FX Industry Week Review: LMAX institutional crypto exchange, cTrader 3.0 platform rollout, and lots more LeapRate

May 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: LMAX institutional crypto exchange, cTrader 3.0 platform rollout, and lots more

What are LMAX Exchange's plans for its new institutional cryptocurrency exchange, LMAX Digital? What's new in version 3.0 of Spotware's popular cTrader platform, released this past week? What do institutional FX broker FIXI's £2.2 million fundraising, and hiring of new executives, say about the company's plans for the future? How much effect did IG Group…

May 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Leverate departures, Regulated crypto exchange launch, and lots more

Forex Industry News this past week at LeapRate covered topics including... Which senior executives have left FX platform and technology provider Leverate? And Saxo Bank? Which former Retail FX broker CEO (Oanda, Alpari) has launched a new regulated cryptocurrency exchange called DX.Exchange, in partnership with NASDAQ? Who is behind INFLYX, which has launched regulated liquidity…

May 13, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker results, Plus500 clone, and lots more

Forex Industry News this past week at LeapRate was punctuated by financial results from a variety of brokers from around the world. And with some of the results glowing while others showing losses, it clearly demonstrates that the past few months have been very much a case of the haves, and the have-nots, in the…

May 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Oanda acquired, crypto trading drives monster Plus500 results, and lots more

What a momentous week it was in Forex Industry News, with all the key stories appearing first or only on LeapRate! How big was Plus500's absolutely monstrous Q1? Who bought Oanda, one of the oldest online Retail FX brokers? How did the latest results looks like from ADS Securities and Capital Index? Which major FX…

April 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Affiliate acquisition, Forex broker results, DirectFX suspended, and lots more

Which crypto portal did leading FX affiliate group Investoo buy? How did the latest financial results pan out at GAIN Capital, Destek UK, and XTB? Why was Australia FX broker DirectFX suspended by ASIC? What management changes happened involving Saxo Bank, CFH, muinmos, and XTB? What is the nature of the new Saxo Bank agreement…

April 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: ATFX buys PositivaFX, New CEOs at Z.com and Capital.com, Binary Options fraud videos, and lots more…

The top Forex Industry News stories this past week appeared, once again, only at LeapRate. Who's behind the ATFX acquisition of CySEC licensed FX broker PositivaFX, as well as ATFX's expansion in the UK? Who's in, and who's out, as CEO at Retail FX and CFD brokers Z.com Trade and Capital.com? What do the changes tell…

April 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF comments on strong market volatility in February

Given the spike in volatility perceived by investors in early February, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published an analysis of the main products concerned and their behaviour during this period. Broadly speaking, the extent of investment strategies based on volatility calls for a certain vigilance. Following the publication on February 2 of an…

April 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Invest.com closes, Investing.com hires CEO, Forex broker fraud and blackmail, and lots more…

The top headlines in this past week's Forex Industry News were an odd mix of old faces in new places, a regulated Retail FX broker shutting its doors, and charges of fraud, slippage and blackmail. Which binary options executive is the new CEO of Investing.com? Why did Invest.com renounce its CySEC license and end all…

April 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex-CFD leverage cap in Europe, Binary Options CEO charged, and lots more…

Forex Industry News and commentary this past week at LeapRate was clearly dominated by ESMA's (not so surprising) decision to cap Forex and CFD trading leverage at 30x - and that just for Forex major pairs. All other instruments, including cryptocurrencies, will be subject to an even lower leverage maximum. How did leading EU brokers…

March 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Markets.com's new CEO, Z.com Trade and eToro raise capital, IG's record Revenues, and lots more…

Who did Markets.com hire from ThinkMarkets to be its new CEO? How much money did Retail FX brokers Z.com Trade, and eToro, each raise? And why? What drove IG Group's record Revenues this past quarter? Who is the new Head of Marketing at Leverate? Answers to these questions and a whole lot more appeared exclusively…

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