Tag: FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM)

November 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Taking no chances: NFA lowers max leverage on GBP pairs to 20x

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that US financial regulatory body the National Futures Association (NFA) has issued a directive to all licensed forex brokers in the country, indicating that they must cut leverage and raise margin requirements on all GBP currency pairs. The new required minimum margin on both new trades and existing positions is…

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Good news for Bitcoin investors: Israel might cut tax on profit by half
November 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Colmex becomes sixth recipient of an Israel Forex Broker license - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the Israeli financial regulator the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has issued a Dealers' license to a sixth retail forex broker, Colmex. Colmex Israel, or formally TGL Colmex Capital Markets Ltd., operates website colmex.co.il, and is a sister company of CySEC regulated Colmex Pro Ltd, which operates colmex.com and colmexpro.com. All the…

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November 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

UK online trading survey: IG leads, with CMC Markets, Plus500 and FXCM gaining in CFDs and FX

Australia based research house Investment Trends has released its 2016 UK Leverage Trading Report, an in-depth analysis of UK traders and investors’ attitudes and investing habits based on a large-scale survey of more than 12,000 UK investors conducted both before and after the Brexit vote. Not surprising, perennial industry giant IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) remains…

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November 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch volumes decline marginally MoM in October to $13.6 billion ADV

Beginning what we believe will be a series of fairly so-so October trading volume reports by both retail and institutional Forex platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system fell marginally by 1% MoM from September, to average $13.6 billion ADV for the month. That being said, September was FastMatch's second best month ever for FX…

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October 31, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Walbrook Capital (formerly FXCM Securities) replaces CEO Paul Inkster with Conor Ringland

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated multi-asset broker Walbrook Capital Markets Limited is restructuring its operations, with the main change being that it has tapped board member Conor Ringland to replace Paul Inkster as its CEO. We understand that Inkster will remain with Walbrook, with a more commercial role (and a different title), while…

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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 30, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

IG Group buys Forex research site DailyFX from FXCM Inc for $40 million

Well it looks as if FXCM still does have some salable assets. Continuing its parade of asset sales in order to repay its high-interest loan from Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK), retail forex broker FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM) has sold its very popular research, education and market news website DailyFX to UK online trading giant IG Group Holdings plc…

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