What did the FCA have to say about looking at a ban on all leveraged CFDs? What did European regulator…
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FCA warns brokers against pushing ‘replacement’ products to leveraged CFDs
UK financial regulator The FCA has issued a statement targeted to brokers, regarding the selling of high-risk speculative investments to…
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Hantec Markets’ Hayel Abu-Hamdan on ESMA rules, crypto trading, and lots more
LeapRate Exclusive Interview… In our continuing series of discussions and interviews with leading figures in the Retail and Institutional FX…
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IG Group nets record Revenues of £569M in 2018, but sees 2019 decline due to ESMA
UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has reported its financial results for 2018 (IG has a May…
Read MoreFX Industry Week Review: Playtech-Alpha deal size, GAIN Capital business exit, FX broker results, and lots more
Why is the Playtech acquisition of Alpha Capital Markets likely to be completed at a much lower valuation than the…
Read MoreESMA Q1-2018 securities market Risk Dashboard cites ICOs, Binary Options and CFDs
Pan-European financial regulator European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the latest iteration of its Risk Dashboard, covering risks…
Read MoreCySEC: ESMA CFD leverage restrictions also apply to non EU clients
Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued a clarification circular (see full text below) following numerous inquiries it received in the…
Read MoreFX Industry Week Review: 360T buys GTX, Binary Option ban date set, LCG CEO resigns, and lots more
This week in Forex Industry News at LeapRate… How much did GAIN Capital sell its institutional FX unit GTX for?…
Read MoreESMA sets dates for Binary Options ban and CFD leverage cap
Pan European financial regulator ESMA has announced the dates from which it will enforce new rules governing online trading and…
Read MoreFX Industry Week Review: LMAX institutional crypto exchange, cTrader 3.0 platform rollout, and lots more
What are LMAX Exchange’s plans for its new institutional cryptocurrency exchange, LMAX Digital? What’s new in version 3.0 of Spotware’s…
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