Category: Forex

June 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker licenses, Crypto exchange gets 500K signups, Executive moves, and lots more

Topping this week's Forex Industry News headlines... Who is LMAX Exchange's new Global Head of Institutional Sales? Which senior IG executive jumped to Stater Global Markets? Where did each of RoboMarkets and CFI open new offices following regulatory approvals? Answers to these questions and more appeared first or only at LeapRate. Some of our most viewed…

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June 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CySEC sets supervisory priorities for 2H-2018: MiFID II adoption

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC issued a statement on its supervisory priorities and activities for the second half of 2018, led by overseeing the adoption of MiFID II requirements. CySEC stated that its mission is to exercise effective supervision of Cyprus Investment Firms (‘CIFs’) to ensure maximum investor protection and the healthy development of the securities…

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June 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

LCH SwapClear receives recognition as a central counterparty in Mexico

Global clearing house LCH has announced that it has obtained recognition as a central counterparty from the Banco de México. The recognition for LCH’s SwapClear Service is effective from June 22, 2018 and provides a greater choice of CCPs to those participants affected by the Mexican clearing mandate. With this recognition, LCH can expand clearing…

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June 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Gasunie Transport Services expands cooperation with Pegas

The Dutch gas transmission system owner and operator, Gasunie Transport Services, and the operator of the pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS, Powernext, announced that both companies will expand their cooperation: as of 1st July 2018, Gasunie Transport Services will use PEGAS as the exclusive platform for the determination and provision of the Neutral Gas Price…

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June 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

France AMF warns against offshore FX brokers Binarycent, Raceoption and VideoForex

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) have published a list of new websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without authorisation to do so. Here are the new websites recently identified: www.binarycent.com / Cent Projects Ltd / Finance…

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June 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TP ICAP appoints Lorraine Trainer as Non-Executive Director

Interdealer broker TP ICAP plc has announced the appointment of Lorraine Trainer to the role of Non-Executive Director and as a member of the company's Remuneration, Audit and Nominations and Governance Committees. She will assume the positions with effect from 1 July 2018. As indicated in the 2017 Annual Report, Stephen Pull, Chairman of the…

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June 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone Ltd Global Payments Division opens Frankfurt office

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) has announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd's Global Payments Division (the Company), has opened a new global payments office in Frankfurt, Germany. Through this operation, located in Frankfurt's city center, the Company furthers its commitment to its growing global payments client base in the DACH region (Germany, Austria…

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June 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

One in four investors are considering Social Trading in 2018

According to a survey commissioned by Financial Technology group ayondo, about one in four (26%) retail investors are considering Social Trading in 2018. In the survey of UK retail investors conducted by OnePoll, participants are quizzed about their investment habits, along with what they felt were the main barriers to success in the stock markets.…

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June 21, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

RoboMarkets' Tied Agent approved by Spain regulator

CySEC regulated online brokerage and investment company RoboMarkets has announced that its Tied Agent in Spain has been approved by the Spanish financial regulator. In June 2018, La Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) approved the Tied Agent of RoboMarkets Ltd. This status means that the local company is the official representative of RoboMarkets and…

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