The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Bank of England (BoE) will meet on Thursday and is expected to raise the interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.50%. The move is considered as a rectification after the BoE lowered…
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FCA regulated multi asset prime brokerage Divisa Capital, part of the Equiti Group, has announced the launch of its new proprietary trading platform, Divisa Vault. We had reported back in September about the impending launch of Divisa's new trading platform, when Divisa hired Sammy Christou from London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) as its new head of…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lately stated that 'inflation has nothing to do with tomatoes and cucumbers. Interest is the number one cause of inflation' adding that lower interest rates would lead to lower…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). China Communist Party’s twice-a-decade congress was among this week’s highlights. In his three-hour opening speech, President Xi Jinping said that China will let the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and be…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). Pound traders are torn between two major opposite forces. In one hand, the Brexit shenanigans and the deterioration of the atmosphere among the Tories continues weighing on the sentiment in the pound markets. On…
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It was a week of both good and bad Forex Industry News, with the key stories of the week once again appearing only at LeapRate. We also saw quite a lot of financial reports from a variety of brokers from around the world. Also - some good, some not-so-good. Which investor group was granted a…
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Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has released its results for the first six months of 2017, indicating that the company is indeed well along in its restructuring and turnaround, but still has a long way to go. On the top line, LCG was able to generate healthy revenue…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a snap general election on October 22nd. He is seeking to consolidate his power in order to take further action to boost the economic recovery and inflation in…
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Continuing a hiring spree following its $100 million capital raise earlier this year and the launch of a new Retail brokerage arm Equiti.com, FX prime broker and liquidity provider Divisa Capital has announced that it has hired Sammy Christou as its new Head of Trading. Divisa also said that Sammy Christou’s new appointment as Head of…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Bank of England (BoE) will meet on Thursday and is expected to keep the bank rate unchanged at the historical low level of 0.25%, maintain its sovereign bond purchases target at 435 billion…
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