, as anticipation built for Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the House Financial Services Committee and defend his Libra Project. Financial markets, at least the ones than handle cryptocurrencies, did not like the uncertainty, but what was certain was that Congressmen were loaded for bear, so to speak.…
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GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the affiliated company of retail forex provider GMO CLICK Securities Inc., has just announced that it has appointed Wei Xu as its Head of Operations. Wei Xu has over a decade of experience in IT systems with a focus on FX market technology. Most recently, he was Head of Operations at…
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Fortex pioneered the MT Bridge industry 15 years ago and has since built a large installation base with hundreds of FX brokerages. The company frequently gets asked by clients to evaluate whether MT4 or MT5 is more suitable for them, therefore they prepared the following article exclusively for LeapRate. In the retail foreign exchange business,…
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Equiti Group, the parent company of Equiti Capital UK and EGM Futures, has just announced that it has added Dr Gaafar Saleh to its team as a Global Head of Growth. In this newly created role, Dr Saleh will be responsible for the successful scaling up of growth at Equiti. Dr Saleh will also contribute…
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Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced the addition of next-generation digital tools for wealth portals. The new digital tools aim to deliver a customizable suite of widget capabilities designed to support the experiences of wealth management firms on Refinitiv’s portal. The company's HTML-5 responsive widgets provide a…
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Financial derivatives company MultiBank Group has just announced that it has teamed up with BMW M Motorsport to become its official partner. The first cooperation in this partnership will be the highly anticipated Macau Grand Prix. The event will take place the weekend of November 14-17th 2019 on the Guia Circuit, as Brazilian driver Augusto…
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Doo Tech, a global trading solutions provider, has just announced that it has released the Bridge Cloud service for connection to the Hong Kong Exchange. By connecting the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform to HKEX, forex brokers will now be able to extend their business, start offering futures instruments and receive real-time quotes without delay. The…
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FX and CFD broker ATFX has just announced that it has added a senior sales head to its new institutional arm, ATFX Connect. Marc Taylor joins the team to bolster leads and partnerships for the company’s brand new institutional venture. ATFX Connect is a transition from retail trading to institutional trading and has been created…
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Spotex, a developer of foreign exchange (FX) technology systems and ECN operator, have announced earlier today that they have launched a brand new multilevel credit and margin management module named Periscope. Periscope will enable prime brokers and prime-of-prime brokers (PoPs) to extend credit and/or margin to multiple levels of downstream, sub brokers. Periscope is a…
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