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Is China entering margin FX?
- Doors to the worlds next big economy seem to be openign up for FX brokers. The Chinese authorities have tried to stamp out FX trading for locals in foreign markets however international brokers have been trying their utmost to establish some sort of position in China. With an estimated 30% of Chinese internet users online trading firms are hungry to source the Chinese traders.
Thursday, 29/09/2011 | 08:19 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Forex Magnates reporting Live from the Low Latency Summit 2011
- Industries leaders and think tanks are gathered today for a selection of conferences and discussions on latency in financial markets.
Monday, 26/09/2011 | 12:03 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
State Street purchase Automated Agency Broker
- State Street is expanding its presence in the automated trading space as it announces the acquisition of Pulse Trading a Boston-based agency brokerage firm offering block crossing and blotter scraping technologies as part of its electronic trading capabilities. State Street, a provider of custody and asset management services, said it entered a definitive agreement to buy the firm in an announcement today.
Friday, 23/09/2011 | 17:26 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Indian Rupee dives on FOMC - 2nd biggest fall in history
Friday, 23/09/2011 | 17:17 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Trading or Gaming - is there a difference
- Margin trading is commonly referred to as gambling with fancy words like "FTSE, Gold and Currencies". Unlike the 'horses' or 'dogs' investors are trading on volatile markets with no clear understanding of what the product is, how it works and most importantly what makes it move. Regulators in advanced economies have touched on this and have tried to draw some barriers so that brokers are more aware and so are their clients on the possible risks.
Wednesday, 21/09/2011 | 19:04 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FXall launches advanced tool for institutional FX traders
Monday, 19/09/2011 | 01:36 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
EU Commission wants more scrutiny on High Frequency Trading
- High frequency trading firms have been bought to regulators attention as the European Commission is pressing on stricter regulation to avoid market manipulation. This could be the second blow European trading firms will face after France's Sarkozy is planning a 'special' tax on financial transactions. These moves could put continued pressure on the Euro zone being a un-favoured location by financial markets professionals.
Friday, 16/09/2011 | 11:42 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
US Savings Associations to enter FX market
- Federal savings associations may engage in off-exchange trades in foreign currency - known as forex transactions - with retail customers so long as they comply with retail foreign exchange rules, according to new Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regulations.
Thursday, 15/09/2011 | 08:40 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
MCX gets extention in currency futures from SEBI
- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) late on Wednesday approved the application for renewal of registration for currency futures trading of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX). The approval comes a day after Sebi issued a showcause notice to the exchange asking the bourse to explain why its application for renewal of registration for currency futures trading should not be rejected.
Thursday, 15/09/2011 | 08:17 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
ForexPros partners with MetaQuotes to offer forex news over MetaTrader platforms
- Looks like IBTimes's integration with MetaQuotes was just a start and perhaps this signals a bigger change for MetaQuotes: ForexPros becomes the second news provider to integrate with MetaQuotes and will now be able to offer its news service on the Metatrader terminals (both 4 and 5).
Tuesday, 13/09/2011 | 14:31 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Dubai derivatives trading hits new record - August 2011
- Following on from strong performance in this year the DGCX has again reported strong results for spring/summer trading in 2011. The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) saw a significant rise in trading activity in the month of August, with the Exchange breaking volume records in four products, in addition to setting all‐time monthly and daily average volume records.
Tuesday, 13/09/2011 | 06:59 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FX Broker ILQ opts for First Derivatives Delta Flow
- Foreign currency exchange broker ILQ has chosen First Derivatives' Delta Flow service to deliver improved forex connectivity, execution and liquidity solutions. Delta Flow, which replaces First Derivatives' Delta eFX, provides the next generation in liquidity, flow and risk management allowing traders direct access to real-time data to optimise the experience of sourcing, controlling and distributing multiple pools of liquidity.
Monday, 12/09/2011 | 12:45 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Protectionism pays off, Bank of Japan holds $1.219 trillion USD reserves
- Japan's foreign exchange (forex) reserves hit a new record of $1.219 trillion at the end of August, up 5.9 percent from July, after the massive yen-selling intervention in the currency market, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
Thursday, 08/09/2011 | 18:29 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
CLS bank reports increase in FX settlement for August 2011
- CLS Bank has a positive swing in August in the back of intense market volatility in safe haven currencies. Figures reported for July showed a downfall of 2% however July is typically recognised as a month where most traders are on vacation.
Wednesday, 07/09/2011 | 18:33 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Soc Gen offfers enhanced data analysis tool for High Frequency FX Traders
- Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking's foreign exchange trading desk has teamed up with OneTick a leading institutional data analysis firm offering its tick data management and complex event processing solution from US based OneMarketData. This will improve data processing and analysis for algorithmic strategy development and testing.
Tuesday, 06/09/2011 | 10:15 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Indian Banks corporates get online trading platform
- IndusInd Bank a mid tier retail and commercial bank in India has launched its latest enhancement for corporate clients dealing in FX markets. The FastForex-Forex trading platform, which assists its corporate customers to know the forex prices on a real-time basis. This platform enables the Bank's corporate customers to reach the FX Treasury via Internet and a standard web browser, which in turn, helps the treasury to price, execute, confirm and manage FX transactions with the customers seamlessly.
Monday, 05/09/2011 | 10:32 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
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