GAIN Capital continues global rollout of Bitcoin trading adding Australia and Singapore LeapRate

January 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital continues global rollout of Bitcoin trading adding Australia and Singapore

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) today announced the launch of Bitcoin trading in Australia and Singapore on the Company's City Index branded service, which is regulated by ASIC and MAS, respectively. GAIN Capital's Bitcoin offering enables its customers to trade the value of the cryptocurrency through a highly-regulated, trusted broker, without the need to…

January 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Simon Bird (also) joins the board of ETX Capital parent Monecor

LeapRate Exclusive... It is good to be in demand. LeapRate has learned that Simon Bird has joined the board of FCA regulated Monecor (London) Limited. Monecor is the parent company of London-based spreadbetting and CFDs broker ETX Capital. We had just reported earlier today that Simon Bird was named as Non Executive Chairman of one-time…

January 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: City Index alum Simon Bird named Chairman of FX broker Ikon Finance

LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that Ikon Finance Limited, the FCA regulated arm of the global Ikon Group, has named Simon Bird as its Non Executive Chairman. LeapRate had exclusively reported in November that Mr. Bird was making a comeback of sorts to the FX industry, as he was set to join the board of Ikon…

December 31, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital’s GTX December FX volumes down 23%, but 2017 overall up 25% at $14.3 billion ADV

It was a great year for GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), although it was a fairly slow December. GTX has reported that trading volumes during the month of December were down 23% MoM to $247 billion versus $321 in November. On an average daily volume basis, December…

December 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital shares soaring 28% after analyst calls for shares to triple on crypto trading exposure

Shares of global FX brokerage house Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) are soaring by more than 25% today after a bullish report issued by a lightly read 'special situations' analyst named Richard Pearson seems to have lit a spark among investors. Not surprisingly, the spark is cryptocurrency trading. GAIN Capital, parent company of the global…

December 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Simon Henry resigns as compliance officer of China controlled FX broker GWFX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that learned that Simon Henry has resigned his position as Compliance Officer of FCA regulated Goldenway Global Investments (UK) Limited, which operates the GWFX Global retail FX and CFD brokerage brand (at gwfxglobal.com). Simon Henry, GWFX Simon Henry was hired by GWFX just three months ago from London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG), where…

December 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Matthew Wright leaves Destek Markets to become CEO of Capital Index

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Matthew Wright has left his CEO position at FCA regulated Retail FX broker Destek Markets, to become CEO of rival broker Capital Index. The move comes less than a year after Mr. Wright was brought in to build a team and run the UK arm of Turkey-based Destek by…

December 19, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group supports ESMA’s proposed 30x Forex and CFD leverage cap

Retail forex broker FXCM Group has also released a statement in support of yesterday's announcements by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) relating to additional customer protections. Further, FXCM hopes this leads to harmonized regulations across Europe. FXCM has long been in full compliance with most of the proposed…

December 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank says it welcomes ESMA's proposed 30x Forex and CFD leverage cap

Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has issued a statement coming out strongly in favour of new FX and CFD brokerage rules proposed by pan-European financial regulator ESMA. At the center of ESMA's proposals - which include a Binary Options ban, required negative balance protection, and a ban on incentive bonus payments to retail…

December 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital warns of 'unintended consequences' from ESMA's proposed 30x CFD leverage cap

New York based FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), which operates the UK-centric City Index as well as the global FOREX.com brands, has issued a statement in response to European regulator ESMA's plans to limit leverage on FX and CFD trading to 30x. Similar to the reaction of its London-based competitor IG Group…

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