FX Industry Week Review: Forex brokers rebrand, beware Revshare deals, and lots more LeapRate

November 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex brokers rebrand, beware Revshare deals, and lots more

Which retail and institutional forex brokers announced new names and major rebrandings? What's wrong with liquidity provider Revshare agreements? Which major Playtech shareholder sold a chunk of its stake, for the first time since June 2017? Who is PrimeXM's new Head of Sales? Answers to these questions and more appeared first or only at LeapRate.…

November 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: UK Forex broker CEO resigns, record results, and lots more

Which FCA regulated Retail FX broker saw its CEO resign.... and move to a rival firm? Which global FX broker saw Revenues rise 54% in 2018 to a record $184 million? Who did Saxo Bank name as Deputy CEO - and successor to CEO Kim Fournais? How did recent results pan out at Hantec Markets,…

October 28, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker launch, Plus500 results hit by leverage cap, and lots more

How much did ESMA's new leverage cap affect the Q3 results of leading UK CFD broker Plus500? Who is behind the launch of Fondex, a new CySEC-licensed Retail FX brand? What is Finotec's (latest) new strategy, following a net loss in 2017? How will Swissquote be enabling its clients to participate in ICOs? Which major…

October 21, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: DirectFX bankrupt, 888markets.com launch, and lots more

What led to the bankruptcy of what was once one of Australia's better known Retail FX brands? Who left his CEO position of an FCA licensed FX brokerage, to launch a new Retail FX brand? How is that new brand related to a leading online gaming brand? Where did Richard Bartlett (ex PrimeXM head of…

October 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: FCA's post-Brexit plans, Playtech raises €530M, GAIN returns $50M, and lots more

What are the FCA's plans for the "day after" in case a Hard Brexit happens, with no agreement in place with the EU on MiFID and passporting? Why did Playtech raise €530 million? Why is FOREX.com parent company GAIN Capital returning $50 million in capital to shareholders? How did the shares of Retail FX brokers do…

October 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker gives up CySEC license, LCG and ETX results, and lots more

Which Retail FX broker was the latest to renounce its CySEC CIF license, and leave Cyprus? Were ETX Capital and LCG able to rebound from losses in their most recently reported fiscal periods? Who became the latest significant institutional investor in Markets.com parent Playtech? Which FX industry executives changed places this week? (There were several!).…

September 30, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: IG CEO resigns, InterTrader buys Sigma Trading, FXall for sale, and lots more

Looking back, this seems like the week when ESMA's Forex and CFD leverage cap - which ESMA formally extended for a further three months, with minor modifications - really began to make its mark on the online trading industry as a whole. Revenue and earnings misses. Executives departing. CFD brokers being sold. And this is probably…

September 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: China forex crackdown, marketing around ESMA, and lots more

If you weren't on LeapRate this week, then you missed (or heard late about) all the key Forex Industry News stories including: What are EU Forex brokers doing to circumvent the ESMA leverage cap? What measures are Chinese authorities taking to crack down on illegal FX brokerage activity? (And, what exactly does it consider "illegal"?)…

September 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker ownership changes, executive moves, and lots more

Forex industry news at LeapRate this week centered on a number of changes in ownership (and board seats) at some of the best-known names in the Retail FX sector. Who took over control of Saxo Bank? (And at what valuation?) Who sold control of Pepperstone? (And to whom?) Who is replacing Playtech and the company's…

September 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Forex broker goes offshore, Plus500 shareholders cash in, and lots more

Which Retail FX broker decided to 'move offshore', from its home country to St. Vincent? Which Plus500 shareholders pocketed more than $400 million from the sale of stock? What are Tickmill UK's trading volumes? Admiral Markets' revenues? Answers to these questions and more appeared first or only at LeapRate. Some of our most viewed and…

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