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Rod Drown Moves to Cantor Exchange
- Rod Drown, former CEO of IG Markets US and most recently Principal, Managing Director at OANDA has moved to Cantor Exchange, where he is leading the efforts of building up the venue's liquidity partners and customer base.
Tuesday, 21/05/2013 | 08:36 GMT by
Ron Finberg
eToro Social Network Hits 50 Million Trades
- eToro announces that its has reached the milestone of 50 million trades on its social network. Take a look to learn how many of those 50 million were copied trades and how many total traders have used the system.
Tuesday, 21/05/2013 | 08:26 GMT by
Ron Finberg
CFTC Figures for FCMs: Increase Over February, Decrease Over January
- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released FCM financial data for March 2013. Among individual names, GAIN Capital was the biggest mover upside, aided by the broker's acquiring of FX Solutions' client base.
Tuesday, 21/05/2013 | 06:17 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
New Product Spotlight: PFSOFT Protrader Mobile Platform
- In this edition of 'New Product Spotlight' we take a look at PFSOFT's newly launched iOS and Android apps released for it Protrader platform. As a multi-asset platform how does it look on a small screen?
Monday, 20/05/2013 | 12:12 GMT by
Ron Finberg
CorrSight Takes Traders Compass Into Binary Options Sector
- FX tools and software provider CorrSight extends its offering into the binary options segment, marketing its Traders Compass system as a means of increasing trader lifetime values and sustaining revenue
Monday, 20/05/2013 | 12:01 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
FIX Protocol Publishes Global Post-Trade Guidelines - Implementation Underway
- Non-profit industry messaging organization FIX Protocol has launched new guidelines for post-trade processing as part of an initiative to standardize procedures internationally and maximize efficiency.
Monday, 20/05/2013 | 10:13 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
eToro Hosts First Israeli Bitcoin Hackathon
- The first Israelie Bitcoin hackathon to be held later this month gets an interesting venue, as the event will be held at the Israel offices of social trading pioneer eToro. A firm that has continued to show interest in bitcoins.
Monday, 20/05/2013 | 09:17 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Celoxica Drives US Order Book Maintenance Down to Below 1 Microsecond
- Ultra-low latency remains at the forefront of technology provider Celoxica's product offering. In launching the new GBA, the company now offers an accelerated order book management software on FPGA board.
Sunday, 19/05/2013 | 14:06 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
East Meets West - Singaporean Giant PhillipCapital Launches in Australia
- Singaporean financial services giant PhillipCapital enters Australia with a view to further expansion of its international footprint, signalling the company's interest in pursuing a Western client base.
Sunday, 19/05/2013 | 08:32 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
CitiFX Wire Replaces Bloomberg Chat Function at Citi's FX Trading Desks
- In a week of controversy regarding news and the security of content, Citi's trading desks shift from Bloomberg's chat function to in-house chat service operated under the banks service called CitiFX Wire,
Friday, 17/05/2013 | 09:16 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Trading in the Cloud with cTrader & ChartIQ
- The rise of mobile trading on tablets and smartphones has led brokers and technology providers to launch products that allow customers to access market data anywhere, and on any device. On this note, two cloud based products were released this week.
Friday, 17/05/2013 | 08:50 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Trade Execution Rules Under Scrutiny - Integral Set to Launch SEF Compliant Solution Following CFTC Meeting
- Integral Development Corporation responds to CFTC's meeting regarding trade execution rules. Company set to launch SEFs in accordance with deadline set by regulators at yesterday's public meeting in Washington
Friday, 17/05/2013 | 07:33 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Gain Capital reports positive April 2013 results, institutional volume at all time high
- Gain Capital continued the positive trend of retail and institutional forex brokers reporting peak volumes since the start of 2013. Client assets are nearing half a billion dollars while institutional volumes are at all time high.
Friday, 17/05/2013 | 00:50 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Want a Plane? Do You Have Bitcoins? BitPremier & BitPay Raising the Bar
- After bringing to the bitcoin marketplace million dollar apartments and sports cars, luxury bitcoin retailer, BitPremier is offering what is most likely the first airplane available for purchase with the digital currency.
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 18:49 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Alpari RU Leaving New Zealand as Regulations Grow
- Aiming to contract its New Zealand operations as financial regulations in the country grow, Alpari has notified Apari NZ clients that their accounts are being transferred to a new division called 'Alpari Limited'
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 17:23 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Sneak Peak: Crypto St, Blending Bitcoin & Forex Trading Together
- Innovation in the bitcoin sector continues to take place. Forex Magnates takes a look at Crypto St, a soon to launch bitcoin trading platform that combines elements of the forex trading brokerage model with digital currencies.
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 14:27 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Following FX Post-Trade Flow with Traiana
- Tracking trades and monitoring credit relationships is one of the bigger headaches that financial firms deal with. In part two of a larger article about FX settlement and post-trade flow we focus on the operations of Traiana.
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 14:24 GMT by
Ron Finberg
smartTrade Continues its Focus on the Far East - Supplies LMS to Koscom
- Aggregation solutions provider smartTrade continues to concentrate on the Far East. Korea's Koscom selects smartTrade's LMS to provide smart order routing, and allow Koscom to branch into the FX space.
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 11:53 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Mizuho Bank Joins CLS Aggregation Services
- CLS Group and Traiana have announced that Mizuho Corporate Bank has joined CLS Aggregation Services (CLSAS). Mizuho joins nine other global banks in CLSAS which provides trade compression services to participants active in the over-the-counter FX market.
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 08:08 GMT by
Ron Finberg
DHS, Dwolla, Google Wallet & Bitcoin Prices Still Strong
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 07:40 GMT by
Ron Finberg
¿Qué pasa en Liquid Markets? Company Set To Enter Latin America
- While South America remains a continent where forex companies are notable by their relative absence, Cypriot broker Liquid Markets plans its entry strategy into what it views as a land of opportunity.
Thursday, 16/05/2013 | 07:35 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
X Financial Solutions Updates its Open API Apps Store: xStore
- The company offers brokers and developers the ability to fully customize solutions to cater to their requirements. The move creates a free and complete marketplace around the X3 Open Hub trading technology.
Wednesday, 15/05/2013 | 17:32 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
ETX Capital Partners with Gold-i to Launch MT4
- The London based CFD trading firm has gone live with Gold-i's MT4 Bidge technology, the broker offers FX, CFD and financial spread betting. ETX Capital has taken advantage of the wide range of add-ons supported by Gold-i for brokers.
Wednesday, 15/05/2013 | 15:25 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Traiana Completes Production Testing for Swaps with First FCM for Pre-trade Clearing
- Traiana completes testing of its pre-trade clearing facility for OTC swaps. New rules for OTC products under Dodd Frank are set to take shape to promote transparency on the back of the 2008 recession.
Wednesday, 15/05/2013 | 11:44 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
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