ADS Securities hires CMC Markets’ Singapore MD Jason Hughes as Global Head of Retail Sales LeapRate

July 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

ADS Securities hires CMC Markets' Singapore MD Jason Hughes as Global Head of Retail Sales

Abu Dhabi based international financial services firm ADS Securities has continued to build its international management team, announcing today that it has hired Jason Hughes as Global Head of Retail Sales, for its FX and CFD brokerage business. Mr. Hughes will be based in Abu Dhabi. Jason Hughes joins ADS Securities from CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX), where…

July 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Retail FX and CFDs broker INFINOX ups client insurance protection to £1 million

FCA regulated retail forex and CFD broker INFINOX Capital Limited has announced that it has further raised the threshold of its clients’ insurance above the £50,000 compensation per customer provided by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), which is the fund of last resort for customers of UK authorised firms provided in case of a firm’s…

July 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Sports Sponsorship: CIBfx adds Ian Rush as Brand Ambassador

Offshore retail forex broker CIBfx has announced a Brand Ambassador partnership with legendary footballer Ian Rush, OBE. Ian Rush is Liverpool FC’s all time leading goal scorer, having scored a total of 346 goals in all competitions during his two spells at the club. At international level he made 73 appearances for the Wales national team and…

July 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM FX trading volumes up 5% MoM in June 2017 to $223 billion

Continuing what has been a fairly strong June in the Retail FX space, forex broker FXCM Group LLC has announced that its trading volumes rose by 5% during June, to $223 billion. On a daily average basis, volumes were up 9% in June. The rise in volumes at FXCM, and its continued membership in the…

July 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital's Forex.com retail FX volumes increase 10% in June to $242 billion

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of June 2017. OTC Trading Volume at GAIN's Forex.com Retail Segment was $241.8 billion - up 10.2% from May's $219.5 billion. This marks the second consecutive month of healthy, double digit percent volume increases at Forex.com, at a time when many…

July 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank FX trading volumes up marginally in June to $242 billion

Consistent with what we've been seeing at other leading eFX trading venues for the month of June, Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has reported that it saw an overall 4% MoM increase in trading volumes during June, including a 3% rise in FX trading volumes. FX volumes came in at $242 billion for June versus $235…

July 09, 2017 BY admin

US Retail Forex client assets for May sees increase to $534 million

U.S. Retail Forex Broker client assets held showed a MoM uptick from reporting data filed with the CFTC as of May 31st. The report revealed a 1.74% increase in assets held by FCMs from April's $524,757,888 to $533,886,026 for May 2017. This is also $10 million more in assets from March’s $523,750,637. If the trend…

July 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Phillip Futures - first broker in Singapore to offer MetaTrader 5

Phillip Futures, member of the PhillipCapital Group based in Singapore, has started to offer the MetaTrader 5 platform to their clients, MetaQuotes anounced earlier today. This makes the futures and forex broker the first in Singapore to adopt the new-generation multi-asset trading platform. The key feature of MetaTrader 5, other than its multi-asset capability, is…

July 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari restores trading in certain Commodity and Turkish Yen FX instruments

A week ago retail Forex broker Alpari Limited announced that from June 27 2017, for ecn.mt4, pro.ecn.mt4 and ecn.mt5 accounts, trading on several instruments will be limited to “Close Only” (positions can only be closed) mode. These instruments have all been restored to full trading functionality. The following instruments are once again available for trading…

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ADS Securities hires CMC Markets' Singapore MD Jason Hughes as Global Head of Retail Sales

Retail FX and CFDs broker INFINOX ups client insurance protection to £1 million

Forex Sports Sponsorship: CIBfx adds Ian Rush as Brand Ambassador

FXCM FX trading volumes up 5% MoM in June 2017 to $223 billion

GAIN Capital's Forex.com retail FX volumes increase 10% in June to $242 billion

Saxo Bank FX trading volumes up marginally in June to $242 billion

US Retail Forex client assets for May sees increase to $534 million

Phillip Futures - first broker in Singapore to offer MetaTrader 5

Alpari restores trading in certain Commodity and Turkish Yen FX instruments

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