Vontobel joins as issuer on Swissquote’s Swiss DOTS, adds 10,000 leveraged products LeapRate

March 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Vontobel joins as issuer on Swissquote's Swiss DOTS, adds 10,000 leveraged products

Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it is expanding its range of products on the Swiss DOTS trading platform, with the addition of new issuer Vontobel Investment Banking. Approximately 10,000 additional leveraged products will be issued from launch. This complements the existing offering from UBS and Goldman Sachs as well as from Commerzbank…

March 27, 2017 BY admin

Admiral Markets appoints new country manager in Poland

EU and UK regulated Forex broker Admiral Markets announced that Adam Narczewski, a highly experienced industry professional, has accepted the post of Country Manager for Admiral Markets Poland. Mr. Narczewski has ample experience in helping companies become industry leaders. Prior to joining Admiral Markets Poland, he served as Deputy Regional Director at X-Trade Brokers DM,…

March 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moneyfarm announces partnership with Allianz Global Investors

Digital wealth manager Moneyfarm just launched a partnership with Allianz Global Investors which will provide access to an active wealth management solution at institutional cost to UK employees of Allianz companies. This follows Allianz’s strategic investment in Moneyfarm, which was announced in September 2016. In an industry and European first, the two organisations have developed…

March 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BT opens tech-packed showcase for financial services firms

Provider of network, cloud, and security services BT Global Services UK (LON: BT.A) just announced the opening of a new customer experience showcase for its financial industry clients. Located at its Adastral Park research and development hub in the UK, it demonstrates how digital innovations can be securely adopted throughout a financial services organisation to…

March 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Australia parliament passes new legislation to protect Retail Forex client money

Breaking Forex News... LeapRate has learned that Australia's parliament today passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures No 1) Bill 2016, known more commonly as the Retail Client Money law. We had reported back in November that the Australian government was going to change the rules as to what ASIC licensed retail brokers offering over-the-counter derivatives products (read:…

March 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Spain CFD rules, XTB's new CEO, IG and Alpha results, and lots more…

Another wild week in Forex Industry News with more regulator action, more executive moves, more financial results from leading brokers and liquidity providers... ... and you read about all the important stories first or exclusively at LeapRate. Our top guest post of the week was also our most read and discussed post: Why has mobile adoption…

March 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIX and IBM partner to strengthen cyber defense for financial service providers

IBM Security (NYSE: IBM) and SIX, the operator of the infrastructure underpinning the Swiss financial sector, today announced plans to leverage IBM Watson for Cyber Security in a new cognitive Security Operations Center (SOC). The new facility will be housed at SIX’s offices in Switzerland to provide localized cyber security services tailored to needs of…

March 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

INFINOX partners with Knightsbridge Academy for FX trading seminars

FCA regulated retail forex and CFD broker INFINOX Capital Limited has announced that it is partnering with London-based trading academy Knightsbridge to offer a range of forex trading training courses and mentoring. Clients will be able to participate in training courses ranging from a 3 Hour FX Insight seminar, a 5 week Online FX Master…

March 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ announces update on interest rates

ANZ today announced an update on variable home loan and business loan interest rates. Principal and interest owner-occupier home lending Variable interest rates for the 80% of owner-occupier borrowers who repay principal and interest on their standard variable home loan remain unchanged at 5.25%pa. Investor home lending The variable interest rate paid by property investors…

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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