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CME December 2013 FX ADV Up 4.54% To $92 Billion from November, FX Options Up 20% YoY
- One of the largest groups operating multiple exchanges serving the options, commodity futures, derivatives and foreign exchange regulated market-places, has published its December totals, closing out its full year results.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 13:49 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Thinking CFDs, ThinkForex Expands CFD Offering With Six New Index-Based Instruments
- The ASIC-regulated online trading broker under the name TF GLOBAL MARKETS (AUST) PTY LTD, has just announced that six new CFDs will start trading next week, based on certain US, European, and Australian underlying indexes.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 12:37 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
AMD, TSMC Sales Swell On Bitcoin Mining Equipment Boom
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 10:35 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Bank Indonesia Transfers Certain Regulatory Duties To Its Financial Services Authority
- The Jakarta-based financial service authority OJK got its powers bolstered, thanks to a deal with the central bank of Indonesia made on New Years Eve, which gives it authority over banking institutions, as Forex fate uncertain.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 10:19 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
FXOpen NZ Limited - CEO - Denis Peganov
- Fxopen is a market leading retail broker operating an agent-based model.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 09:08 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
FINRA Highlights Brokers' Integrity, Cyber Security in 2014 Manifest
- The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released its annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities letter, warning of a plethora of risk factors and issues that could affect markets in 2014.
Friday, 03/01/2014 | 07:08 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Interactive Brokers Completes 2013 With December Metrics. DARTs 6% Down
- Interactive Brokers reflects on a profitable year overall, with December 2013's metrics demonstrating a significant increase compared with the end of 2012, but a 6% decrease daily average revenue trades MoM.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 20:13 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Pay Up! CFTC Issues President Of Russian Bank With $250,000 Penalty For False Statement
- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission brings the new year in by issuing the President of a Russian bank with a $250,000 monetary penalty for reporting irregularities regarding a JPY FX options trade.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 17:38 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Exclusive: Hong Kong-Based Fraudsters Clone Delta Financial Markets Website To Dupe Clients
- Fraudulent attempts to relieve clients of retail FX firms of their money appear to exist outside of the FX industry itself, as Delta Financial Markets discovers a false website imitating the firm to gain client deposits.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 16:19 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Peercoin (PPC/BTC) Near All-Time Highs to Start 2014
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 15:22 GMT by
Ron Finberg
$150 Million Bitcoin Hedge Fund Launched by Fortress
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 14:41 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Knight Capital Americas Gets Renamed KCG Americas, Unlocks Cost Synergies
- The NJ-based operator in both US Equities and Foreign Exchange markets, through its diversified businesses, has consolidated post-merger related entities to unlock cost benefits as its renames a key business segment.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 14:13 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
SWIFT Announces Rebate, as 2013 Volumes Hit Record High 5 Billion Messages
- Price reductions attributed to driving its traffic volumes to a record high of five billion messages a year in 2013, according to SWIFT's latest announcement. Rebate of EUR 33M will be paid in March 2014 for 2013 volumes.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 13:09 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
2014 Forex Industry Predictions: M&A, Regulation, and Digital Currencies
- Following last year’s popular 2013 predictions post, the team at Forex Magnates have come up with our newest forecasts for this year. See what we think about coming IPOs, M&A activity, regulation, and of course, bitcoins.
Thursday, 02/01/2014 | 10:58 GMT by
Ron Finberg
NFA Reporting After CFTC Ruling Aimed To Increase Investor Confidence With Registrants
- After the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ruled on final regulations pertaining to how customer's funds are treated, the NFA has informed its members on their respective reporting obligations set to go into effect.
Wednesday, 01/01/2014 | 21:55 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Alpari, FXCM and Plus500 Increased UK Market Share Despite Contraction in 2013
- A Leveraged Trading Report for 2013 by Investment Trends based on a study of 13,185 British investors, came up with interesting findings about the UK's Spread Betting, FX and CFD Markets for the past year.
Wednesday, 01/01/2014 | 13:41 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
A Year In Retrospect: 2013 Heralded High Hopes, Technological Developments, M&A, & A Bank Run
- On the final day of 2013, reflection upon a year of record volumes, technological advancement, debate and M&A activity likely fills the boardrooms of FX firms. Forex Magnates reviews the highs, lows and points of interest.
Wednesday, 01/01/2014 | 10:13 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Reviewing Bitcoin Regulation in 2013 as it Leads to 2014
Wednesday, 01/01/2014 | 09:06 GMT by
Ron Finberg
A Gentle Reminder: CFTC Issues No-Action Relief Letters to FCM Compliance Departments
- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued two no-action relief letters to FCMs detailing that they are not required to register as swap dealers with the CFTC, and that the fiscal year ends today.
Tuesday, 31/12/2013 | 19:44 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Dogecoin Prices Down, Passing Fad or is it the Rise of Catcoin?
Tuesday, 31/12/2013 | 17:19 GMT by
Ron Finberg
NASDAQ OMX Ends 2013 With M&A Activity: Acquires 5% Stake In Borsa Istanbul
- NASDAQ OMX has arrived at the end of 2013 by announcing its purchase of a 5% stake in Turkish venue Borsa Istanbul, completing a year which has become synonymous with corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Tuesday, 31/12/2013 | 16:55 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
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