The following article was prepared for LeapRate by the ATFX analysts team. Markets are awaiting the release of the monthly change in the US retail sales, which is one of the most important periodic economic reports in the United States, It is also considered a reliable measure of inflationary pressures, Although the retail sales data…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 11, 2019. We have a general election here in the UK tomorrow. Yesterday, the incumbent Conservatives received a boost when Lord Sugar, the host of The Apprentice in the UK (a role President Trump himself carried…
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The Board of UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has just announced that it has appointed Robert Michael (Mike) McTighe as Chairman of the Board. Jonathan Moulds will continue to serve as interim Chairman until 3 February 2020 when Mike McTighe's appointment takes effect. Mike McTighe is the Chairman of Openreach Limited,…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for December 11, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT The Pound is down by 0.7% from the 8-month high of $1.3214 reached on Tuesday. This price action follows the publication of the most recent poll, which shows…
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Microsoft is expanding its Azure Cloud service offering by adding new features to its blockchain support platform, specifically new tokenization and blockchain data management services. The new token tool is designed to “simplify the definition, creation and management of compliant tokens built to industry standards”. The new blockchain data management features will simplify “the cumbersome…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 10, 2019. Global markets are down across the board this morning as investors err on the side of caution ahead of the December 15th deadline for the next round of US imposed tariffs, which is fast…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for December 10, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The calm before the storm, is how we may characterise the relative tranquillity in FX markets. Despite a slight leaning towards risk assets, with both the pound and…
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GCEX, FCA regulated digital technology solutions provider in Cryptoassets and Currencies for the institutional and professional segments, has just announced that it has joined Gold-i’s Matrix NETwork. GCEX will now be offering its crypto liquidity to Gold-i’s clients via the Gold-i Crypto Switch™ 2.0, part of the Matrix suite of products. GCEX (GC Exchange Limited)…
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Online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics, OANDA Global Corporation, has just announced that it has appointed Greg Niebank as Head of Product. Niebank will be based in London and will be responsible for introducing additional trading instruments, client-focused partnerships and platform enhancements. A 21-year veteran in the electronic trading industry, Niebank has…
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has noticed a growing trend of large bank platforms over the past three years to send less foreign exchange volume into the network for processing. A new report cites low volatility as reason that large banks in the Interbank system are “internalizing” more of their customer client capital flows…
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