Saxo Capital Markets UK Limited, the UK subsidiary of Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank, announced today that it has reduced the minimum spread for UK clients trading the UK100, the CFD index of the 100 largest UK listed companies by market capitalisation. Saxo offers spreads from as low as 0.8 basis points. The reduction in…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that former ADS Securities and Saxo Bank executive Valery Bartashevich has joined Malta based FX and multi asset prime broker Exante. Based in London, Mr. Bartashevich will have a senior business development role with Exante, covering mainly South Europe, Latin America, the UK, the MENA region, as well as South East Asia.…
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Consistent with what we've been seeing at other leading eFX trading venues for the month of June, Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has reported that it saw an overall 4% MoM increase in trading volumes during June, including a 3% rise in FX trading volumes. FX volumes came in at $242 billion for June versus $235…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that it has decided to end operations through its Turkish subsidiary, Saxo Capital Markets Menkul Değerler A/Ş, to reduce complexity in the organization and bolster relationships with strong partners in Turkey. The company's office in Istanbul will be shut down. Saxo Bank had opened its Istanbul…
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Forex Industry News at LeapRate this past week was very much a microcosm of what's going on both very publicly, as well as behind the scenes in the sector, over the past few months. Binary options brokers scrambling amid new laws and regulations; foreign FX brokers trying but not always succeeding to get a foothold…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that its FCA regulated arm, Saxo Capital Markets UK Limited, is pulling out of the UK CFD and FX Association, a margin trading industry group. While not giving a specific reason, LeapRate has learned that Saxo is leaving the association in a dispute with the other members…
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LeapRate has learned that longtime Saxo Bank executive Emmanouil Lemonakis has left the company to join corporate payment systems provider iBanFirst. Mr. Lemonakis had been with Saxo Bank for more than 10 years. Since 2014 he was based in Cyprus and was responsible for Saxo Bank's operations in the Central Europe and MENA regions, focused on private…
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It was very much a week of new beginnings in Forex Industry News, with the key stories appearing exclusively at LeapRate: Betfred into getting the Retail FX business by launching TradeFred, FxPro launching spread betting, and Saxo Bank expanding its Australia footprint in a deal with leading online equities broker OpenMarkets. See below for more…
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Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has released a fairly interesting document called Enhanced Disclosures, which provides insight into Broker Incentive, Broker stability, Client Leverage and Performance. Saxo Bank released the document as part of the company signing up formally to the FX Global Code of Conduct. Some of the interesting insights from Saxo Bank's disclosure document…
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After a fairly slow April, Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has reported that it saw an overall 17% MoM increase in trading volumes during May, including a 14% rise in FX trading volumes. FX volumes came in at $235 billion for May, with total multi-asset volumes (including also Equities, Commodities and Fixed Income) totaling $331 billion for the month.…
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