Forex Weekly Look Back: ATFX reports 37% growth in Q1, CMC Markets launches new Prime Derivatives platform LeapRate

June 12, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: ATFX reports 37% growth in Q1, CMC Markets launches new Prime Derivatives platform

Husam Al Kurdi who recently joined SquaredFinancial as its new Chief Executive Officer sat down with LeapRate for an interview. Having spent two decades working in the financial and banking industry, he has acquired an international reputation for developing and managing sophisticated trading companies. He has been involved with the launch and running of a…

June 10, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Gain Capital’s trading volumes continue to fall with almost 5%MoM in May

The average daily volume OTC trading was $8.5 billion, down by 1.2%, compared to April when it was 8.6%. Futures contracts amounted to 543,683 in May, a 4.1% MoM drop compared to 567,189 last month. Gain Capital announced that the company’s stockholders voted last Friday to approve the set forth in February merger with financial services provider…

June 08, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Gain Capital stockholders approve acquisition by INTL FCStone

Nearly 83.2% of Gain’s shares issued and outstanding as of 23 April 2020, end of business, were present at the stockholder meeting. Close to 71.2% of GAIN’s shares issued and outstanding voted in favor of adopting the Merger Agreement, making up 85.7% of the votes cast. Gain Capital expects the merger to be completed during…

May 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Gain Capital’s April trading volumes drop by over 50% MoM

The average daily volume OTC trading dropped by 51% MoM with $8.6 billion, compared to March when it was 17.7%. Futures contracts amounted to 567,189 in April, a 19.2% MoM drop compared to 701,820 last month. The retail FX brand of Gain Capital Holdings Inc, Forex.com's Japanese business reported that on 14 April 2020 its…

April 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

GAIN Capital releases Q1 results, reports $77.3m net income

Retail performance during the first quarter was affected by the unusually high volatility resulting from conditions and concerns, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Trailing 3-month direct active accounts grew a record 25% compared to the previous year of 87,349. RPM marked a $231 quarterly record, with average daily volume of $11.7 billion, 52% up from…

March 13, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: global markets assess virus spread

Looking back at the most intriguing and popular Forex industry news from the past week at LeapRate. This Wednesday, the Bank of England cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 0.25% in a near unprecedented step, taking them back to a record low level not seen since the financial crisis. Reacting to the expected fallout…

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