It is a common situation faced by many Forex brokers: the sales team have attracted an enthusiastic lead, compliance measures have been completed correctly, the lead is all set to deposit a significant sum to your brokerage, and you sit awaiting the incoming funds on the dashboard. But then, instead of seeing a sizable number…
Read moreThe management turnover at forex broker platform and technology provider Leverate is continuing, with the latest senior executive to depart being Ben Richter. Ben Richter had been with Leverate since January 2016, joining as Head of Institutional Sales before being promoted last year to Head of Global Sales. He had joined Leverate after spending eight…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the management makeover at Forex broker platform and technology provider Leverate is continuing. The latest executive to leave Leverate is Costas Michael, who had been General Manager and head of Leverate's Cyprus based entity, CySEC licensed Leverate Financial Services Ltd, for the past four years. He had actually been…
Read moreThe following article was written by Amram Margalit, content manager at Leverate. You may have been thinking about whether to click on that “Deactivate Account” button in your Facebook page, what with the recent controversies surrounding the social media giant. From privacy issues to data misuse, Facebook is seeing big brands and personalities deleting their accounts. But…
Read moreThe following article was written by Amram Margalit, content manager at Leverate. Following an unprecedented climb from levels below 7,000 in 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial average recently attained the dizzying height in excess of 26,000 some nine years later. However, since the beginning of 2018, the market has been stuck in a volatile range, with prices…
Read moreBroker technology and platform solutions provider Leverate has just announced that it has expanded its resources with new private servers within the Equinix Data Center located in London. Leverate provides its customers with nearly zero downtime, reduced latency, increased execution speed, and fast, constantly available feed. Dell EMC & VSAN Hyper Converge With the Hyper-Converge…
Read moreThe following article was written by Amram Margalit, content manager at Leverate. Barely a month after reaching its five-figure mark for the first time, Bitcoin cemented its glory year in 2017 by reaching $20,000. This meteoric rise in Bitcoin value brought it, along with other cryptocurrencies, into mainstream consciousness. However, that all-time high was short lived, with…
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The following article was written by Amram Margalit, content manager at Leverate. MiFID, or the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, has presented European financial institutions with a vast array of challenges. One of these is the relationship with and definition of Introducing Brokers, or IBs. The real question is whether all member company affiliates must be classified…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex broker technology and solutions provider Leverate has hired Yaara Rozenblat as its new Head of Marketing. She replaces Nicc Lewis, who recently left Leverate to start his own online marketing consulting firm. She will formally take up her duties at Leverate next week. Yaara Rozenblat has spent the past…
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The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. In 2004, the European Commission Financial Services Action Plan launched the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID, which subsequently morphed into MiFID II. This directive contained a total of 42 regulations that were intended to significantly change how the EU’s financial service markets…
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