Category: Exclusive

squareddirect website
November 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Retail FX broker ProbusFX rebrands as SquaredDirect

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC licensed retail forex broker ProbusFX has rebranded as SquaredDirect (at website squareddirect.com). Additionally, the company's legal name has been changed from Aspide Financial Limited to Squared Financial (CY) Limited. This apparently comes as part of the company’s restructuring and pairing up with its sister company, SquaredPro, to form the Squared Financial…

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Infinox website
November 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Infinox more than doubles Revenues in 2018 to £41.7M

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker Infinox Capital saw tremendous growth for the second year in a row in Fiscal 2018 (the company has a March 31 fiscal year end). Revenues at Infinox, formerly known as GO Markets UK, more than doubled during 2018 to £41.7…

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hantec markets office
November 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Hantec Markets grows revenues 38% to £5.3M in 2018

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker Hantec Markets had a fairly successful Fiscal 2018 year, with the company growing its Revenues by 38% and turning a 2017 net loss into a handy net profit for the year. Hantec has a June 30 fiscal year end,…

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Iain Rogers GMI
November 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Iain Rogers leaves Pepperstone for COO job at GMI UK

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Pepperstone UK Managing Director Iain Rogers has resigned his position in the company. And, following a brief garden leave, Mr. Rogers plans to join FCA regulated institutional FX and CFDs broker Global Market Index Limited (GMI UK), as the company's new COO. Iain Rogers joined Pepperstone about a year and…

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Pepperstone office
November 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Pepperstone grows revenues 54% in 2018 to AUD $256 million

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that leading Australian retail forex brokerage group Pepperstone has continued its impressive growth trajectory, growing the business by more than 50% in Fiscal 2018. Pepperstone has a June 30 fiscal year end, so the results described are for the year ended June 30, 2018. Fiscal 2018 completed…

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Markets.com trading platform
November 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Vincenzo Roselli joins Markets.com as Head of Business

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that experienced FX industry marketing executive Vincenzo Roselli has joined Markets.com as the company's new Head of Business. Vincenzo Roselli is joining Markets.com, the retail FX arm of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), from FX and crypto affiliate group Investoo.com, where he had spent just over a year in charge of growing Investoo’s relationships with…

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Fortrade website 2018
October 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FX / CFD broker Fortrade sees revenues flat in 2017

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker Fortrade Limited had a fairly flat year in 2017, after tripling its revenue and activity base in 2016. Fortrade popped up on the UK CFD scene in 2016, as noted nearly tripling its revenue that year to £15.9 million,…

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Alex Katsaros Fondex CEO
October 24, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Fondex launches cTrader based Retail FX brokerage

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a new CySEC licensed Retail FX brokerage has launched called Fondex, at website fondex.com. Fondex is a multi-asset CFD brokerage that is launching using Spotware’s cTrader updated platform: a 3-in-1 solution that has integrated manual, copy and automated trading functionalities. We spoke with Fondex CEO Alex Katsaros about the launch…

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