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M&A, SDP Volume Strength Headline the July Forex Industry Review
- Although we have hit the summer season as well as the World Cup taking place, it didn't lead to a reduction of headlines, as July had its share of product launches, regulatory stories, and M&A.
Friday, 01/08/2014 | 07:15 GMT by
Ron Finberg
FX Margin Contracts Traded on the Tokyo Financial Exchange up by 5.6% in July
- July brings the first month-on-month increase in a while, as towards the end of the month increased geopolitical pressures and increasing uncertainty have resulted in recent FX trading ranges being broken.
Friday, 01/08/2014 | 07:01 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
OptionsCity Upgrades Metro Platform for Automation and Risk Management
- Multi-asset trading platform provider, OptionsCity enhances it's flagship trading software Metro. The firm reported that it will be releasing Metro 5.2 with new risk management and instrument filters.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 19:30 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
UK Chief Executive Mark Yollop To Part Ways With UBS
- UBS AG has a key vacancy to fill, following a recent announcement from Mark Yollop, the current Chief Executive of UK operations for the Swiss bank, revealing he will be parting ways in September.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 17:36 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
LCG’s COO, John Jones Resigns after 12 Months Service
- LCG has announced that its Chief Operating Officer has left the organisation. The broker-dealer reported that John Jones’ resignation will take immediate effect, the firm's share price was down 3.16%.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 16:36 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Solarflare Adds Tech Specialist Mark Potter to its Board of Directors
- Solarflare, a leading network and software provider for financial services, has appointed Mark Potter to its Board of Directors, joining the firm in a bid to fortify its network and data security solutions.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 14:28 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
FX Revenues at BGC Partners Drop by 5% QoQ, as FX Volumes Rise by 17%
- This being the last quarter affected by the sale of eSpeed to NASDAQ OMX, the company has reported that it is expecting its overall earnings to increase between 39 and 60% in the third quarter of 2014.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 14:15 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Litecoin falling hard, cracks $7, threatening new 2014 lows
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 14:15 GMT by
Leon Pick
ITG Acquires Multi-Asset Platform RFQ-hub to Integrate with Triton
- Going forward, the RFQ-hub platform will be rebranded as ITG RFQ-hub. It will remain available as a standalone platform and will also be integrated into ITG's Triton execution management system.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 13:55 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Blackcoin resumes slide, approaches key 0.125 mBTC level
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 13:08 GMT by
Leon Pick
Historically Low Levels of Volatility Blamed for Weak Q2 Results at CME
- FX trading suffered almost 22% decrease in Quarterly Average Daily Volume for the second quarter of 2014 as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group reported declines in revenues and operating income.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 12:21 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Andrew Ferry Appointed to Head FX Compliance at JPMorgan
- The biggest US bank by assets JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), has appointed Andrew Ferry to head its FX and rates markets compliance team. The position was previously non-existent as the new team has been formed just recently.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 12:09 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
PFSOFT Upgrades Protrader with New Option Master Tool for Stock Options
- The new Option Master tool complements the multi-asset aspect of PFSOFT's Protrader platform, equipping stock options traders with the same functionalities as futures, stock and forex trading offer.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 11:12 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
BGC Capital and Thomson Reuters' OTC Data Partnership Offers 98 FX Pairs
- BGC’s executive managing director & global head of BGC Partners' Market Data Group, Mark Benfield has detailed some of the aspects of the partnership with Thomson Reuters which BGC entered into last week.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 10:49 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Tokyo Police launch investigation into missing MtGox bitcoins
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 10:10 GMT by
Leon Pick
After Going West to the US, Liverpool Goes East as InstaForex Becomes Asia Sponsor
- In a two year, multi-million dollar deal, InstaForex becomes an official sponsor of English Premier League Liverpool FC. The sponsorship allows InstaForex to promote Liverpool in the Asia and CIS markets.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 09:51 GMT by
Ron Finberg
FCA Finds That Brokerage Firms Fail to Deliver Best Execution to Customers
- Findings detailed in the latest FCA Thematic Review of Best execution and payment for order flow amongst 36 brokerages, are detailing how companies in the industry largely fail in delivering best execution.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 09:42 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Canada's FINTRAC issues Advisory regarding Money Services Businesses dealing in virtual currency
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 09:29 GMT by
Leon Pick
Alpari Launches "Not Investment Advice" Investment Advice for Stocks
- The Russia-based global broker is now offering an "Investment Ideas" section on its website advising clients how to make profitable investments on Alpari's Structured Products financial instruments.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 07:51 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Monex Q1 Fiscal 2015: Global FX Revenue Halved, Total Revenue down 43% YoY
- Monex Group's US business continues to be in the red, while YoY revenues from Japanese equities trading are taking a big hit due to the one-off rise last year, Japanese business now accounts for 63% of total revenues.
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 07:27 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Finally! Bitcoin Accepted for Donations at Wikipedia, Coinbase Announces No Fees to Non-Profits
Thursday, 31/07/2014 | 06:19 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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