CySEC regulated retail forex broker FXTM has shared an interesting observation from its trading room. Notably, that there is widespread negativity towards Sterling from its traders, with 95% of its clients trading short on the GBPUSD ahead of the expected historic March 29 trigger of Article 50, formally beginning the exit of the UK from the…
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ThinkMarkets, a global multi asset brokerage, just announced that has enhanced its ThinkTrader mobile trading app through the implementation of Neumob’s SDK, an app acceleration framework, to significantly reduce latency for global forex and CFD traders. Through the partnership, ThinkMarkets’ mobile app users will see a drastic change in the performance of the platform. Traders…
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Australia financial regulator ASIC has added its powerful voice to the fray regarding the new rules governing what Forex brokers can and cannot do with client money, following the passage yesterday by Australia’s parliament of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures No 1) Bill 2016, known more commonly as the Retail Client Money law. The new…
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FAM Clearing, LLC, a joint venture between Fortex, Inc., a leading FX ECN trading platform, and Advanced Markets, a wholesale provider of liquidity, technology, and credit solutions to banks and brokers, announced today the two new executive appointments. Satomi Toyoshima has been appointed as a Managing Director of Japan Operations for FAM Clearing. Mrs. Toyoshima brings…
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Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it is expanding its range of products on the Swiss DOTS trading platform, with the addition of new issuer Vontobel Investment Banking. Approximately 10,000 additional leveraged products will be issued from launch. This complements the existing offering from UBS and Goldman Sachs as well as from Commerzbank…
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EU and UK regulated Forex broker Admiral Markets announced that Adam Narczewski, a highly experienced industry professional, has accepted the post of Country Manager for Admiral Markets Poland. Mr. Narczewski has ample experience in helping companies become industry leaders. Prior to joining Admiral Markets Poland, he served as Deputy Regional Director at X-Trade Brokers DM,…
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Digital wealth manager Moneyfarm just launched a partnership with Allianz Global Investors which will provide access to an active wealth management solution at institutional cost to UK employees of Allianz companies. This follows Allianz’s strategic investment in Moneyfarm, which was announced in September 2016. In an industry and European first, the two organisations have developed…
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Provider of network, cloud, and security services BT Global Services UK (LON: BT.A) just announced the opening of a new customer experience showcase for its financial industry clients. Located at its Adastral Park research and development hub in the UK, it demonstrates how digital innovations can be securely adopted throughout a financial services organisation to…
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Breaking Forex News... LeapRate has learned that Australia's parliament today passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures No 1) Bill 2016, known more commonly as the Retail Client Money law. We had reported back in November that the Australian government was going to change the rules as to what ASIC licensed retail brokers offering over-the-counter derivatives products (read:…
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Another wild week in Forex Industry News with more regulator action, more executive moves, more financial results from leading brokers and liquidity providers... ... and you read about all the important stories first or exclusively at LeapRate. Our top guest post of the week was also our most read and discussed post: Why has mobile adoption…
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