Category: Exclusive

AxiTrader UK
June 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: AxiTrader hires London-based Paul Kiff from GKFX as its new Global Head of Trading

LeapRate Exclusive... Australian retail forex broker AxiTrader has taken an interesting step in becoming more of a global broker, while beefing up its FCA-regulated UK operation. LeapRate has learned that AxiTrader has hired industry veteran Paul Kiff to its London team as the new Global Head of Trading. That function will operate our of London, instead of…

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Z.com GMO Click UK
June 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: GMO Click UK retail FX unit Z.com Trade posts £1.8 million loss in Fiscal 2017

LeapRate Exclusive… Even for the largest global retail forex brokers, breaking into the coveted UK online trading market isn't easy. LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), posted a £1.8 million (USD $2.3 million) net loss for Fiscal 2017,…

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Hirose UK regulated binary options
June 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Hirose UK revenues drop 47% as Binary Options bet fails

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Hirose Financial UK Ltd., the FCA regulated arm of Japanese retail forex brokerage group Hirose Tusyo Inc (TYO:7185), saw its Revenues tumble by 47% in Fiscal 2017 (year ended March 31, 2017) to just £496,000, down from £928,000 last year. Hirose UK also reported a net loss…

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Saxo Bank OpenMarkets Australia
June 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Saxo Bank in Australia partnership with OpenMarkets

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Copenhagen-based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has inked a new partnership with Australian online cash equities broker OpenMarkets. We expect the parties to make a formal announcement shortly. OpenMarkets is one of Australia’s fastest-growing online stockbrokers. The agreement is a reciprocal one, which will see OpenMarkets and Saxo Bank,…

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FxPro offices
June 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FxPro changes - CSO Vanessa Spyrou resigns, spreadbetting launch, Premier League shirt sponsor, Dubai FX office, and more...

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned in conversations with senior management and others close to the situation that several big changes are cooking at leading CySEC and FCA regulated retail forex broker FxPro. We'd note, before outlining some of these changes below, that a number of rumors are being spread via email by someone who is…

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capital.com mobile cfd trading app
June 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: CySEC licensed Capital.com goes live with focus on mobile CFD trading

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that website Capital.com has gone live, after several months in testing mode. We had exclusively reported in mid April about the company's initial receipt of a CySEC CIF license (by parent company Capital Com SV Investments Ltd), in an interview with Capital.com CEO Kira Bondareva. Capital.com is clearly focusing on mobile trading,…

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GBE Brokers website
June 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: GBE Brokers hires Jaymes Marsh as Global Head of Marketing

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated retail forex and CFD broker GBE Brokers has hired FX industry veteran Jaymes Payten-Marsh to a newly created position of Global Head of Marketing. Mr. Marsh joins GBE Brokers in Cyprus. He was previosuly Marketing Director at FxNet, and Head of Marketing and Communications at FXTM. GBE Brokers, whose management…

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