Category: Exclusive

March 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

True Trade Markets COO Ashraf Agha resigns ahead of planned forex broker launch

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that True Trade Markets co-founder and COO Ashraf Agha has resigned, prior to the company's planned launch later this Spring. As was reported exclusively by LeapRate last November, FCA-regulated True Trade Markets (formally True Trade Ltd) was created by controlling shareholder and New York based entrepreneur Michael Frey, whose company designs…

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March 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary Options broker Anyoption requests affiliates sign letter on marketing use of German TV star Robert Geiss

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that binary options broker Anyoption has sent a circular out to its affiliates, regarding unauthorized advertising and promotion which one or more of its affiliates has been doing. Apparently, one or more Anyoption affiliates has been actively marketing the company in Europe using the images of Robert and Carmen Geiss…

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March 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Regulated broker Opteck drops Binary Options from its trading lineup

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Cyprus regulated broker Opteck (operating at opteck.com) has recently dropped Binary Options from its list of tradable assets. Opteck, which is a brand of CySEC CIF license holder Centralspot Trading Ltd, has been operating for several years and marketing itself mainly as a Binary Options broker. As a licensed CIF…

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March 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

XTB stays internal, taps Omar Arnaout as its new CEO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings made in Poland that Warsaw-based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates the XTB.com retail forex brokerage as well as the X Open Hub platform business, has decided to promote from within in replacing recently departed CEO Jakub Maly. As was exclusively reported by LeapRate in…

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March 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

BlackRock takes its position in IG Group to above 10%

LeapRate Exclusive… Some of the world's leading institutional investors continue to make big bets on a turnaround in shares of leading UK online brokers, which were hit hard late last year after the FCA proposed new strict rules governing Forex and CFD trading. LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) has increased…

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March 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Tradeworks hires Graham Moss from Gwazy, adds Cyprus presence for selling its auto trading platform to Forex brokers

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Denmark based financial trading technology provider Tradeworks has hired longtime Gwazy / Windsor Brokers executive Graham Moss. Based in Cyprus, Mr. Moss will be responsible for selling Tradeworks' auto trading platform into the Cyprus Retail Forex broker community, and beyond. Graham Moss has spent the past eight years with…

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March 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Vipro Markets hires Philippos Psyllos from JFD Brokers as CTO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated retail forex broker Vipro Markets has hired Philippos Psyllos as its new CTO. Philippos Psyllos joins Vipro from JFD Brokers, also based in Cyprus and licensed by CySEC, where he was co-head of technology for the past two years. Mr. Psyllos was previously head of IT support at…

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