Tag: IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG)

October 17, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Gain Capital shares drop to 52 week low as investors' patience wanes

Tough times for the US based retail forex brokers. And their shareholders. Shares of Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), parent company of retail forex broker Forex.com and institutional brand GTX, have continued to drift downward the past few months, hitting a 52 week low late last week. At Friday's close of $5.70, Gain Capital shares are…

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October 11, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Boston Ivy partnering with Sedo.com to auction domains .markets, .trading, .forex and .broker

Boston Ivy domain registry today announces its partnership with Sedo.com, the world's largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, for an upcoming auction of premium domain names. The online auction, which will run from October 27 until November 3, 2016, will mostly feature financial domain names, reflecting four of Boston Ivy's six Top Level Domains - .markets,…

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October 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Stater Global Markets launches as new Prime-of-Prime FX brokerage - LeapRate Exclusive Interview

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... LeapRate has learned that former Citi, IG and Integral executive Ramy Soliman has been appointed CEO of a new FCA regulated London based Prime of Prime Brokerage, called Stater Global Markets. Backed by Stater Holdings in New Zealand, Stater Global Markets will be offering clients institutional access to the FX market, with direct…

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September 30, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

IG Group buys Forex research site DailyFX from FXCM Inc for $40 million

Well it looks as if FXCM still does have some salable assets. Continuing its parade of asset sales in order to repay its high-interest loan from Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK), retail forex broker FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM) has sold its very popular research, education and market news website DailyFX to UK online trading giant IG Group Holdings plc…

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August 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Markets.com canceling office space, IronFX-FXDD update, Ryan Gagne's $45M Whistleblower award, and lots more...

Some weeks our Forex Industry News ticker at LeapRate seems to be churning out the same ol' thing - volumes, financial results, broker fines, executive moves, new office here, new product there.... And some weeks, as Monty Python would say, it feels like And Now for Something Completely Different. Well it was one of those kinds…

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