Exclusive interview: In talks with BlackBull Markets’ Michael Walker LeapRate

August 25, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive interview: In talks with BlackBull Markets' Michael Walker

LR: What is the primary focus of BlackBull Markets? Michael: Our primary vision is to provide an institutional multi-asset and service brokerage to both retail and institutional investors giving them affordable market access, stability, accountability, and outstanding service from our FMA regulated New Zealand head office. LR: You just got a NZ derivatives issuer licence.…

August 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive interview: Ladies talk finance! Female inspirations and role models in the financial world

We cannot publish this article without having Natallia Hunik in it. She is a Chief Revenue Officer at Advanced Markets. Being a recognised industry leader in the development of international business and creating and leading high performing FX sales teams, she has more than 8 years’ experience in the financial field. Prior to joining Advanced…

July 30, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Taking a constructive approach to client integration: IS Prime’s Daniel Crane speaks

LR: A key part of your role is to optimise the client’s setup for pricing and execution. Is this an area that the technology vendors would normally get involved with? Daniel: Much of the value a PoP should offer is in helping clients set up their environment to get the best out of the existing…

July 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Interview: FXCM's Kourosh Khanloo on the market situation in Germany

LR: Any new company offerings you want to share with us? Khanloo: Recently, there have been stock CFDs on for instance Facebook and Google that can be traded without commission*. We also want to gradually expand our product range to include additional companies from the USA, UK, France, Germany and Spain. We have also expanded…

July 09, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

The key milestones leading to business success: IS Prime's Raj Sitlani speaks

LR: Your growth has been meteoric. What were the key milestones? Raj: For the first two years we focused heavily on client acquisition and, based on the strength of our offering, quickly attracted many of the largest brokers in the world including from ASIC, CYSEC and FCA regulated entities. After trading for two years, we…

June 29, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

LeapRate interview: Pavel Kulko in talks about KeySoft Group’s META<em>fx</em> products

LR: What are KeySoft Group products? Pavel: KeySoft Group proprietary software includes a suite of products that support MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 multi-asset platforms for trading Forex, exchange instruments and futures. The products support advanced financial trading functions and offer superior tools for technical and fundamental analysis. METAfx Multi Account Manager (МАМ) for MetaTrader…

June 25, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: ActivTrades expects record revenues in H1 2020: A talk with CEO Alex Pusco

LR: How did these new products perform given the plummet in oil prices seen earlier in the year, with WTI even seeing negative prices? These products were quickly developed in response to previously unforeseen prices on oil contracts nearing expiry. We wanted to offer our clients an alternative solution to traditional products that would enable them…

June 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Exclusive interview: iTrustCapital’s CEO Todd Southwick: “Physical gold is an insurance policy”

LR: How does the purchase of physical gold within an overall portfolio allocation generally create a "diversification benefit"? Todd: A gold ETF investor buys it as a hedge against inflation and to diversify from stocks and bonds. A physical gold investor buys gold not just as a hedge against inflation, but also to hedge against…

June 09, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Interview with SquaredFinancial's CEO: Traders’ demands in 2020 - access and products

LR: According to you, what are some of the issues in the financial sector at the moment (let’s discuss banking and payment solutions, for example)? One of the main problems facing existing and new brokerages is that they cannot set-up accounts with tier 1 banks to manage payments. They are forced to use tier 2…

May 27, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive interview: CFI's Founder Hisham Mansour: "Business dynamics have completely changed"

LR: What are key traders’ demands in 2020 so far? Hisham: Traders demands have not changed much recently with most still demanding a very streamlined user journey, cost efficient and uninterrupted access to the financial markets and most of all a superior execution venue they can rely on to get their orders filled at the best…

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