Hantec Markets sees Revenue grow 24% in 2015, client assets top £10 million LeapRate

November 25, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Hantec Markets sees Revenue grow 24% in 2015, client assets top £10 million

Hantec Markets, the London-based FCA regulated forex and CFD broker, has reported its financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, showing significant improvement in the business. Hantec Markets is a joint venture between Hong Kong based multinational finance house Hantec Group, and management led by Bashir Nurmohamed (CEO, ex ODL) and Hayel Abu-Hamdan…

November 24, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

ETX Capital expands rebrand to .com and .ie domains - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... Continuing our exclusive coverage of the changes afoot at UK-based spreadbetting, Forex and CFD broker ETX Capital... We had reported about a month ago that ETX was beta testing a new look website, logo, and consolidated trading platform in South Africa via its .co.za domain. Well it looks as though the testing went…

October 26, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

ActivTrades is latest Forex Broker to be the victim of a hack attack - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA-regulated MT4 broker ActivTrades has been the latest Forex Industry victim of a hack attack. We had earlier reported that FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) suffered a hit by hackers which saw client information compromised and even some wire transfers initiated (note that this did not occur in the ActivTrades hack, more…

October 26, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

AxiTrader UK adds two senior institutional FX sales people from Gain Capital, Lloyd Moncur and Daniel Beale - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Australia-based retail forex broker AxiTrader has hired two senior institutional sales people away from Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), as part of AxiTrader's continued buildup of its FCA-regulated UK arm and European business. Lloyd Moncur joins AxiTrader, reporting directly to AxiTrader General Manager Alex Mackinnon, after having served as Director Institutional…

October 21, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Admiral Markets UK boosts capital by repaying £120,000 loan to parent company

FCA-regulated Forex and CFD broker Admiral Markets UK has boosted its capital levels, by repaying a £120,000 subordinated loan to its parent company, Admiral Markets Group AS, based in Estonia. The loan was cancelled in return for the issuance of new shares of Admiral Markets UK to the parent company, effectively moving the loan amount…

October 21, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

New XTB retail chief Joshua Raymond - LeapRate Exclusive Interview

Joshua Raymond, who joins XTB Online Trading after a decade in various roles at City Index, discusses UK Forex market share, growing abroad, and the challenges of his new job.

October 09, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

MahiFX still looking to take down clone site Great Trade, as it targets FCA regulation - LeapRate Exclusive

Great Trade literally copied pictures of MahiFX's senior management, presenting them as their own.

October 02, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

ETX Capital replaces its CFO - Andrew Woolley hired from Moneycorp

Andrew Woolley, Moneycorp's Executive Director - Corporate Foreign Exchange Division, replaces Marcus Scarlett as CFO of ETX.

September 04, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

TradeNext terminates all Retail client relationships and is returning funds - LeapRate Exclusive

The FCA-regulated retail forex broker has also laid off a large amount of staff in a major cost cutting initiative.

July 29, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM Stock Trading set to be sold to AS Expobank - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned from industry sources that FXCM's next asset sale will be that of its regulated UK CFD arm FXCM Stock Trading. Apparently FXCM is in advanced negotiations to sell FXCM Stock Trading to AS Expobank. Controlled by Russian multimillionaire Igor Kim, Expobank is one of the oldest banks in Latvia, with a branch…

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