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Alpari UK Clients Get Note from KPMG Requesting Confirmation of Claims
- Clients of London-based brokerage firm, Alpari UK, have received an email from KPMG, the note outlines the current affairs and requests clients to confirm their claim, the process could take 8 weeks.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 20:16 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Forex Client/Broker Tension Causes Postponing of Mena Forex Conference
- Citing “receiving non-stop calls from investors and traders complaining about their losses and anxiously holding the brokers accountable," the Mena Forex Dubai conference is being postponed.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 18:52 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Exclusive: Commerzbank May Relocate 70 London Trader Jobs from London to Frankfurt
- According to information obtained by Forex Magnates' reporters, the German bank will be relocating a number of trader positions to its Frankfurt headquarters, consolidating its risk management operations.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 16:39 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
DigitalTangible Integrates Coinbase Wallets for Bitcoin, USD Trading with Precious Metals
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 15:24 GMT by
Leon Pick
ECB to Buy at Least €1.1 Trillion of Bonds, Justifying the SNB Decision Last Thursday
- Mario Draghi has taken out the bazooka once more, over-delivering on market expectations massively and prompting liquidation of EUR/USD longs in the aftermath of the announcement, EUR back at 1.15.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 14:52 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Bitcoin Breaks Resistance to 1-Week High on Renewed Volume
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 14:01 GMT by
Leon Pick
Bitspark Launches Bitcoin Remittance Service for Indonesia, Supports Multiple Altcoins
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 13:08 GMT by
Leon Pick
ECB Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged, Additional Measures TBA by Mario Draghi
- The governing council of the European Central Bank is expected to announce "unconventional monetary policy measures" at the press conference of ECB President Mario Draghi at 13:30 GMT later today.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 13:01 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Are You Covered? These Brokers Forgive Negative Balance following CHF Crisis
- With the market turmoil still causing a great deal of uncertainty, Forex Magnates lists the brokers which are not likely to require traders to cover their negative balances. See the full live report here.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 13:00 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Exclusive: Ex St. Louis Fed President Weighs in on the SNB's Actual Mistake
- Analysts far and wide are calling foul over the surprise announcement by the Swiss National Bank. To find out if the raised pitchforks are warranted, I turned to former chief executive and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, William Poole.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 12:39 GMT by
Kenny Mariasin
Exclusive: Q4 2014 US Forex Profitability Report, Accounts Fall and So Do Profits
- US active retail accounts fell below 90,000 for the first time since Forex Magnates began to track these statistics in 2011 as part of our US Forex Profitability Account, while trader profitability declined.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 11:57 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Alleged Silk Road 2.0 Administrator Arrested as Law Enforcement Keeps pace with Dark Net
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 11:24 GMT by
Leon Pick
Prosecutors Present Intimate Details of Ulbricht's Personal Life and Silk Road Journey from Laptop
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 10:29 GMT by
Leon Pick
IronFX and Pepperstone Enter Race to Take Over Alpari UK's Business
- All these reports might be true but they are also a great way for international brokers to get media exposure in the UK as the demise of the local Alpari branch, a sponsor of West Ham, is making headlines in the press.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 10:08 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
GAIN Capital (Forex.com) Confirms Negative Balances Forgiven by Thursday
- Affected clients have been notified by email and GAIN Capital said it expects all credits to be completed and posted to clients' trading accounts by 5pm ET on Thursday, 22 January, 2015.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 09:00 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
How Is the Forex Leverage Landscape Changing? Full List of Brokers Forced to Hike Margin
- Forex Magnates brings you the complete look at the harshening margin requirements after the industry was shocked by the CHF black swan and regulators started to tighten the screws on maximum leverage.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 08:18 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Union Bancaire Privee Adds Koon Chow as Senior FX Strategist
- Union Bancaire Privee, a private Swiss bank has appointed industry veteran Koon Chow as its newest Senior Macro and Foreign Exchange Strategist, whose work will focus on emerging markets along with fixed income.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 00:02 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
ANZ Shakeup: Sean Birchley Succeeds Russell Shields as Institutional Head
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) has appointed Sean Birchley as its newest head of international and institutional banking for Queensland, following the retirement of Russell Shields.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 00:01 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
FX Options Scam Charged by US Court - $2.16 Million Penalty and Trading Ban
- A US court has issued a charge against two individuals and a company for misdoings. The two were charged $2.16 million for FX derivatives fraud and handed down a permanent trading ban.
Wednesday, 21/01/2015 | 23:24 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Breaking: NFA Raises Margin Requirements for Swiss Franc, Swedish Krona and Norwegian Krone
Wednesday, 21/01/2015 | 23:11 GMT by
Ron Finberg
BTC Media Acquires Bitcoin Magazine from Coin Publishing
Wednesday, 21/01/2015 | 22:17 GMT by
Leon Pick
US Attorneys Plan Investigations into FXCM & Possible Breaches of Equities Rules
- Two US law firm have issued press releases informing the public that they are investigating possible violation of securities rules that occurred when FXCM's share price plummeted 90% in the midst of the CHF problems.
Wednesday, 21/01/2015 | 21:48 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
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