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Tradefair Terminating London Capital Group Partnership – Working Solely with GFT
- LCG has notified investors, that its white label partner, Tradefair Spreads, was terminating its agreement with the broker. In its place, Tradefair will be working exlcusively with GFT Markets as December.
Tuesday, 10/09/2013 | 10:29 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Tradition Becomes Latest Firm to File SEF Application with CFTC
- Putting its name in the growing list of potential operators of Swap Execution Facilities (SEF), interdealer, Compagnie Financière Tradition, has announced that they have completed their SEF application with the CFTC.
Tuesday, 10/09/2013 | 08:40 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Tradition Selects Corvil for Operational Performance Monitoring Across Its Trading Platforms
- Tradition, one of the world's largest inter dealer brokers has deployed Corvil’s real time monitoring solutions in order to measure trading performance. Tradition will implement the product across its Trad-X and ParFX trading platforms.
Tuesday, 10/09/2013 | 07:45 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
SEF Approvals Continue Whilst US Regulator Scrutinizes OTC Firm
- The CFTC yesterday announced that it has approved two applications for SEF registration from DW SEF LLC and TW SEF LLC, both subsidiaries of Tradeweb.
Tuesday, 10/09/2013 | 07:36 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Cybercrime research to be presented at APWG conference
Tuesday, 10/09/2013 | 00:00 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
CFTC Goes In Depth on Risk Control Measures For Automated Trading
- Financial markets regulators in the United States have published a concept release on risk controls and system safeguards for automated trading environments. The CFTC considers this necessary at a time of rapid technological change.
Monday, 09/09/2013 | 18:06 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Thomson Reuters and FXall Report Slowdown in August Trading Metrics
- Thomson Reuters and FXall have both reported trading metrics for the month of August. Thomson Reuters saw a decrease of 6.14% and FXall saw trading volumes drop by 4.9% from figures reported a month earlier.
Monday, 09/09/2013 | 17:47 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Dead Man Walking? Forex in the USA
- The US Forex Market is currently at an inflection point. It has been 3 years since Dodd Frank was passed.
Monday, 09/09/2013 | 16:20 GMT by
Paul Towne
FX Distribution Hub Continues To Attract Major Banks - Commerzbank Joins The Fold
- DealHub's FX Distribution Hub has been today selected by Commerzbank as part of the financial institution's implementation of a new price distribution infrastructure aimed at FX traders.
Monday, 09/09/2013 | 12:45 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Quick Start Java Low Latency Solution For Algo Traders Launched By Azul Systems
- Azul Systems has today announced that it has launched a new service under the designation of Quick Start in order to further reduce latency for traders dependent on a stable and jitter-free runtime environment
Monday, 09/09/2013 | 12:34 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
TriOptima Goes Live With Verification and Reconciliation of OTC Data To DTCC
- TriOptima, ICAP's post-trade risk management infrastructure division has today gone live with its data connectivity integration with DTCC's global trade repository services in time for CFTC deadline of August 23.
Monday, 09/09/2013 | 10:28 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Asian Tiger Pounces Into Pole Position: Singapore Is Largest FX Center In Asia
- All eyes are most certainly on Asia. Whilst Japan still holds its premier position as the world's largest retail FX market, Singapore, in a report by BIS, is the largest institutional FX center in Asia, and Third worldwide.
Monday, 09/09/2013 | 07:53 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
The Implementation of COBS10 - What To Do Next
- The implementation of COBS10, the test that firms must carry out if they provide non-advised investment services to retail clients.
Sunday, 08/09/2013 | 16:22 GMT by
Trevor Clein
CMC Markets Experiences £2.8 Million Loss Following Adverse Media Attention
- British FX company CMC Markets Managing Director Peter Cruddas announced yesterday that the firm has dipped into the red as it still reels from the adverse attention in which false claims were made about his political activities.
Sunday, 08/09/2013 | 15:53 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
HKMA Issues Consultation Paper On OTC Derivatives - IBs & MAMs In Spotlight
- Subsequent to responses from major industry organizations and financial institutions, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued a consultation paper relating to how OTC derivatives should be overseen.
Sunday, 08/09/2013 | 11:46 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Lid Lifted On OakFX Boiler Room Following FMA Regulatory Warning
- Further to last week's warning issued by the New Zealand FMA urging investors to exercise extreme care when approached by OakFX, the forceful sales tactics and high pressure environment has been revealed.
Sunday, 08/09/2013 | 09:34 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Emergence Of The Asian Exchanges: DGCX Announces 10 Million Contracts YTD
- The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange has today announced that it has experienced record volumes year to date by passing the 10 million contracts mark between January 1 and August 23 2013.
Sunday, 08/09/2013 | 09:16 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
xRisk - A New Tool to Efficiently Manage and Optimise Order Flow for Principal Dealers
- X Financial Solutions, a leading technology provider for financial markets has launched a new risk management product under its X Open Hub suite of products. The firm has launched xRisk a revolution for the B-book dealing approach.
Sunday, 08/09/2013 | 00:33 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
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