Category: Forex

March 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

INFINOX partners with Knightsbridge Academy for FX trading seminars

FCA regulated retail forex and CFD broker INFINOX Capital Limited has announced that it is partnering with London-based trading academy Knightsbridge to offer a range of forex trading training courses and mentoring. Clients will be able to participate in training courses ranging from a 3 Hour FX Insight seminar, a 5 week Online FX Master…

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March 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ announces update on interest rates

ANZ today announced an update on variable home loan and business loan interest rates. Principal and interest owner-occupier home lending Variable interest rates for the 80% of owner-occupier borrowers who repay principal and interest on their standard variable home loan remain unchanged at 5.25%pa. Investor home lending The variable interest rate paid by property investors…

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March 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

XTB stays internal, taps Omar Arnaout as its new CEO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings made in Poland that Warsaw-based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates the XTB.com retail forex brokerage as well as the X Open Hub platform business, has decided to promote from within in replacing recently departed CEO Jakub Maly. As was exclusively reported by LeapRate in…

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UK inflation pound sterling
March 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

British pound jumps to a one-month high

The sterling hit one-month high against the dollar on Thursday, after UK retail sales data came in much higher than expected. British retail sales volumes in February rose by 1.4% from January, beating the 0.4% increase forecast by a Reuters poll of economists and following three consecutive monthly declines. For the three months to February, this…

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March 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Burton-Taylor appoints TABB Group's Director for its Exchange Vertical

Burton-Taylor International Consulting, a division of TP ICAP’s data & analytics group and a provider of market research, analytics and business consulting, has appointed Andy Nybo as Director of its Exchange Vertical research practice. In heading up the exchange and transaction venue research division, Andy Nybo will be building out Burton-Taylor’s comprehensive analysis of current…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
March 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC adopts T+2 Settlement Cycle for securities transactions

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted an amendment to shorten by one business day the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities transactions. Currently, the standard settlement cycle for these transactions is three business days, known as T+3. The amended rule shortens the settlement cycle to two business days, T+2. The amended rule is designed…

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Crude oil prices could bounce as Coronavirus panic settles
March 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Oil prices recover from November lows

Oil prices bounced off from losses chalked up the session before, but the market remained under pressure as bloated U.S. crude inventories and rising output dampen OPEC-led efforts to curb global production, as Reuters reported earlier today. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil, were at $50.99 per barrel at 0621 GMT, up 0.7% from…

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