Tag: Forex Industry News

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November 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: GKFX raises $8M, executive moves at Oanda, Gain Capital and Walbrook, and lots more…

Lots of interesting executive moves in Forex Industry News this week, with most of them exclusively reported at LeapRate. Oanda loses its charismatic CMO, Gain Capital reassigns its COO, Walbrook Capital (formerly FXCM Securities) replaces its CEO... On the financial front, fast growing GKFX now has even more dry powder to work with after getting an…

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October 09, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Belgium FX ban backfires, ZuluTrade exits US, LMAX layoffs, and lots more…

In a week which will be mostly remembered for the British Pound Flash Crash, Forex Industry News at LeapRate seemed to center on one of the underlying themes driving the sector in recent months - over-reaction of regulators. There certainly is need to regulate the online trading sector. However regulators demonstrated once again that when they…

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October 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Holland FX ad ban, Pepperstone FCA license, DailyFX sold, Israel licenses granted, and lots more…

It was a very busy Forex Industry News week at LeapRate, with a little of everything - public offerings, M&A, regulatory moves, new licenses, executive moves, financial results.... and of course, our usual dose of behind-the-scenes exclusive coverage you'll see only at LeapRate. Our most popular guest posts this week were: 4 ways to enhance the…

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September 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Bankruptcy law gap hurting Alpari UK clients, TempleFX launch, ThinkMarkets revenue growth, and lots more…

LeapRate's Forex Industry News was headlined this week by our exclusive report on how a flaw in UK bankruptcy law is effectively preventing Alpari UK special administrator KPMG from paying back former clients of the bankrupt broker - more than 20 months after Alpari UK entered administration. Our report on the matter has gone viral…

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September 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: FXCM moves to NASDAQ, FxPro's new logo, TechFinancials record results, and lots more…

Lots of changes afoot in LeapRate's Forex Industry News this past week. Logo changes, stock listing changes... Our most popular guest posts this week were: How to interpret the probability of a Fed rate hike? courtesy of LCG Senior Market Analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya The flaws in social trading, by Leverate's Yael Warman Some of our most popular, shared…

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August 28, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Leverate exits binary options, FXDD-IronFX merger, Swissquote's new brand, and lots more…

It was a very mixed bag of Forex Industry News this past week at LeapRate. Companies exiting business lines, companies entering business lines, M&A, new logos and brands... Our most popular guest posts this week dealt with two important questions: What is your Company’s Content Brand? by MediaGroup's Bart Burggraaf, and How much does downtime really…

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