ThinkMarkets launches Greek-language services LeapRate

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ThinkMarkets launches Greek-language services

ThinkMarkets, a global multi asset brokerage, just announced that has extended its European reach through the launch of its Greek-language offering. The global provider of forex and CFD trading will support the needs of Greek-speaking traders through its dedicated, round-the- clock online services. The firm announced the launch of its full-scale Greek-language website today which…

March 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters completes Clarient and Avox acquisitions

Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide a best-in-class standard of customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings. The Clarient and Avox acquisitions represent the next step…

March 21, 2017 BY admin

Match-Trade to launch ESMA/MIFID II compliance services

Match-Trade Technologies, headquartered in Irvine, California, today announced the launch of new services which will enable brokers to become compliant with European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II) new regulations and guidelines. The offering will provide dedicated solutions to meet the best execution policy requirements described in…

March 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats Europe launches buy-side access to new European equities block IOI platform

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, and BIDS Trading, L.P. announced today the successful buy-side focused launch of Bats LIS (Large in Scale), a new block trading service for the European equity market, on Friday, 17 March 2017. The platform, which rolled out to sell-side participants…

March 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Why has mobile adoption failed in financial trading?

Is trading is just too complex for mobile? Nicc Lewis, Chief Marketing Officer at Leverate, explains. To be sure this title could be considered misleading; has mobile trading failed or has our generation failed to pick it up? Certainly in South East Asia, in countries such as Malaysia, trading from a mobile device is the norm.…

March 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotware Systems releases cTrader with French accounts

Financial technology provider Spotware Systems announced upcoming support for a new AMF Compliant Account type. This will be made available following the release of their next version of cServer. cTrader is the first White Label trading platform to announce support for French clients in conjunction with the recent statement so far only issued in French…

March 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Global Brokerage releases Q4 results, repays part of Leucadia Credit Agreement

After the fairly steep decline in trading volumes released in February report, Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), recently renamed from FXCM Inc, today announced its fourth quarter results ended December 31, 2016. Fourth quarter 2016 Highlights & Updates: U.S. GAAP net revenues from continuing operations of $80.6 million U.S. GAAP net income attributable to Global Brokerage, Inc. from…

March 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Alpha Q1 results: Revenues £5.7 million, Profit £1.2 million, Client Cash £45 million

Following on our exclusive coverage of the 2016 results (12 months to September 30, 2016) of institutional FX brokerage ACM Group plc, more commonly known in the industry as just Alpha, we have been provided the company's results for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 indicating that Alpha's 2016 restructuring and strategy of focusing on…

March 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex broker XTB Q4 close to their best record ever

Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com, reported a 77.7 million PLN consolidated net profit in 2016 (to 119.0 million PLN year earlier). XTB net profit in the fourth quarter rose turn YoY by 206% to 50.4 million PLN. The fourth quarter was the very best for the Group throughout…

March 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: CySEC toughens on bonuses, EZTrader raises $3.5M, Stan Wawrinka ad debut, and lots more…

Some of our most popular, shared and commented-on posts this week in Forex Industry News at LeapRate included: CySEC gets tougher on bonus schemes, banning referral payments, trading competitions, and cash rebates. Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued an information circular, providing what it calls “additional guidance” to CIF licensed brokers on the types of bonus…

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