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"Your Time's Up MetaTrader?"– So Says Platform Community
- Online trading platforms for the FX and CFD markets are entering a period of evolution as the once 'single platform' market is opening up to firms who provide suitable and flexible trading solutions for both traders and developers.
Friday, 07/06/2013 | 17:37 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FX Daily Trade Values Drop 2.6% in May at CLS Bank
- Monthly trading values in FX markets saw a decline of 2.6% at CLS Bank. The FX settlement provider was ranging at and above the daily $5 trillion mark on the back of increased volatility, May finished at $4.87 trillion.
Friday, 07/06/2013 | 14:38 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
US Binary Clampdown - SEC Follows CFTC In Issuance of Investor Warnings and Enters Charge Against Banc De Binary
- Further to yesterday's announcement by the CFTC that it intends to charge Banc de Binary for offering off-exchange binary options in the US, the SEC today cites the firm for the same transgression.
Friday, 07/06/2013 | 08:32 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Reconciling Trades With CurrentDesk
- For brokers operating a true ‘No Dealing Desk’ model, handling client risk isn’t much of an issue. What is a critical issue is Trade Reconciliation. Handling this problem, we take a look at a new product called CurrentRisk
Friday, 07/06/2013 | 07:32 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Looking for a Job? The NFA is Hiring
- The NFA has announced that they approved their Fiscal Year 2014 budget. The budget, for the fiscal year which starts on July, 1 2013 is for $74 million, an 18% increase above last year, with the majority going towards new hiring
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 20:16 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Markit Signs Top US Banks As FCM’s For Pre-Trade Credit Check Solution
- BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, and Goldman Sachs sign up as FCMs on MarkitSERV’s new pre-trade credit checking solution for interest rate and FX derivatives to prevent market failures as Dodd-Frank reforms start to take shape.
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 19:23 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Compliance Through Alliance - BTC Global Introduces Crowdsourced Bitcoin Regulation
- Is crowdsourced regulation for bitcoin startups the future of the industry? BTC Global thinks so as they announced 'Compliance through Alliance' in what they call a Massive Parallel Licensing program
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 17:25 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Banc De Binary Gets Charged by the CFTC - Investor Warning Also Issued Across The US
- Binary options firm Banc de Binary falls foul of US regulator CFTC for violating the off-exhange options trading ban and operating as an unlicenced FCM despite claiming to be based in New York's Wall Street.
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 17:09 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
New Zealand FMA Gains Regulatory Powers. AML Procedure Becomes Effective June 30
- New Zealand's regulatory authorities have confirmed that the FMA will require Anti-Money Laundering procedures to be adhered to, as well as surveillance and monitoring of compliance with such rulings from June 30.
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 12:30 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
FXone Wants to Run Your Expert Advisors
- In the world of retail forex automated trading, Expert Advisors claim a commanding market share. However, there are a growing list of products catering to systematic traders. We take a look at FXone's spreadsheet trading platform
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 12:26 GMT by
Ron Finberg
TriOptima To Support Verification and Reconciliation of OTC Derivatives Data Submitted to DTCC Trade Repository
- Post-trade risk management infrastructure and service provider TriOptima today announces that it will implement support for verification and reconciliation of OTC derivatives portfolios of DTCC's trade repository data.
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 10:33 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Spotware Launching cMulti Mirror Trading Platform for cTrader
- Spotware Systems, the technology provider behind the cTrader platform has launched a new mirror trading platform called cMulti. Not to be confused with social trading, cMulti allows users to purchase and follow trade signals from participating providers.
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 09:18 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Sneak Peak: New 45,000 Square Foot Data Center To Open In Central London
- After two years of development, Volta is set to launch its new data center in London, representing the first new data center to be established in the City's financial district for over 12 year, connecting major trading venues.
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 08:49 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
OANDA Begins Piloting Partners Program
- In a first for the broker, OANDA has soft launched a partnership program for participating Introducing Brokers on a limited basis. The partnership program is currently being piloted by OANDA, with the broker evaluating the process
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 07:21 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Adyen reveals worldwide mobile payments transaction growth of 75% over past 10 months
Thursday, 06/06/2013 | 00:00 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
The Falcon Is Still In Flight - Major US Bank Embroiled In Misappropriation of PFG Client Funds
- Almost a year has passed since the CFTC began investigating the activities of Peregrine Financial Group and its alleged misappropriation of client funds. Now US Bank under regulatory spotlight due to similar accusations.
Wednesday, 05/06/2013 | 16:51 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
iFXEXPO Industry Review: Binary Options Creating a Buzz
- One of the overwhelming themes of the iFXEXPO was that binary options are a hot product in the market. We take a look at some of the current trends taking place and new products and players in this evolving market
Wednesday, 05/06/2013 | 13:58 GMT by
Ron Finberg
ICAP Volumes Take A Turn In May - ADVs Out Of The Doldrums With Increase of 11% Year on Year
- After a relatively lengthy period of stagnation, the UK's interdealer ICAP displayed a return to form during May, with an 11% increase in ADVs over the same month last year, completing the month 9% up on April.
Wednesday, 05/06/2013 | 12:52 GMT by
Andrew Saks McLeod
Gabriela Liber Joins TraderTools as Sales Director
- TraderTools, developer of eFX trading solutions announced that Gabriela Liber has joined the company as Sales Director. According to TraderTools, Liber will report to John Geraci, Chief Customer Officer at TraderTools’s New York headquarters.
Wednesday, 05/06/2013 | 11:20 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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