Category: Forex

forex industry news update
May 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Binary options CEO ousted, Euronext-FastMatch and ThinkMarkets-Trade Interceptor, and lots more…

Mergers and Acquisitions activity led Forex Industry News this past week, on both the retail and institutional sides of the sector. The key deals - Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) buying FastMatch and ThinkMarkets acquiring Trade Interceptor - highlighted two of the key FX industry trends we've reported a lot on of late: consolidation, and the growing importance…

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May 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFD Capital Markets receives warning from Canadian regulator BCSC

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated Forex and CFDs broker CFD Capital Markets, operated from website cfdcapmkt.com. According to the BCSC, CFD Capital Markets claims to provide an online…

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May 26, 2017 BY admin

FX Large and BrokerSourcing.com announce content partnership

BrokerSourcing.com Limited of London announced they've contracted with FX Large, also of London, to provide ongoing and fixed content for its value added VPS service to retail brokers. FX Large will be providing market commentaries, videos, and webinar content for BrokerSourcing. Tim Blanchard, Managing Director of BrokerSourcing.com said, “our aim is not just to provide…

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May 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex Sports Sponsorship: NEX Group announces title sponsorship of the XBlades Global Drone Racing Team

Financial technology company NEX Group plc (LON:NXG) announced that it is the official global sponsor of  the drone racing team XBlades. Developed in 2014, drone racing is a motorsport where pilot’s race drones (radio-controlled aircraft or quadcopters) at speeds approaching 120mph around a course in the fastest time possible. The drones are equipped with cameras…

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May 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wolverine Execution Services bridges the gap between voice and electronic trading

Wolverine Execution Services (WEX), a provider of premier technology and execution services to Institutional clients, announced the launch of Request For Quote (RFQ). This new functionality, within the WEX Trading Platform (WTP), will provide a simple and fully electronic workflow, which will mirror the traditional high touch trading. Only available in the WTP, RFQ allows…

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Advanced Markets Ltd signs up to FX Global Code of Conduct
May 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Markets to adhere to the FX Code of Conduct

NEX Markets, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, announced today that following the publication of the FX Code of Conduct (the Code), it plans to adopt the Code’s principles across its FX trading platforms. NEX Markets played an active role in…

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May 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Zopa launches Innovative Finance ISA

Financial services company Zopa announced today that it will launch its Innovative Finance ISAs (IFISA) in June. Pending final approval from HMRC, IFISA will be available from 15th June with target returns of up to 6.1%. As Zopa expects investing volumes to be high, the company is giving existing investors priority access ahead of new customers, where…

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