Commissions from UK CFD trading advisor Galvan already contributed $2.3 million to Gain Capital revenues in Q3 last year.
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... ASIC regulated retail forex broker DMM FX, a subsidiary of Japanese group DMM.com Group, has amended its corporate policy to preclude client trading around the announcement of economic news releases. Effectively, DMM FX will disable trading for clients close to and during economic releases. It means that clients will be unable to either…
Read moreLeading Japanese retail forex broker GMO Click, a division of GMO Internet Inc. (TYO:9449), has reported its best ever month for volumes in December, at ¥123.78 trillion. Its previous best ever was ¥114.92 in October - making December 7.7% above GMO's previous record volumes. Due to the depreciating Yen, in dollar terms GMO's volumes were slightly below…
Read moreHow does the valuation here compare with FXCM's purchase of FXDD's US clients a few months ago?
Read moreThe first real trading day of 2015 (not counting the light post New Years session on Friday) saw the year kick off in the red Monday, and with heightened volatility across all instrument types: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) dropped 331 points and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) was off 37, marking a more-than 1.8% fall…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that multi-asset platform provider PFSOFT is set to formally change its brand, website and corporate name to Protrader Solutions. Protrader is already the name of PFSOFT's flagship platform product. The new website www.protrader.com is already up and running. The company is expected to make a formal announcement and marketing push…
Read moreWe expect Forex brokers to introduce more sports sponsorships and trading competitions in 2015. IronFX has combined both.
Read moreWell that didn't take long. On the first trading day of 2015, ECB President Mario Draghi's comments sent the Euro plummeting toward the 1.20 line. Draghi told German newspaper Handelsblatt that more easing action was likely early this year, as the risks of deflation well outweighed those of inflation. With the Eurozone in a continued economic funk,…
Read moreIPOs, industry consolidation and major website makeovers highlight our list of how the industry will continue to evolve in the new year.
Read moreIt is a question which many readers ask us - what do people search for on LeapRate? Well here's a brief snapshot of the most popular search terms on LeapRate during 2014. Note that this is NOT a list of popular Google / Yahoo / Yandex / Baidu searches which brought readers to us. That…
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