Category: Brokers

australia apac
March 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

IG Group and CMC Markets lead Australia forex broker market, Pepperstone #1 in client satisfaction

Financial research outlet Investment Trends has released its latest report on the Australia foreign exchange trading sector, showing continued growth of the Retail Forex sector down under. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 13,000 traders and investors conducted by Investment Trends in November 2016. Overall, Investment Trends calculated 4% growth…

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March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Saxo Bank to close Cyprus office

Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has just announced that it will close its office in Limassol, Cyprus. The office in Limassol has served as a hub for servicing clients in the CEE and MENA region. Clients will now be serviced from offices in Prague, Dubai and Copenhagen and will have access to the…

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March 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradeStation introduces simplified commission pricing for equities and options trades

Online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), just announced new per-trade pricing for stocks, ETFs and options for all new customers and all existing customers who notify TradeStation they would like to switch to the new pricing. This new, simplified pricing model – with…

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US retail forex market
March 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM enjoys its last month atop US Retail Forex client stats

The CFTC has published US retail forex broker data for the month of January 2017, indicating a slight 1.3% rise in assets held by US retail forex traders to $532 million, up from $523 million in December 2016. Continuing to lead the way in December was FXCM, now a unit of the recently rebranded Global Brokerage Inc…

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March 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HotForex upgrades its myHotForex Client Area

Forex and commodities broker, HotForex, just announced that has launched the new design of its myHotForex Client Area. HotForex aims to smoothen its traders’ and affiliates’ experience when managing their accounts, making deposits or withdrawals. The new myHotForex area includes: responsive and user-friendly design extra convenient navigation straightforward access to key information fine-tuned functionalities, ease…

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March 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Morgan Stanley ups holding in CFD broker Plus500 to 7.82%

LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that global investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has increased its stake in CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) to 7.82%, up from 6.5% in mid February and 2.4% as at the end of last year. Plus500 shares, and those of other leading UK online brokers including IG Group…

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March 05, 2017 BY admin

IG partners with China focused Forex broker m-FINANCE for liquidity

m-FINANCE Limited, a Forex and Bullion trading solutions provider with headquarters in Hong Kong and operations throughout Greater China has announced a new strategic partnership with IG Group Holdings plc (LON: IGG) that allows m-FINANCE’s brokerage clients to access IG’s unique liquidity pool. With headquarters based in the UK, IG is the largest retail FX…

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March 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Monex Group FX volumes down 21% in February to ¥156 billion ADV

Japanese online trading company Monex Group Inc. (TYO:8698) has reported its monthly business metrics for the month of February 2017, indicating a general decrease in activity from January. Overall at Monex, the number of Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs – the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue) was 262,809 in February –…

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