Maria Nikolova
LeapRate Analyst
February 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Russia's CRFIN blacklists investment project Leveron

Russia's Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN) today added another entry to its list of fraudulent investment companies: Leveron (https://leveron.org/), a brand of Worldwide Finance Group Ltd. CRFIN's attention was drawn to the online project after numerous complaints by investors. The company, which offers a range of investment services to clients…

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February 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

JPMorgan takes its stake in Plus500 back down to 5.19%

Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS), the CFD broker famous for its efficient marketing and robust financial metrics, today published an announcement on some changes in shareholdings. According to the announcement, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) sold 3,024,198 shares in the broker on February 19, 2015. This leaves the investment bank with 5,957,023 shares in Plus500, which is…

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February 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Dukascopy to set leverage on EUR pairs at 1:30 over the weekend

Switzerland-based retail Forex broker Dukascopy has announced it will introduce a specific leverage of 1:30 on all currency pairs with the euro (EUR) over the coming weekend. The new margin requirements become effective today (February 20, 2015) at 18:00 GMT, with the specific leverage to be removed after market opening on Sunday night. The broker…

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February 18, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari RU to set 20 currency pairs to “Close Only” regime

Russian retail Forex broker Alpari (RU) has earlier today announced that it will reshuffle its menu of trading instruments on accounts for the MT4 platform. Some currency pairs are bound to be shifted to “Close Only” mode, while new ones will be added to the list of trading options. Let's start with the good news.…

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February 17, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Russia's CRFIN adds Panteon-Finance to Black List

The Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN), Russia's Forex self-regulatory organization, has been pretty active lately in enlarging its list of fraudulent companies. The latest company to join the “Black List” is Panteon-Finance Ltd. The SRO has decided to blacklist the company after receiving numerous complaints by investors over their inability…

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February 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Work on implementing Russia's Forex law commences

LeapRate is keeping you up to date with all of the latest regulatory developments across the globe, with a piece of positive news coming from Russia these days. About a month and a half after Vladimir Putin signed the Forex law, the actual work on implementing all of the new rules has begun. On February…

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February 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Following warning from Alpari, Russia's CRFIN blacklists Forex Trend

Forex Trend, the retail Forex brokerage registered in New Zealand, seems to be the focus of negative publicity lately, with Russia's Forex self-regulatory organization CRFIN adding its voice to the chorus of warnings against the company. Earlier today, the Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN) added Forex Trend (https://fx-trend.com/home), a retail…

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February 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari RU reverses course on MT5 demo accounts

A short update on LeapRate's article from earlier this week on Alpari's plans to drop support for demo accounts for the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform. In a surprise move on Thursday, the Russian retail Forex broker reversed its plans and said it would continue offering trading on demo accounts on MT5 to its clients. The company…

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February 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Data sees steady revenues in Q4'14, income drops 29% Q/Q

Interactive Data Corporation, the trading infrastructure and financial information services provider, has just reported its financial metrics for the fourth quarter and full year 2014, with revenues showing a continued rise but income from operations registering a double-digit drop when compared to results from the preceding quarter. Let's take a look at the numbers. Q4…

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