April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Proinvest Solutions clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Proinvest Solutions. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX confirms compliance with IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that it has successfully completed an annual assurance review of MOEX indices’ compliance with the Principles for Financial Benchmarks published by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The review was performed on MOEX’s equity and bond indices, benchmark fixings including the MOEX USD/RUB FX Fixing, pension fund indices as well…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CFI Group unifies names under the Credit Financier Invest - CFI brand

Leading investment and trading corporation CFI Financial Group Holding has announced that it has joined the forces of all its corporate entities under the name Credit Financier Invest and CFI brand. As of April 3, 2018, the company's Larnaca based CySEC regulated subsidiary CFI Markets Ltd. becomes Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Ltd., in line with the other group…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse cash markets' trading volume up 33% YoY in 1Q

Deutsche Börse has announced that its cash markets have achieved a turnover of €165.1 billion in March (2017: €135.7 billion). In the first quarter of 2018, the trading volume was €480.1 billion – an increase of around 33 percent compared with the first three months in 2017 with €361.5 billion. Of the €165.1 billion, €152.2…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FxPro expands trader education offerings

Retail FX brokerage group FxPro has announced an expansion in its offering of trader education products. According to the company, FxPro's 'Learn from a Pro' series of trading webinars and seminars has been extraordinarily well received. Since originally launching the initiative last year, the group has maintained its long-standing commitment to providing traders with comprehensive educational…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Gold-i launches Matrix Net enabling Prime-of-Primes and LPs to distribute multi-asset liquidity

MetaTrader technologies specialist Gold-i has announced that it has extended the capabilities of its multi-asset liquidity management platform, Matrix, with the launch of Matrix Net. Matrix Net enables Prime of Prime brokers and Liquidity Providers to distribute multi-asset liquidity to brokers who use Gold-i’s Matrix, MT4 Bridge and MT5 Gateway products. Matrix Net leverages Gold-i’s…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX broker Juno Markets removed from Hong Kong SFC Alert List

LeapRate has learned that Retail FX broker Juno Markets has been removed from Hong Kong Financial regulator SFC's Alert List. The Alert List is a compilation of entities which have come to the attention of the SFC because they are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank launches new SaxoTraderPRO trading platform aimed at active and institutional traders

Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced the launch of SaxoTraderPRO, a new trading platform for active traders and institutional clients offering what the company calls a unique combination of a feature rich trading platform and ease of use. Catering to active traders and institutional clients, SaxoTraderPRO is set to replace the current…

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April 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Brian Myers resigns as CEO of FX broker GKFX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Brian Myers (pictured above) has resigned his position as CEO of FCA regulated Retail FX broker GKFX Financial Services Limited. In the interim, GKFX CFO Rod Martenstyn will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer, pending regulatory approval, with immediate effect. Brian Myers joined GKFX as CEO in late 2016…

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