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What Do We Talk about When We Talk About Retail Forex?
- As we look forward to 2015, there are a few common threads that often come up during discussions between brokers and technology providers. oneZero Financial's Andrew Ralich offers some basic definitions.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 14:06 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
RMB Currency Futures Volatility Leads to Record Trading Volumes at Hong Kong Exchanges
- To support the further growth of RBM futures the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing group is introducing an "Active Trader" and "Spread Enhancement" programmes as well as two new currency market makers.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 12:36 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Thomson Reuters Matching Adds Malaysian Ringgit and Philippines Peso
- Emerging Asia currencies are making its way to the Thomson Reuters platform as interest in trading currencies outside of G7 is increasing and the volatility of emerging market currencies is rising.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 12:06 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
BGC Continues to Expand, Acquires the British Assets of FX Interdealer Brokerage RP Martin
- The global brokerage company BGC says it expects to acquire further businesses and assets of RP Martin in Sweden and the Netherlands in 2015, subject to regulatory approvals and certain closing conditions.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 08:30 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Forex Consolidation Trend Continues with Two Acquisitions, Russian Parliament Setting Limits
- Forex Magnates spotlights this week's news from around the world, from an unlikely American IPO to a harsh new legislation in Russia and the outrageous predictions from Saxo Bank for the market in 2015.
Sunday, 14/12/2014 | 10:41 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Bitcoin Picks: US Regulator Gets Heavy-Handed and Issues Fine against Bitcoin Exchange
- News of Microsoft joining the Bitcoin band-wagon adds light to the virtual currency sector despite regulatory fines for a provider of multiple unauthorised exchanges in the US.
Saturday, 13/12/2014 | 15:06 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Russian TV Alleges MMCIS Founders Financed Ukrainian Politicians
- After the debacle of the Ukrainian brokerage MMCIS, we are seeing yet another turn, as a Russian TV station reports that the client funds allegedly stolen from depositors were used to finance Ukrainian politicians.
Friday, 12/12/2014 | 13:46 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Future of Finance Is P2P as LendingClub Goes Public with $5.4B Valuation
Thursday, 11/12/2014 | 14:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
From reporting to resilience: Why RegTech is evolving beyond the rulebook
- RegTech evolves from compliance to a driver of data resilience and agility.
Tuesday, 04/11/2025 | 06:06 GMT by
Christodoulos Mouskos, MAP FinTech Head of Operations
London Summit 2014 – the Full Data Showcases Our Best Event to Date
- With 100% increase in exhibitors and 57.14% in attendance, the numbers confirm our observations and your feedbacks about the event. Take a look at the full data while we get back to work on the next big thing.
Thursday, 11/12/2014 | 11:24 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
TradingScreen Partners with MainstreamBPO to Offer Full Platform for Asia Pacific Fund Managers
- TradingScreen's forex solution, TradeFX, simplifies access using SaaS. In a single window, the buy side trader can access the entire liquidity available using a streaming, RFQ, order-book or algorithmic model.
Thursday, 11/12/2014 | 11:22 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Did Forex Rigging Banks Leave Traces of Manipulation in Their FX Pricing Algorithms?
- A Reuters report is citing sources close to the matter claiming that the New York banking regulator is investigating whether Deutsche Bank and Barclays Plc used certain algorithms facilitating fixing manipulation.
Thursday, 11/12/2014 | 08:38 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Breaking: Russian Forex Regulation Law Passes Second Reading in Parliament
- The latest version of the Russian forex regulation bill was passed in the Russian Duma on its second reading officially making the bill into a law, pending final due diligence in a formal read in the Federal council.
Tuesday, 09/12/2014 | 14:28 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
IronFX Rumored to Plan a US-Based IPO – the Questions to Be Asked
- While IronFX is certainly a big enough market player for such an attempt, the location it has reportedly chosen and key issues concerning the global broker's structure cast some doubts about its potential success.
Tuesday, 09/12/2014 | 11:23 GMT by
Ron Finberg
FxPro Launches Its Prime of Prime Offering Following up on Quotix Acquisition
- The company launches its prime-of-prime offering using a dozen of liquidity providers with half a dozen more in the pipeline and different pricing structures depending on the platform, with cTrader and MT4 available.
Tuesday, 09/12/2014 | 08:12 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. Sells Its Euronext Stake for €96.8 Million
- While the company’s management expressed its desire to keep its stake in the New York Stock Exchange, it is parting with its equity in Euronext selling its 6% stake to institutional investors for €96.8 million.
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 22:30 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Breaking: Saxo Bank Switzerland Appoints Antonio Ferrante as CEO
- Mr Ferrante will head the company after serving in various executive roles at Credit Swiss on the 5th of January 2015, replacing current interim CEO Tobias Straessle after a recent executive reshuffling.
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 16:12 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Major Players Join Trade Association as Global FX Faces Multiple Regulation Waves
- The five new instational members are Bloomberg Tradebook Services, Cürex, FastMatch, Nasdaq and Singapore Exchange (SGX) which have also joined the Foreign Exchange Professionals Association’s Founders’ Council.
Monday, 08/12/2014 | 13:11 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
US Regulator Delivers a Blow to Retail Forex, Kiwis Are Better Off
- Forex Magnates spotlights this week's news from around the world, with credit card ban in the US, license exemptions in New Zealand and a first Chinese brokerage allowed to trade on the spot FX market.
Sunday, 07/12/2014 | 11:46 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Former Citibank FX Trader Rohan Ramchandani Moves on from LCG
- FX trader, Rohan Ramchandani has departed from LCG after serving three months in the risk and trading division. A statement issued by LCG explains that Mr Ramchandani left due to personal reasons.
Saturday, 06/12/2014 | 01:22 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Dodd-Frank Violations Lead to a $1.3 mln Fine for Gold Distributors Inc
- A Federal Court ordered the company and its owner Jordan Cain to pay restitution and civil monetary penalty for violating Dodd-Frank Amendments to the Commodity Exchange Act between January 2012 and February 2013.
Friday, 05/12/2014 | 17:42 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Three Former ICAP Brokers Plead Not Guilty of Manipulating Japanese Yen LIBOR
- Daniel Wilkinson, Colin Goodman and Darrell Read were allegedly involved in benchmark rates rigging benefitting a certain UBS trader’s positions on the market by sending skewed information to banks.
Friday, 05/12/2014 | 12:00 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
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