Retail Forex broker FXCM has announced its volume results for February, the last month for which FXCM had both US and non-US volumes to report. FXCM sold its US client base to rival Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) and its Forex.com retail FX unit at the end of February, after the company and CEO Drew Niv…
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Retail Forex broker Saxo Bank has changed the way it reports its monthly trading volumes, dividing out figures between four major asset classes - Commodities, Equities, Fixed Income, and of course FX. The Copenhagen-based broker has been actively promoting to both retail and institutional clients the multi-asset nature of its offering, and this latest added…
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Behavioral profiling based trading tool provider PsyQuation just announced that starts to offer the functionality of its robo trading coach to GO Markets clients via the brokers client portal. CEO of PsyQuation Michael Berman commented: GO Markets were focused on simplifying the sign-up process, allowing their clients to opt-in to Psyquation through their new online portal.…
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UK-FCA regulated brokerage London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON: LCG), today launched their new TV ad spot featuring number three ranked tennis player in the world Stan Wawrinka. The advert is part of the four-year partnership that the three-time Grand Slam winner signed with LCG, becoming their Global Brand Ambassador. He also received 5 million…
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Exness also reported highest ever number of active clients during a calendar month at 42,423.
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Special administrator RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP has filed an update on its work on the bankruptcy of retail forex broker LQD Markets. LQD Markets went belly-up in the wake of the January 2015 Swiss Franc spike - meaning that some former clients are still waiting for their money back, more than two years on. According…
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Retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has reported its 2016 year-end and Q4 financial results, as well as trading volume metrics for the month of February 2017. And, the results are very mixed. On the one hand, Q4 was a very strong one at Gain Capital and its Forex.com retail FX unit, following…
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Continuing a theme we are seeing from a number of leading retail forex brokers over the past few months, CySEC-regulated JFD Brokers has just announced a redesign of its website with what it calls a 'clean design'. The trend in Retail Forex, certainly compared to the Home Pages of brokers in the not-so-distant past, is…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) sets out below the process by which Plus500 will withhold tax on any dividends distributed by the Group, including with respect to the upcoming dividend, as set forth below. On 7 February 2017, the Group announced a final dividend per share of $0.3799 ($43.6 million) and a special dividend per…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated retail forex broker GKFX has hired Hannah Hill as its new Head of Public Relations and Brand. Ms. Hill is a well known Forex industry figure. She worked most recently in the London office of Israel-based retail forex broker eToro as Head of Brand Marketing, helping eToro…
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