Tag: Pepperstone

October 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Holland FX ad ban, Pepperstone FCA license, DailyFX sold, Israel licenses granted, and lots more…

It was a very busy Forex Industry News week at LeapRate, with a little of everything - public offerings, M&A, regulatory moves, new licenses, executive moves, financial results.... and of course, our usual dose of behind-the-scenes exclusive coverage you'll see only at LeapRate. Our most popular guest posts this week were: 4 ways to enhance the…

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June 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

PsyQuation behavioral profiling based trading tool goes live with Pepperstone, IC Markets, Global Prime and AvaTrade

LeapRate has learned that PsyQuation has launched live as of today with a number of retail forex brokers including Pepperstone, IC Markets, Global Prime and AvaTrade. PsyQuation has developed a new way to improve trader performance - and to prevent traders from ‘blowing up’ their accounts - using techniques and technology from the school of Behavioral Profiling. We…

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March 04, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Pepperstone's Owen Kerr on CHAMP investment - LeapRate Exclusive Interview

LeapRate was first to break the story on Thursday of Australian retail forex broker Pepperstone securing a multi-million dollar investment, which was then copied on several other blogs. We're now pleased to bring our readers another first, in the form of an exclusive interview on the investment with Pepperstone CEO Owen Kerr. The investment in Melbourne-based Pepperstone…

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March 03, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Pepperstone secures strategic investment from CHAMP Private Equity

Australian retail Forex broker Pepperstone today announced that it has secured a major strategic investment from CHAMP Private Equity, one of Australia's leading PE firms. Melbourne-based Pepperstone founder is partnering with CHAMP in order to support the broker's expansion. Pepperstone intends to open offices in multiple new regions this year. In order to further boost their…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

ASIC annual report confirms strict approach to retail FX sector

Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has just tabled its Annual Report for the fiscal year to June 30, 2015, with the document providing further evidence of the rigid approach the Australian regulator has adopted regarding the retail OTC derivatives sector (read, retail Forex). The watchdog notes that it has increased its focus on ‘rogue’…

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