The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The euro is fueled by speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) will soon announce a plan for the future of its Quantitative Easing (QE) program, which is due to end in September this…
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UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has dropped another bombshell. After shocking the Forex and CFD brokerage sectors in December with surprise proposals to rein in leverage and bonus payments to retail clients, the FCA today announced that it will be delaying the finalization of its proposals now that pan-European regulator ESMA announced that…
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Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has released its 2016 full year results, indicating that the company is indeed well along in its restructuring and turnaround, but still has a long way to go. On the top line, LCG was able to generate healthy revenue growth following its rebranding…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Bank of England’s (BoE) Financial Stability Report revealed that Governor Mark Carney is moving toward macro-prudential measures to temper the UK’s rising inflationary pressures within the ‘Brexit reality’. Mark Carney can no longer…
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Forex Industry News at LeapRate this past week was very much a microcosm of what's going on both very publicly, as well as behind the scenes in the sector, over the past few months. Binary options brokers scrambling amid new laws and regulations; foreign FX brokers trying but not always succeeding to get a foothold…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that its FCA regulated arm, Saxo Capital Markets UK Limited, is pulling out of the UK CFD and FX Association, a margin trading industry group. While not giving a specific reason, LeapRate has learned that Saxo is leaving the association in a dispute with the other members…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). June has been full of surprises for currency traders as some of the leading central banks displayed a significant shift in their policy or rhetoric that could be a game changer for the rest…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Federal Reserve (Fed) raised the interest rates by 25 basis points as widely priced in by the US and the global markets. The FOMC hinted at another rate hike before the end of…
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The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained its cash rate target at 1.50% as widely expected by analysts. The policy decision triggered little enthusiasm both in the hawkish and the dovish camp. Mixed policy…
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The following article was written by Jasper Lawler, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). With some of the latest polls putting the gap between The Conservatives and Labour as low as one point, market participants should be considering the very real possibility of a hung parliament and even…
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