One of the key questions Forex broker CEOs are always asking themselves is: Where to Next? Yael Warman from Leverate takes a look at a few of the areas where Forex brokers are looking to increase their footprint. Geo-Expansion – A World of Possibilities For FX firms in the Western hemisphere, the marketplace is becoming…
Read moreIt isn't just Retail Forex brokers raising margin requirements leading up to next week's Brexit vote. Today the Moscow Exchange put out a note to clients that, due to the UK referendum on membership in the European Union on 23 June 2016, volatility in some instruments traded on Moscow Exchange may potentially increase. To mitigate…
Read moreThe following guest post is courtesy of Sergey Kornev, Account Manager at MT4 technologies provider and Russian FX market expert Takeprofit Technology. Takeprofit’s products include MT4 plugins, the Klondike liquidity bridge, and the Ashira automated dealer anti-cheating defense. Takeprofit’s clients have included Forex brokerages and white-label solution providers such as FXNet, iTradeSolution, FXFair, TenkoFX, and…
Read moreFurther to our earlier report on eToro's new joint venture with Russian bank Sberbank to serve the Russian online trading market, Sberbank has put out a formal press release. The original PR can be seen here. The full text follows below. As we wrote in our previous article, the eToro-Sberbank joint venture follows the December…
Read moreRussian business news websites Finam.ru and Finanz.ru have reported today that retail forex broker eToro has agreed on a joint venture with Russia's largest bank Sberbank. The JV will serve customers in Russia, and will be integrated with applications at Sberbank, according to Sberbank Chairman and CEO Herman Gref. The JV structure is yet to be…
Read moreThe plaintiff, Mr. V. A. Simonov's court claim argues that the Central Bank's inaction toward the falling value of the ruble "subsequently led the government into a crisis," Russian news agency RIA Novost reported.
Read moreThe central bank has been pledging not to introduce any restrictions that would count as capital controls, any talk of possible restrictions causes a nervous response on the already sensitive ruble market.
Read moreAlpari claims that over 120,000 active clients will be able to place orders within the spread and users of trading robots will be able to implement complex and high-speed strategies without any limit
Read moreA look back at the most intriguing and popular Forex industry news stories from the past week at LeapRate. To make sure that you receive timely access to all LeapRate articles sign up to our Daily Forex Industry Newsletter on the right. → Forex Weekly Look Back: Week of February 2nd FXDD | https://www.leaprate.com/yQMZK AxiTrader CEO…
Read moreOverall FX volume at Moscow Exchange during December came to a remarkable 25.6 trillion rubles, up some 31% from November's very steady 18.7 trillion, with average daily volumes at 1,164.1 billion ruble
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