According to my calculations, should Europe be successful in making Britain pay £1 billion in emergency funding to Greece from taxpayers' money, that would equate to £1,445 for each person employed in London's financial sector, which is the economic powerhouse of the entire continent. Should Britain bow to European pressure and pour hard-earned money down the black hole?
Read moreDoes a regulatory authority have a responsibility to shareholders, FX companies and customers alike? Most certainly it does
Read moreFrom the exclusive Business Tower Hotel in Lima, Peru, LeapRate takes a close look at how an entire retail FX industry is being established in Latin America, with education by some of the world's senior industry executives at the helm
Read moreA very close run between the Conservative and Labour parties made many large interdealer brokers and banks in London consider leaving the UK. Andrew Saks-McLeod takes the gloves off and explains very openly what lies ahead, and why the Conservative victory is a great relief for London's FX industry
Read moreSenior industry figures from a host of FX companies met top venture capital investors in Tel Aviv, Israel today. to look at investment and growth in one of the world's most successful regions for FX, financial technology and highly valuable start ups
Read moreLotus F1 racing driver Romain Grosjean and LeapRate senior executive Andrew Saks-McLeod witness the live launch of Saxo Bank's cutting edge SaxoTraderGo device-neutral platform, marking a revolution in trading interfaces. Stay with us for an exciting day of live reporting from the launch in Paris
Read moreGeneva is home to a largely untapped array of high net worth institutional traders, several hundred of whom convene monthly to enjoy a luxury fashion show and champagne
Read moreAn animated debate on LeapRate TV about geotargeting, and how the FX industry can use new media to empower their online presence in 2015
Read moreLeapRate Managing Editor Andrew Saks-McLeod looks behind the dramatic media depictions of the falling Euro and the dominance of the dollar, considers a focus on overall circumstance to be vital in addition to pure real time figures
Read moreYesterday, LeapRate posed the question as to what is worse; a single black swan event, or a period of low volumes? Today, Saxo Bank considers reversing its decision to raise margin requirements on CHF trades after a 37.5% drop in trading activity in February as the industry begins to consider the dichotomy between single events that cause extreme volatility and prolonged periods of low volumes
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