Category: Brokers

LCG trading floor
March 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG shareholders approve going-private deal, FCA approval pending

Following our exclusive report from earlier this month revealing that FCA regulated Retail FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker London Capital Group is going to be taken private by CEO Charles-Henri Sabet, the company has announced that a shareholders meeting was held yesterday and that the proposed transaction (see more details below) was approved as planned. The going-private…

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z.com trade capital raise
March 21, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Z.com Trade gets £2 million capital injection from parent GMO Financial Holdings

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Japanese online and FX trading giant GMO Financial Holdings (TYO:7177) has invested an additional £2 million (USD $2.8 million) of capital into its FCA regulated UK subsidiary, GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, which operates the Z.com Trade brand. GMO is the world's largest Retail FX broker, mainly based on its leading…

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HotForex New-HFap
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HotForex upgrades its mobile app

Global retail forex and multi-asset broker HotForex has announced enhancements to its mobile app. This follows a significant retouch one year ago which enabled access to the myHotForex client area, essentially allowing traders to deposit, withdraw and transfer trading funds on the go. Now, the HotForex Mobile Application boasts many more optimized features which make…

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Alpari FX volumes
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari's February trading turnover is up 11% MoM

Retail Forex broker Alpari just announced its February 2018 volumes, in which Alpari recorded US$148.4 billion in trading turnover for the month, marking an 11% increase on January. The improved performance on the broker's key indicator is mostly down to increased trading activity on the GBPUSD (+49%) and USDJPY (+14%) currency pairs. The EURUSD, Alpari's…

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