More news from retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) today. The company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an expanded stock repurchase program, under which the company may repurchase up to $35 million of its outstanding common stock, nearly doubling the amount approved as of March 31, 2017. Our Board of…
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New offering expands marketing partnership opportunities with GAIN's online retail trading brands City Index and Finspreads; Program to be expanded globally in the coming months Retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) announced that has launched GAIN Affiliates, a highly competitive, performance based offering to affiliates introducing qualified customers to its globally recognised retail…
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Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), parent company of retail forex broker FXCM, released its Q1 results indicating - as expected - a significant decrease in activity, in large part due to the sale of the company's US clients to Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP). The company's operating loss of $24.2 million and net loss of $29.9 million…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... It would be an understatement to offer that the Q1 results recently announced by Forex brokerage house Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) were disappointing. Revenues were down nearly 50% from the previous quarter. Revenues from retail clients were down 60%. The company posted a $19 million loss. Was this a one-time anomaly, or…
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In one of the busiest weeks of the year in Forex Industry News at LeapRate, we had a little (actually, a lot!) of everything - exclusive coverage of new CySEC licenses granted to several forex-related entities, financial results both good and bad from a number of Retail and Institutional FX players, and executive moves at…
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Retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has reported what can only be described as a horrific quarter to begin 2017. Q1-2017 results were poor across the board at what is now the leading US-based retail forex broker. And, weak volumes reported for April don't necessarily portend for a better Q2. Revenues at GAIN…
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GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported that April trading volumes in its system decreased slightly from March's record levels. GTX saw total trading volumes of $280.7 billion in April, or $14.0 billion ADV, versus a record $339.0 billion total and $14.7 billion ADV in March.
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One of March's most anticipated forex trading volumes reports is now in, with FXCM reporting a healthy 12% MoM rise in activity. Overall, March volumes came in at $225 billion at FXCM, versus $201 billion in February. (We'd note however that on a daily-average-volume basis, FXCM customer trading activity was actually down 3% MoM in…
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Since reporting its fourth quarter and full year 2016 financial results on March 20, shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) - formerly known of course as FXCM Inc - have been on a tear. After hitting an all-time low of $1.45 on March 17, GLBR shares have soared more than 86% in the following 10…
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GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported that March trading volumes in its system increased nicely from what was a fairly quiet February. 2017 started off extremely strong at GTX, with record ECN / SEF volumes of $12.1 billion ADV in January. However trading activity cooled…
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