LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime Retail FX executive Joe Rundle has left his position as Director of Trading and Partnerships at ThinkMarkets, and joined Markets.com as its new CEO. Markets.com is the Retail FX brand name of CySEC licensed Safecap Investments Ltd., owned ultimately by Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). Joe Rundle has been in the…
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CySEC licensed Retail FX broker RoboMarkets, which recently rebranded from RoboForex, has announced that it has opened a Representative Office in Prague as another step of the company’s expansion in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The company has already started 24/7 support for the clients from the Czech Republic and Slovakia in their native language.…
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ICAP, part of TP ICAP group, has announced the re-establishment of its oil business. The firm has appointed Joe Hutchinson to lead ICAP’s new Oil business. The team plans to offer a full suite of Oil products globally. Joe Hutchinson returns to ICAP where he was co-head of Oil between 2000 and 2013. Joe brings…
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CySEC, Belize and South Africa licensed Retail FX broker Forextime, which also goes by the shortened moniker FXTM, has announced that it is going to be a part of the upcoming National Cyprus Final for F1™ in Schools on 24 March. During the race, FXTM will be Platinum Sponsors of ‘Team XLR8’ from The Heritage…
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Darwinex, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated FX asset manager and brokerage, announced that it has launched MetaQuotes' multi-asset platform MetaTrader 5. The company offers clients DMA execution at competitive rates, combined with access to more than $50 million in 3rd party capital managed by Darwinex. It is most famous for creating a transparent social…
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Investment technology provider Eze Software has just announced its strategic collaboration with NEX Regulatory Reporting, a business area within NEX Group plc. As an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) provider, NEX Regulatory Reporting supports clients in their MiFID II obligation to publish pre- and post-trade data and reports as soon as possible after execution. The collaboration…
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After reporting record Revenues for the first half of Fiscal 2018 (the company has a May 31 year-end), UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has gone one better in Q3 (quarter ended February 28, 2018), reporting best-ever Revenue of £152.9 million. IG's previous best ever quarter was Q1-2018, when Revenues hit £135.2 million.…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has announced that the Supervisory Board has approved unanimously the following appointments: Paul Humphrey, Head of Fixed Income, Rates and FX (FICC), is appointed in addition to his current position and subject to regulatory approvals, interim CEO of Euronext London, interim Head of Global Sales, and interim member…
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Following our exclusive report from earlier this month revealing that FCA regulated Retail FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker London Capital Group is going to be taken private by CEO Charles-Henri Sabet, the company has announced that a shareholders meeting was held yesterday and that the proposed transaction (see more details below) was approved as planned. The going-private…
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Leading social trading and investment platform eToro has announced a Series E fundraising of $100 million to support its expansion into new markets as well as its continued research and development of blockchain technology and the digitisation of assets. Led by China Minsheng Financial, the round of funding was participated in by SBI Group, Korea…
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