March 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Hawkish shift in BoE expectations wet traders’ appetite in the pound
Why did higher UK inflation trigger a pound rally?
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March 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Forex Industry Week Review: CySEC toughens on bonuses, EZTrader raises $3.5M, Stan Wawrinka ad debut, and lots more…
Some of our most popular, shared and commented-on posts this week in Forex Industry News at LeapRate included: CySEC gets tougher on bonus schemes, banning referral payments, trading competitions, and cash rebates. Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has issued an information circular, providing what it calls “additional guidance” to CIF licensed brokers on the types of bonus…
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March 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
How sustainable is the bullish reversal in the Euro-US dollar?
This article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The sweet combination of Dutch election and Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy meeting triggered a relief rally in the euro against the US dollar. The euro finally took a breather on Dutch election results. The…
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March 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Bank of England hiking mistrust, not rates
Mistrust a future issue for the BOE.
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March 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
GKFX hires Forex marketing executive Hannah Hill from eToro as Head of PR and Brand
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated retail forex broker GKFX has hired Hannah Hill as its new Head of Public Relations and Brand. Ms. Hill is a well known Forex industry figure. She worked most recently in the London office of Israel-based retail forex broker eToro as Head of Brand Marketing, helping eToro…
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March 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Hedging against stock price volatility risks
The VIX could be an important asset for managing one’s risk.
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February 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Funds are betting on a secret weapon, Gold
Gold recorded three straight weeks of gains on the run up to February 17th.
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February 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Pound recovery to $1.30 could temper inflationary pressures in the UK
Inflation in the UK is expected to cross above the 2% level in the first quarter of 2017.
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February 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Article 50 vote tees up whitepaper & BOE
Markets have priced in Article 50.
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February 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
LCG announces resignation of non-executive director, Rebecca Fuller
London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has announced that the Company's senior independent non-executive director, Rebecca Fuller, will be leaving the board with effect from February 1, 2017. Charles Poncet, non-executive Chairman, commented: I would like to thank Rebecca for her valuable contribution to London Capital Group over the last couple of years. Her other…
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