The Libertex trading platform has announced that it now provides its traders with an opportunity to open trading positions in two new instruments - CFDs on Spotify (SPOT) and Dropbox (DBX) stocks. The company stated that these new assets will appeal to those traders who are interested in opening up trading positions in promising technological…
Read moreCySEC licensed online brokerage and investment company RoboMarkets, which provides financial services to clients across Europe, has annoucned an update of its R Trader multi-asset trading platform. RoboMarkets has also updated its Strategy Builder, which allows traders to build and implement automated strategies with no knowledge of code or programming. In November 2017, RoboMarkets announced…
Read moreA war of words is brewing between Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), a former disgruntled client named Krzysztof Kramarczyk, Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego, or KNF), and Polish prosecutors with charges of asymmetric slippage, fraud, and blackmail being bandied about. X Trade Brokers operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Finsa Europe Ltd, which operates the Core Spreads financial spreadbetting and CFDs brand, has posted a net loss of £135,000 for 2017 (year ended November 30) versus a net profit of £147,000 in 2016. The loss came as Core Spreads grew Revenues from £8.0 million in 2016 to £11.4…
Read moreAfter a very strong start to the year including best-in-two-years volumes during February from its Retail FX units Forex.com and City Index, GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has reported somewhat of a slowdown in activity during March, but still a fairly good result concluding what was a healthy amount of activity overall during Q1. GAIN Capital…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular financial news site Investing.com has appointed Mickey Winitsky as its new CEO. Mickey Winitsky is replacing Itay Gissin, who was brought in by Investing.com founder Dror Efrat in 2014 to take over some of the key senior management responsibilities. Mr. Efrat remains active with the company. Mickey Winitsky is…
Read moreLondon-based Prime of Prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that it has extended the choice of trading venues on offer to its institutional clients, with the addition of Cboe FX and FastMatch. This latest development from the London-headquartered Prime of Prime brokerage gives clients more options to access large pools of diversified liquidity. Ramy…
Read moreMalta's financial regulator The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has announced that it has become aware of an entity operating under the name “Stocksbtc”, which is known to have an internet presence at stocksbtc.com and which, according to information available to the MFSA, appears to be offering investment and/or other financial services to consumers. Stocksbtc…
Read moreCboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the appointments of Andy Lowenthal and Bryan Harkins as Executive Vice Presidents and co-heads of the firm’s newly formed Markets Division. The new Markets Division unifies product, sales, business development and account coverage personnel across the company’s U.S. equities and options, ETP listings, global derivatives and FX…
Read moreRetail FX broker FXCM continued its strong start to 2018, although March wasn't quite as good as January or February. FXCM reported client trading volumes of $210 billion for March 2018, 12% below February's $239 billion. Keeping in mind, however, that January and February were FXCM's best months since the February 2017 crisis which saw FXCM exit the…
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