Darwinex, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated FX asset manager and brokerage, announced that it has launched MetaQuotes' multi-asset platform MetaTrader 5. The company offers clients DMA execution at competitive rates, combined with access to more than $50 million in 3rd party capital managed by Darwinex. It is most famous for creating a transparent social…
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Investment technology provider Eze Software has just announced its strategic collaboration with NEX Regulatory Reporting, a business area within NEX Group plc. As an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) provider, NEX Regulatory Reporting supports clients in their MiFID II obligation to publish pre- and post-trade data and reports as soon as possible after execution. The collaboration…
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After reporting record Revenues for the first half of Fiscal 2018 (the company has a May 31 year-end), UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has gone one better in Q3 (quarter ended February 28, 2018), reporting best-ever Revenue of £152.9 million. IG's previous best ever quarter was Q1-2018, when Revenues hit £135.2 million.…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has announced that the Supervisory Board has approved unanimously the following appointments: Paul Humphrey, Head of Fixed Income, Rates and FX (FICC), is appointed in addition to his current position and subject to regulatory approvals, interim CEO of Euronext London, interim Head of Global Sales, and interim member…
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Following our exclusive report from earlier this month revealing that FCA regulated Retail FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker London Capital Group is going to be taken private by CEO Charles-Henri Sabet, the company has announced that a shareholders meeting was held yesterday and that the proposed transaction (see more details below) was approved as planned. The going-private…
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Leading social trading and investment platform eToro has announced a Series E fundraising of $100 million to support its expansion into new markets as well as its continued research and development of blockchain technology and the digitisation of assets. Led by China Minsheng Financial, the round of funding was participated in by SBI Group, Korea…
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QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high-performance market data and trading through API-based technologies, has announced that it has reported strong double-digit revenue growth since its 2017 buyback from S&P. Throughout 2017, QuantHouse has launched many strategic initiatives to accelerate growth: MiFID II initiatives: the launch of an algo-trading stress testing solution; a UTC…
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Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group announced that it has achieved a solid annual result in a challenging environment. Through strategic investments and acquisitions, primarily to strengthen its market position in payment transactions, and through strategic and organizational adjustments, SIX created the conditions during 2017 to ensure its long-term competitiveness. SIX generated an annual result of…
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Retail FX and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just released its annual report for 2017. For the full year 2017, Plus500 brought in $437.2 million in Revenues and earned Net Profit of $199.7 million, both best-ever results for the Forex and CFDs broker. The highlights for 2017 at Plus500 can be seen below: Financial…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Japanese online and FX trading giant GMO Financial Holdings (TYO:7177) has invested an additional £2 million (USD $2.8 million) of capital into its FCA regulated UK subsidiary, GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, which operates the Z.com Trade brand. GMO is the world's largest Retail FX broker, mainly based on its leading…
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