Category: Forex

forex industry news update
April 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Binary Options brokers leave Cyprus, IKON transfer to Hantec, Australia client money rules, and lots more…

It was another very busy and exciting week of Forex Industry News, with all the key stories appearing first or exclusively at LeapRate. Forex and Binary Options brokers suspended in Cyprus and the UK, key executive moves, new law passed (in Australia) for handling retail client money, results from key brokers - this past week…

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March 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK Bond Network launches Innovative Finance ISA

FCA-authorised UK Bond Network (UKBN), the alternative finance provider that specialises in structuring and distributing investment opportunities in secured corporate bonds, has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) following regulatory approval. UK Bond Network is among the few peer-to-peer platforms to have been approved to date and has partnered with Goji, a specialist builder of P2P…

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March 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BrokerTec Europe completes e-MID SIM SpA acquisition

BrokerTec, NEX Group (LON:NXG)’s global electronic fixed income trading platform, announced today that following Bank of Italy approval it has completed the transaction to acquire a majority stake in e-MID SIM SpA (e-MID), the first Italian electronic central limit order book (CLOB) platform for interbank deposits and Overnight Indexed Swaps (OIS). The transaction offers BrokerTec…

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March 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Latest MetaTrader 5 iOS with history of positions

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that the latest version of MetaTrader 5 for iPhone and iPad is now available on the App Store. The main innovation of the build — trading history can now be presented in the form of positions. Previously, the History tab contained only orders and deals. Now, it features…

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March 31, 2017 BY admin

Trading platform ChartIQ enables support for Angular, Angular 2 and React

Data visualization and HTML5 trading platform provider ChartIQ has announced version 3.0 for its Charting Library. This release features direct support for Angular, Angular 2, and React to developers who want to add advanced charting capabilities to their projects. Developers can now access native components in their "framework of choice" saving time, effort, and hopefully any potential…

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March 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Avelacom extends low latency infrastructure to Borsa Istanbul

Russia-based network operator Avelacom announced that has extended its low latency network and launched a new point of presence (PoP) to connect Interxion’s London data centre and Borsa Istanbul, making it easier for London’s capital markets players to enter emerging markets and exploit cross-venue arbitrage opportunities. Interxion’s London data centre is home to an extensive…

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