Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited announced that by the end of March 2017 its trading turnover across the key markets in which it operates came to 110.6 billion USD. This marks an improvement of over 17% compared to February. Turnover increased on the majority of traders' and investors' most popular currency pairs. More specifically, the…
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Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financière Tradition (SWX:CFT) reported first-quarter consolidated revenue of CHF 213.4 million compared with CHF 219.5 million in same period in 2016, up 0.2% in constant currencies. At current exchange rates, consolidated revenue showed a decrease of 2.8%, impacted by the weakness of pound sterling compared to the same period last year.…
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PFSOFT, the global fintech developer of multi-asset brokerage and trading solutions, presents a fully functional version of Protrader for macOS and enables demo account registration. Two months ago the company announced release of a closed beta version of its newest native front end trading platform designed for macOS. Now PFSOFT releases a production version of…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that it will be raising margin requirements on client accounts over the weekend of the second round of the French Presidential election. While in normal markets most major currency pairs can be traded at Saxo Bank with leverage of 100x (or a 1% margin requirement), next…
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As demand accelerates for its financial data and research valuation platforms, Visible Alpha announced two senior sales and relationship management hires to support the company’s expanding client base. Rapid growth in clients and platform contributors has been driven by the acquisition of ONEaccess, partnerships with other solution providers, and new product launches, such as the…
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In October 2016, Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank launched electronic bond trading for mid-sized institutions and retail investors, covering over 5,000 government and corporate bonds across developed and emerging markets. The idea behind the launch was to make trading of liquid bonds more efficient through a full digital value chain by routing Saxo’s…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the most recent CIF license handed out by Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has gone to retail forex broker FX88.com via its parent company Galactus Ltd. The license was formally approved this Tuesday, April 25. Backed by investors in Singapore, Galactus / FX88.com was formed last year by a number…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that retail forex brokerage group FxPro has promoted Conor O'Driscoll to the position of Deputy CEO and COO of its FCA regulated UK operation, FxPro UK Limited. Mr. O'Driscoll has been with FxPro since 2012, based in Cyprus. He began at FxPro as an FX Dealer, moving up to be named…
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New solution offering enterprise-level risk insights; goals-based risk framework shared at 2017 investment conference Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a provider of independent investment research, shared unique risk-related insights at the company's 29th annual investment conference for financial advisors, offering multiple angles from which to view and assess risk. The conference's Innovation Lab will feature interactive…
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Colt Technology Services announced that it has opened a point of presence (PoP) in Marseille - an increasingly important hub location for carriers and organisations looking for a high bandwidth connectivity gateway connecting Europe with Asia, Africa and the Middle East, due to the landing of several important subsea cables from these regions in the…
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