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FMA Pushing Forward with Plans to Raise Regulatory Standards and Shed Soft-Touch Reputation
- As the FMA prepares to initiate Phase Two of its sweeping financial markets reform later this year, the touchy subject of regulatory arbitrage comes into focus once more.
Tuesday, 04/11/2014 | 10:46 GMT by
George Tchetvertakov
Curing Ebola Virus with Bitcoins – Bitx Launches Campaign at Dublin #Websummit
Tuesday, 04/11/2014 | 10:17 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Poul Thomsen Elevated to European Director at IMF
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF), vacancy created by Reza Moghadam’s resignation earlier this year to JPMorgan has been filled by Poul Thomsen, who assumes the role of Director of the European Department.
Tuesday, 04/11/2014 | 10:08 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Intercontinental Exchange to Launch ICE Futures and ICE Clear Singapore in March
- The company unveiled its plans to restart the operations of the entities formerly known as the Singapore Mercantile Exchange and Singapore Mercantile Exchange Clearing Corporation on March 17th 2015.
Tuesday, 04/11/2014 | 08:43 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
JP Morgan Chase Expects Legal Charges to Reach $6 Billion as FX Penalties Loom
- Yet another bank loosens its purse strings in view of oncoming litigation costs attached to Forex manipulation and benchmark malpractise issues. More broadly, the banking industry could be on the hook for over $50 Billion.
Tuesday, 04/11/2014 | 08:26 GMT by
George Tchetvertakov
Click 365 FX Trading Volumes on Tokyo Financial Exchange Rise by 24.2% in October
- The number of exchange traded FX contracts on Click 365 continued trending higher as the value of the Japanese yen slumped throughout the month of November to new multiyear lows, while equity trading skyrocketed.
Tuesday, 04/11/2014 | 07:07 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
US Brokers to Face New Reporting Practises under NFA’s Segregated Funds Reports
- US Financial services providers will be required to submit their semi-monthly segregated client funds data under new requirements. The watchdog requires firms to submit important client money data in percentages.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 21:56 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Alpari Launches Ruble-Denominated Accounts for Binary Options
- Following their earlier adoption of binary options in 2013 through an agreement with Binary Products Limited, Alpari will now offer its clients ruble denominated accounts alongisde the current US dollar and euro accounts.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 21:41 GMT by
Vasil Velev
Swiss Investors to Trade the World Through SIX Exchange’s New Global Product Range
- SIX Swiss Exchange creates one-stop-shop for domestic investors looking for exposure in international markets, the venue will open up a new set of 500-plus foreign equities, priced in Swiss Francs.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 21:03 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Tera Exchange partners with BitGo as wallet solution for bitcoin derivative traders
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 19:58 GMT by
Leon Pick
Oslo Stock Exchange Boasts Best Ever Trading Volumes in October
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 19:07 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
RBS Preps for FX Settlement Charges with $639Mln Allocation, Company Stock Falls
- Several of the financial industry’s leading banks have been engulfed in an ongoing probe alleging FX manipulation – in anticipation of impending regulatory actions, RBS has allocated $639 million for potential settlements.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 18:28 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Breaking: Interactive Brokers Releases October 2014 Trading Metrics, DARTs Increase by 18% MoM
- US-based retail broker Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. has released its October 2014 metrics, which were highlighted by another robust month of trading activity that notched an uptick over September.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 17:39 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Independent Agency Broker Neonet Partners up with Infront on Market Data
- A with a new market data solution clients of Neonet will gain access not only to a neutral market data solution but also to a set of analytic tools in tandem with advanced administrative functions.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 16:55 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Bitfinex partners with white label solution AlphaPoint to enhance performance, scale for growth
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 16:06 GMT by
Leon Pick
Parallel Polis choses Coin of Sale as payment processor for Bitcoin-only cafe
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 14:34 GMT by
Leon Pick
HSBC Sets Aside $378 Million for Its Part in the Expected Forex Manipulation Fines
- In addition to the forex investigation prohibition the global banking group has set aside a total of $1.7 billion of provisions for various legal and regulatory penalties it might face which hurt its Q3 bottom line.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 13:59 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Dogecoin slips below 70 satoshi, hanging on to 200-day MA
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 13:51 GMT by
Leon Pick
Israeli Securities Authority Issues Warning before Regulation of Forex Trading Begins
- The announcement comes amid "inaccurate publications concerning supervision," informing that the watchdog will not supervise all existing market players but only brokers whose license application would be approved.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 13:45 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
YJFX Becomes Latest Major Japanese Broker to Abandon the Metatrader4 Platform
- It now seems that Monex might have started a trend for Japanese brokers to abandon MT4 and if more will follow YJFX the country can be the first market to advance beyond the MT4 dominance era in retail FX.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 12:11 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
KCG Hotspot and Its Dark Liquidity Pool Join DealHub’s eFX Distribution Hub Service
- An FX distribution hub delivers a one-stop solution to managing multi-channel price distribution and liquidity sourcing in the FX market. One interface provides banks with access to venues and direct counterparties.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 11:14 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Nxt challenges August lows, market cap breaks below $20 million
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 11:11 GMT by
Leon Pick
Chinese Think Tank Warns about Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect
- A ministry-level think tank, the Chinese Development Research Center has outlined some risks related to the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect related to the different trading systems in use.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 10:35 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
MetaQuotes Upgrading MetaTrader 5 Option Features as They Court Multi-Asset Brokers
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 10:27 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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