July 12, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
London: still THE city, not A city
The City has always been a ‘thriver’, as times change, it relishes uncertainty, turmoil, and dissention.
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July 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Joe Rundle resigns as Head of Trading at ETX Capital - LeapRate Exclusive
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime ETX Capital executive Joe Rundle has resigned from the company. Rundle had been with the FCA-regulated ETX for more than 12 years, and along with ETX CEO Andrew Edwards was one of the few remaining employees at ETX dating back to before the company's takeover by an investor…
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July 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
ThinkForex set to rebrand as ThinkMarkets - LeapRate Exclusive
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA and ASIC regulated retail forex broker ThinkForex is about to rebrand its operations under the ThinkMarkets brand. The ThinkMarkets.com beta site has been live for about a week at www.thinkmarkets.com. We expect a formal announcement from the company in the near future. Alongside the new name, logo and…
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July 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Templeton Securities launches FCA regulated retail FX brokerage, TempletonFX - LeapRate Exclusive
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated stock broking house Templeton Securities is launching its own branded retail forex outfit, called appropriately TempletonFX. The TempletonFX website just went live last week. LeapRate spoke today with TempletonFX co-founder and Director Mike Andrews on the decision to launch a retail forex brokerage, and how TempletonFX plans…
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June 29, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Latest FCA regulated retail forex broker to launch: BlackPearlFX
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a new FCA regulated Retail FX broker just launched operations under the fairly unique brand name of BlackPearlFX, a trading name of Black Pearl Securities Limited. The broker also seems to have social trading in mind. We are pleased to bring LeapRate readers an exclusive interview with BlackPearlFX co-founder and…
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June 28, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Plus500 adds Nomura executive Penny Judd to its Board of Directors
FCA-regulated retail forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced some changes to its Board of Directors. The company added seasoned compliance executive Penny Judd as a non-executive director. Judd is currently EMEA Head of Compliance in the London office of Japanese banking giant Nomura Holdings, Inc. (ADR) (NYSE:NMR), although she plans to step down from…
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June 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Hantec Markets returns max trading leverage to 25x
As we continue our coverage of the changes to trading conditions among Retail Forex and CFD brokers in the post Brexit vote environment, LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Hantec Markets has re-hiked max leverage levels back up to 25:1 (or 4% margin requirement). Hantec - which normally allows leverage of between 100x and 200x for its…
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June 24, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Hantec Markets cuts FX trading leverage further to 10:1 post Brexit
The Brexit vote might now be behind us, but the uncertainty in the currency and financial markets is just beginning. Continuing a trend we have seen across the Forex Broker universe, FCA regulated Hantec Markets has announced that as of 15:00 London time Friday it will be further cutting leverage in all client trading accounts.…
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June 22, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Brexit vote result: It will be all about the Undecideds
This article was written by Patrick Latchford, CEO of FCA regulated broker Blackwell Global. Interestingly, Blackwell has recently sent out a note to clients indicating that it will institute a no-new-trades policy tomorrow once voting actually begins. “The Undecideds”, coming to a cinema near you The Brexit vote has all the ingredients to make a…
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June 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff
Hantec Markets increases margin requirements ahead of Brexit vote
FCA regulated retail forex broker Hantec Markets has issued a note to clients outlining increases in margin requirements ahead of next week's UK Brexit referendum, announcing minimum 4% margin requirement (max leverage 25x) starting next week until a day after the Brexit vote. The note set out by Hantec reads as follows: Dear Valued Client,…
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