Alpari plans expansion, Andrey Dashin gets intellectual property rights for the brand LeapRate

February 06, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari plans expansion, Andrey Dashin gets intellectual property rights for the brand

Earlier today it became clear that Andrey Dashin, chairman of the Board of Directors of Alpari RU, has completed the deal for getting intellectual ownership rights over the brand. This means that he now has the intellectual property rights for the trademarks Alpari, the domain names, with these ownership rights spanning over 60 countries. The latter…

January 31, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Ban on credit card funding of US retail Forex accounts comes into force

As one of the most hectic months in the history of Forex draws to a close, LeapRate has decided to remind everyone that today witnesses an important change in the US regulations for funding of retail Forex and futures accounts. As of today – January 31, 2015, the ban on funding the accounts of retail…

January 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

KVB Kunlun agrees to sell 60% of issued share capital to CITIC Securities

China's CITIC has agreed to buy Li Zhi Da's 60% stake in KVB. Next - an offer for the public shareholders.

January 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari remains Russia's retail Forex market leader in 2014

Alpari has emerged as the leader in the Russian retail Forex market in 2014, according to the latest comprehensive study provided by Interfax-CEA. The broker has managed to win the first place amid all retail Forex companies active in the Russian market both in terms of clients and in terms of volumes. According to the…

January 26, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

FXTG Australia announces the appointment of Rafael Barlev as new Global Vice President

Mr. Barlev joins FXTG, with over 10 years of experience experience which includes time at Saxo Bank and Utrade where he focused on retail sales and algorithmic trading systems respectively

January 22, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

FxPro Chief Economist Simon Smith analyzes the ECB quantative easing measures

"Such a mis-pricing of sovereign risk within the Eurozone was a key feature of the pre-credit crisis environment. Whilst premium are wider (Italy just over 1% above Germany, vs. 0.2%-0.3% in 2007), yields are lower." - Simon Smith, Chief Economist, FxPro

January 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Finnish regulations prompt FinFX to stop servicing US clients

Finland has been in the European Union since 1995 but only recently has it become one of the countries to offer licenses to Forex brokers at a national level. Amid the first to apply for such a license was FinFX, a retail Forex broker, which is well known outside of Finland too, thanks to the…

January 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari's FX volumes in Russia and CIS see little change in Dec'14

Operations of retail FX broker Alpari continue undeterred by the insolvency procedures at Alpari UK and Alpari Japan, with Alpari Ru keeping up with its everyday log of tasks. Earlier today the company reported its operating metrics for the last month of 2014, with December trading volumes in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States…

January 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

MB Trading reports minimal impact from CHF volatility

MB Trading, the financial brand uniting Manhattan Beach Trading Financial Services, Inc. and MB Trading FX, announced today it had felt a minimal impact from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) surprise action on Thursday morning. There are no consequences for the group's capital and its ability to meet regulatory capital requirements, the US online trading…

January 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Jefferies Group may provide $200m assistance to FXCM

According to a report by Bloomberg, quoting people with knowledge of the matter, Jefferies Group has entered discussions with FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) to provide the retail FX broker with $200 million in cash assistance. As LeapRate reported earlier, the US retail FX giant has suffered a $225 million hit due to the adverse trading of…

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