Category: Brokers

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…

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July 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FX broker GKFX raises additional £12 million from shareholders to fund retail and institutional growth

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned from sources close to the company that FCA regulated forex and CFDs broker GKFX has raised an additional £12 million (USD $15.5 million), to help fund the company's continued growth push in both the Retail and Institutional FX sectors. The current fundraising, injected into the company by controlling shareholder Kasim Garipoglu…

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July 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness reports FX trading volumes steady in June at $252 billion

Continuing a fairly flat month for volumes we have been seeing from leading retail and institutional eFX industry trading venues, CySEC and FCA regulated broker Exness has reported that forex volumes in its system came in at $252.0 billion in June, slightly below $253.1 billion last month. Both May and June volumes showed a nice increase over…

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June 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Goldman Sachs now down to below 3% holding in CMC Markets

LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our exclusive report earlier in the week that longtime CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) shareholder, New York based investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), had decided to sell down its stake in CMC Markets, LeapRate has learned that Goldman has indeed continued to sell, now down to below the 3% reporting threshold…

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June 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex Sports Sponsorship: Blackwell Global backs Everton FC

Multi-asset brokerage Blackwell Global announced today a partnership deal with Everton Football Club. With aims to increase its global footprint, this is its first sporting sponsorship, as well as the Club’s first Official Forex and Brokerage Partner. This move is meant to increase Blackwell’s profile in the UK, after the company received its FCA license…

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June 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG turnaround continues, Revenues up 50% in 2016

Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has released its 2016 full year results, indicating that the company is indeed well along in its restructuring and turnaround, but still has a long way to go. On the top line, LCG was able to generate healthy revenue growth following its rebranding…

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