Category: Brokers

LCG trading floor
March 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: LCG goes private in £5 million Loan Notes deal, to Charles-Henri Sabet

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker London Capital Group is going to be taken private by CEO Charles-Henri Sabet. Mr. Sabet and his investor group GLIO Holdings already control the publicly traded parent company London Capital Group Holdings PLC (which we'll call 'Holdings'), with a 78.1% holding. However…

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exness fx volumes
March 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness February FX trading volumes $290.5 billion, down 13% MoM

After reporting record trading volumes of $334 billion to open 2018 in January, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness saw something of a slowdown during February, with volumes retreating by 13% in February to $290.5 billion. We would note, however, that there were two less trading days in 28-day February than January (20 trading…

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plus500 share sale founders
March 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 founders complete £80M sale, shares down 7%

Further to our report last night that the founding group of CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) was planning to sell some of its stake in the company in a secondary share sale organized by broker Liberum Capital, Plus500 this morning announced that the deal was completed, on the terms which were expected. Plus500's founders (see list below)…

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Malaysia fx Bursa Malaysia exchange
March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Tickmill targets Malaysian FX market with new Malay language website

After recently adding Portuguese and Vietnamese language websites, FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Tickmill has announced the launch of a Malay language website, targeting expansion in the Malaysian market. The company said that the launch of a dedicated website that delivers product information and content of specific relevance to its fast-growing Malaysian client base…

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TigerWit China fx broker
March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX broker TigerWit gets $5 million investment from VC firm Susquehanna

China based Retail FX brokerage company TigerWit Group has announced that it has secured a USD $5 million investment from US technology investment and venture capital firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG).  The company stated that this capital will enable TigerWit to further advance its mobile-focused trading technology and invest in new innovative technologies to enhance the…

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Hantec Markets spread betting
February 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Hantec Markets launches Spread Betting on MT4

FCA regulated Retail FX brokerage group Hantec Markets has expanded its product offering in the UK, with the company today announcing the addition of Spread Betting. Clients can now open a Spread Betting account which gives them access to bet on 50+ financial instruments covering currencies, bullion, commodities and indices. Hantec Markets will now be offering…

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