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OANDA Expands UK Operation
- After three years of changes at the highest levels, OANDA now reports that the time is right to execute its new strategy at its London office, and confirms that it is employing a number of new business development staff members.
Tuesday, 25/02/2014 | 20:10 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Swiss Finance Corporation Partners with Ariel to Offer Spread Betting and Retail FX Trading
- The institutional currency broker which until now have focused exclusively on "tier one clients," like FX funds and small banks, is now aiming at the global retail Forex market for growth and expansion.
Tuesday, 25/02/2014 | 12:34 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Monex Net Revenues Drop 14.3% in January, Expenses Skyrocket 43.4%
- Despite the fact that the Japanese Monex Group's January FX Volumes have been the highest in six months, the financial results for the group were disappointing with operating revenues down 9.3% M-o-M.
Tuesday, 25/02/2014 | 10:41 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
ASIC Bans Forex FS from Offering Retail Managed Accounts for Ten Years
- The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an "enforceable undertaking" from the online FX broker after it violated its Managed Discretionary Account rules and promised 30% returns.
Tuesday, 25/02/2014 | 08:38 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Maltese Regulatory Watchdog Warns That Merex Markets Not Licensed with MFSA
- The Malta Financial Services Authority warns against MerexMarkets.com, an apparently unregulated broker with offices in Cairo and Tbilisi, advising the public that the firm is neither registered nor regulated in Malta.
Monday, 24/02/2014 | 11:34 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Canada’s FINTRAC Imposes Fine on Questrade for Serious AML Breaches
- Canada’s regulatory authority that governs money laundering has reported details of a fine it imposed on Toronto based broker, Questrade, in 2011. The broker was found guilty of breaching nine serious rulings.
Saturday, 22/02/2014 | 19:33 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
X Open Hub Expands Multi-Asset Liquidity Horizons
- What does it mean for brokers?
Monday, 16/12/2024 | 15:32 GMT by
FM
AvaTrade Launches HushTrade.com Portal, and New Binary Options Offering Is Live
- The educational website employs experienced traders to teach their methods in a forex blog style dedicated offering, and Ava Trade's PowerTrade.eu website is live for its binary options offering, following prior reports.
Thursday, 20/02/2014 | 21:40 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Fidessa Group Co-Locates with SGX Data Center, Adds First Vietnamese Broker
- Global investor and buy-and sell-side solutions specialist Fidessa Group has opted to co-locate with SGX – furthermore the group has fortified its network by adding its first Vietnamese Broker, VN Direct.
Thursday, 20/02/2014 | 00:58 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Royal Mail IPO Boosts Activity in the UK Market
- Investors in the UK welcomed the recent Royal Mail IPO which saw an influx of activity during the former government-owned firm’s listing. The IPO of the UK’s main postal provider is the largest since the 2008 global recession.
Wednesday, 19/02/2014 | 19:25 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
XM.com Gains ASIC Authorization Under a Subsidiary in Its Parent Company Structure
- The trading name XM.COM, belonging to Trading Point Holdings Ltd, which wholly owns several regulated entities offering online retail brokerage services around the world, just added an ASIC-approved entity to its list.
Wednesday, 19/02/2014 | 14:44 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Alpari RU Sees January Volumes Hit $136.6 Billion, up 4.1% from 2013 Monthly Average
- With a key share of volumes among the Alpari group of companies, from its clients across Russia and the Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) region, Apari RU reports January up $5.4 billion over its 2013 monthly average.
Wednesday, 19/02/2014 | 08:35 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Plus500 Crushes Q4 Financial Results, Shares Higher, Considers Main Market Listing on LSE
- Plus500 shares are at an all-time high this morning as the broker has posted full year revenue of $115.1 million and net profit of $50.6 million, which were higher by 105% and 196% respectively from 2012.
Wednesday, 19/02/2014 | 08:23 GMT by
Ron Finberg
CentFx Announces New Crypto-Focused Products
- CentFX also confirmed an upcoming integrated Crypto Exchange and receives an award.
Monday, 16/12/2024 | 13:04 GMT by
FM
OANDA Adds Chinese Language Support to fxTrade Mobile App as Usage Increases
- The global broker operating under the OANDA brand, has added Chinese language support to its fxTrade mobile platform app, in response to a higher percentage of Chinese speakers logging in to its mobile platform.
Wednesday, 19/02/2014 | 07:51 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Invast Securities Focuses on Risk Management with Launch of TriAuto
- Do retail forex traders need to be forced to apply risk management rules to become more successful? Japanese Invast Securities thinks so as they launch a new risk management focused trading platform called TriAuto.
Tuesday, 18/02/2014 | 09:35 GMT by
Ron Finberg
MtGox to resume withdrawals soon according to official statement
Monday, 17/02/2014 | 13:09 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
FCM December Metrics, Forex Dealers' Funds Dip Except for Interactive Brokers and FXDD
- December data shows Retail Forex Obligations in the U.S. had a combined decrease of 1.28% across ten dealers, with only two reporting increases MoM, and Institutional Liquidity and RJ Obrien having the largest % decreases.
Saturday, 15/02/2014 | 09:29 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
ESMA to the Rescue - What’s a Derivative in Relation to EMIR?
- With Valentine's day drawing to a close in Europe, Cupid strikes in the form of a new ESMA request. The EU Commission has received a letter from ESMA seeking clarity on the exact definition of a derivatives in relation to new reporting measures under EMIR.
Friday, 14/02/2014 | 21:55 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
eToro Set to Release Upgraded CopyTrader This Sunday, After Passing 100 Millionth Trade
- Less than a year after its 50 millionth trade on its network, the social networking Forex and CFD copy-trading software developer has reached the 100 million mark, a revamped platform is expected to be released on Sunday.
Friday, 14/02/2014 | 15:24 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
Kama Capital Leads the Charge, wins Entrepreneur’s “Fintech of the Year”
- Kama Capital leads the charge in a new generation of brokers.
Monday, 16/12/2024 | 12:00 GMT by
FM
Dukascopy Bank Latest to Give In to Binary Options Allure with Platform Launch
- The latest Binary Options Platform launch comes in the form of a demo account offering by Swiss-based bank Dukascopy, with prices powered from its SWFX centralised-decentralised marketplace, Live accounts to follow.
Friday, 14/02/2014 | 10:07 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
MetaQuotes Really Wants You to Upgrade MetaTrader 4
- MetaTrader Build 600 is out, and along with it came an update to the MQL4 language. So far, despite coding improvements that come along with the update, developers and EA users have reported incompatibility issues as well.
Friday, 14/02/2014 | 09:13 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Diving Lira Ramps Up Trading Volumes in Turkey
- The emerging market currency, Turkish lira, was the talk of the town among FX brokers after major fundamental events caused the currency to slump more than 16% thus resulting in record trading activity in Turkish crosses.
Thursday, 13/02/2014 | 09:20 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
SBI Holdings Reports Q3 Financial Results, Revenue, Income Record Triple-Digit Growth
- The financial group SBI Holdings, whose subsidiaries specialize in fx, securities, and banking services has just reported its Q3 financial results, highlighted by growth in operating revenue and income.
Thursday, 13/02/2014 | 05:16 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
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