Plus500 reports record numbers and performance in 2018, revenue up 65% YoY LeapRate

February 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Plus500 reports record numbers and performance in 2018, revenue up 65% YoY

FCA regulated online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced its preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2018 - the company set a new record in terms of financial performance. The company’s Board noted back in November 2018 that Plus500’s results for the financial year ended 31 December 2018 will be ahead of previous market expectations. Some…

February 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: IG opens up to the broader US audience next week: Interview with Conor Shea

Leaprate Exclusive... UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has announced the launch of IG US, its US-based subsidiary offering foreign exchange (forex) services in the beginning of the month. Through trading with IG US, clients will be able to trade on over 80 currency pairs with lower spreads vs the top two US forex…

February 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Torstone Technology expands its London headquarters

Torstone Technology, a provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing technology, grew by over 50% in revenue YoY and hired over 50% more staff in Europe and globally in 2018, which led to doubling its London office. Last year, ITI Capital, the brokerage and investment house for institutional investors and private clients, offering multi-asset agency execution services,…

February 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet appoints Fidelity's Brian Conroy as President

Liquidnet, the global institutional investment network, has appointed Brian Conroy as its President, effective immediately. Brian Conroy will be based in New York and will work in partnership with CEO and Founder, Seth Merrin. Conroy has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to Liquidnet, he worked for Fidelity International in London, where…

CMC Markets Plc announces a number of changes to its Board of Directors

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CMC Markets adds Malcolm Ford to its London team, expands offering to hedge funds

CMC Markets Institutional, a provider of liquidity and white label trading solutions, has just announced that it has added equity and derivative brokerage specialist Malcolm Ford to its team. Ford has worked with both the buy and sell side, liaising with clients right across Europe, Asia, South Africa and the USA. During his 30 years experience,…

How will Google’s Cache product leverage banking links for unique value?

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Google tiptoes into Crypto-Land with release of Blockchain Search tools

How would you like to search for patterns in the blockchain of your choice in much the same way as you would search the Internet today? Believe it or not, Google just made search tools available that will perform that task for eight separate blockchain ledgers. Transaction datasets have been loaded upon its “BigQuery” platform…

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FX options firm Digital Vega moves to London, announces two senior appointments

FX options company Digital Vega has just announced two senior appointments. Simon “Benny” Lewis will be the new Head of Interdealer Solutions. He spent 20 years at Tullet Prebon, building exotic options desk from scratch. He was ultimately appointed as Global Head of FX Options, until retiring in 2016. Romain Camus is the new Head of…

February 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital’s FOREX.com with steady volumes in January

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), which operates the FOREX.com and City Index retail forex brands, has released its trading volumes for the month of January 2019. LeapRate reminds that January 2018 volumes at Forex.com were the company’s best result since November 2016, the month of the U.S. election which included some record trading days after the…

February 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Infinox teams up with Gold-i for liquidity distribution through Matrix Net

FCA regulated FX and CFD broker Infinox (formerly Go Markets UK) has just announced that it has joined the Gold-i Matrix NETwork, signing an agreement for its multi-asset liquidity to be available through Gold-i’s technology. With Matrix Net, Infinox’s liquidity will be available to brokers worldwide who use Gold-i’s Matrix, MT4 Bridge and MT5 Gateway. Other brokerages…

February 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group releases January execution data

Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just released its execution data for January 2019. Last month, FXCM Group has expanded its cryptocurrency offering by adding its second crypto CFD, Ethereum (ETH/USD). The broker released Bitcoin CFD trading back in October 2018 and has added three new CFD products for trading two months later. Earlier today the broker announced that…

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Plus500 reports record numbers and performance in 2018, revenue up 65% YoY

Exclusive: IG opens up to the broader US audience next week: Interview with Conor Shea

Torstone Technology expands its London headquarters

Liquidnet appoints Fidelity's Brian Conroy as President

CMC Markets adds Malcolm Ford to its London team, expands offering to hedge funds

Google tiptoes into Crypto-Land with release of Blockchain Search tools

FX options firm Digital Vega moves to London, announces two senior appointments

GAIN Capital’s FOREX.com with steady volumes in January

Infinox teams up with Gold-i for liquidity distribution through Matrix Net

FXCM Group releases January execution data

Deutsche Börse Group Opens Technology and Operations Hub in Hyderabad

LeveL Markets and Nasdaq Canada Announce Trading Connectivity Partnership

ACY Securities Rolls Out Instant Crypto Withdrawals for Clients and Affiliates

State Street Joins J.P. Morgan’s Digital Debt Service as First Third-Party Custodian

EXANTE Names Sergei Solomatin as Director of IT Operations