UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill announced that has launched a Korean version of its website languages. The addition of Korean language website was prompted by growing demand for premium trading products and services in the Asia Pacific region, one of the largest markets for Tickmill. Tickmill shares that the…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Managing and growing a retail forex brokerage in today's rapidly changing business and regulatory environment is not easy. One broker which seems to have done a good job of it lately is CFI Markets, which recently announced its expansion into Dubai and the MENA region from its home bases in Cyprus and…
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OANDA’s retail clients now get access to the OANDA Algo Lab, where they can utilize QuantConnect’s cloud-based algorithmic trading engine for free. OANDA, a global regulated leader in online Forex trading services today announced they have integrated with QuantConnect’s open-source, cloud-based algorithmic trading engine to offer their clients the ability to research, build, test and…
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Softek, provider of Capital and Credit Management solutions have announced a new partnership with Elinphant LLC, a specialist consulting practice providing governance, risk management and compliance solutions to financial service firms. Elin Cherry, Chief Executive Officer at Elinphant LLC said: Regulatory expectations regarding risk are becoming more stringent. Implementing near real-time monitoring in regard to…
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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) today announced the appointment of Scott Manning as Chief Financial Officer, Australia reporting to Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer Shane Buggle. Mr Manning joins from JP Morgan where he has held senior finance and analyst roles for the past 15 years and is currently lead Analyst…
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Auto and copy trading technology provider Tradency has announced the release of its new & improved Mirror Trader platform, with mid-size Japanese retail forex broker Central Tanshi FX (CTFX) as its first client to put it into use. Tradency has had some success recently in Japan, where auto and copy trading is very popular among retail…
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Global commodities broker Marex Spectron has announced the successful syndication of a new $105 million working capital facility, increased in size from the company's previous $65 million facility. The syndication was led by Lloyds Bank, and included the participants in Marex Spectron's previous $65 million facility - Lloyds Bank, Bank Leumi UK and Barclays Bank -…
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LeapRate has learned that seasoned Retail Forex industry executive Tal Zohar has left IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) for a new position as Head of Elite Connect and a member of the Senior Management Team at the London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE). ELITE is the LSE's investor relation portal and education center. Its mission is…
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Mergers and Acquisitions activity led Forex Industry News this past week, on both the retail and institutional sides of the sector. The key deals - Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) buying FastMatch and ThinkMarkets acquiring Trade Interceptor - highlighted two of the key FX industry trends we've reported a lot on of late: consolidation, and the growing importance…
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Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated Forex and CFDs broker CFD Capital Markets, operated from website cfdcapmkt.com. According to the BCSC, CFD Capital Markets claims to provide an online…
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