The Hong Kong subsidiary of the international derivatives broker Sucden Financial just announced that it has appointed Phil Kim as Head of eFX Sales, Asia Pacific in Hong Kong. His focus will be on expanding the company's institutional eFX liquidity offering within the Asia Pacific region. Phil Kim has 13 years of experience in institutional…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Geneva and Latvia based Retail FX brokerage group Dukascopy continued its weak performance from the first half of 2017 into the second half of the year. Overall, Dukascopy posted Revenues of CHF 29.1 million (USD $29.0 million) in 2017, down 12% from CHF 33.2 million in 2016. The company…
Read moreWhat a momentous week it was in Forex Industry News, with all the key stories appearing first or only on LeapRate! How big was Plus500's absolutely monstrous Q1? Who bought Oanda, one of the oldest online Retail FX brokers? How did the latest results looks like from ADS Securities and Capital Index? Which major FX…
Read moreInformation giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that it has expanded its North American wealth management brokerage processing platform, BETA, to include automated international post-trade processing for multi-market and multi-currency securities, representing a significant advancement in a continuous effort to better serve both retail and institutional clients. Powered by NRI’s I-STAR/GX platform, Thomson Reuters North American…
Read moreCboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has reported record financial results for the first quarter of 2018. Consolidated results for the first quarter of 2017 include Bats Global Markets (Bats) for the period March 1 through March 31, 2017. Cboe completed its acquisition of Bats on February 28, 2017. Our record results underscore the utility…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Investoo Group, which has rapidly grown to become one of the largest FX and crypto affiliates, is now registered by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, as an Appointed Representative of Met Facilities LLP. Met Facilities provides a regulatory hosting umbrella for funds, start-ups, fintechs and financial…
Read moreCobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, just announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Singapore Exchange (SGX). SGX’s investment will support the continued expansion of Cobalt’s footprint into the FX space, further accelerating technology development and build out of the team. Cobalt’s solution…
Read moreThe company reported that VT Markets Pty Ltd possesses the most advanced technologies of the group and will make major breakthroughs in all aspects of mobile network applications, online transactions, trading communities and intelligent transactions. According to these reports, VT Markets will launch their state-of-the-art mobile trading App in May 2018. As was also exclusively…
Read moreFCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Institutional (LON:CMCX) has announced that it will be offering its eligible existing and new clients the opportunity to switch to its new CMC Pro account. Following the recent announcement by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), retail clients will no longer be able to trade using…
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Continuing a very strong start to the year in which it saw more than a trillion dollars of trading volumes in Q1, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has reported that April client volumes came in at $364.3 billion. April volumes were actually down 3% from March's record $375.4 billion, but still represent…
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