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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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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…
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Why is the Playtech acquisition of Alpha Capital Markets likely to be completed at a much lower valuation than the…
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Pan-European financial regulator European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the latest iteration of its Risk Dashboard, covering risks…
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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued a clarification circular (see full text below) following numerous inquiries it received in the…
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This week in Forex Industry News at LeapRate… How much did GAIN Capital sell its institutional FX unit GTX for?…
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Pan European financial regulator ESMA has announced the dates from which it will enforce new rules governing online trading and…
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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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