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NZ Regulatory Body Launches Forex Probe as Scope of Allegations Widens

  • The widening scope of a global forex investigation has now extended to New Zealand, as the country’s Commerce Commission has announced the launch of a probe into the manipulation of currency rates.
Monday, 31/03/2014 | 06:46 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Exchanges

SWIFT Tracking Sees RMB Exposure Surge 248% YoY across Aussie FX and Investments

  • SWIFT's currency tracking has announced that Chinese Renminbi (RMB) payments value for the month ending February 2014 exploded 248% YoY as fx activities continue to drive the currency's exposure in Australia.
Wednesday, 26/03/2014 | 16:22 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Payments

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission warns merchants to comply to regulations

Tuesday, 25/03/2014 | 14:09 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Payments

Report predicts mobile wallets to take over by 2021

Sunday, 23/03/2014 | 16:12 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Regulation

ASIC Launches Investigation into Aussie Markets over Forex Manipulation

  • The list of global regulators investigating the manipulation of fx rates in a $5.3 trillion-dollar-a-day industry has continued, with recent news of ASIC joining the probe in examining Australian markets.
Wednesday, 19/03/2014 | 11:09 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Brokers

MXT Global Initiates USD/CNY and Commodity Offerings Amid Widespread Interest

  • MXT Global, a provider of forex trading technology and financial services in Australia, has announced the inclusion of the USD/CNY to its currency suite following accumulated demand from its clientele.
Monday, 10/03/2014 | 07:19 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Brokers

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
Exchanges

Open for Business: ASX Gains RMB Settlement Service for Its Asset Suite Via Bank of China

  • The ASX and the Bank of China inked an agreement to provide Sino-Australian financial markets with RMB settlement services, extending the exposure of the currency to a multitude of asset classes.
Tuesday, 18/02/2014 | 03:27 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Brokers

AxiTrader Approves Access to Chinese Yuan, 15 Other Pairs

  • AxiTrader now allows trading access to Chinese Yuan via USD/CNH, among 16 new currency pairs made available to traders. The Australian FX Broker hopes for the new offering to be highly popular among clients.
Wednesday, 12/02/2014 | 10:18 GMT by Jeff Patterson
Brokers

Invast Securities Operating Revenues Rise 13% in January

  • Japanese broker dealer, Invast Securities has reported earnings data for the month of January. The Tokyo based brokerage firm saw operating revenues jump to $3.1 million an increase of 13% from figures reported in December.
Friday, 07/02/2014 | 21:46 GMT by Adil Siddiqui
Brokers

FIBO Group Announces License with British Virgin Islands' Financial Services Commission

  • The latest entity added to the Moscow-headquartered FIBO Group, under the name FIBO Group Ltd, gets licensed with BVI's FSC, adding to the firms CySEC and ASIC regulated firms, totaling 3 regulated firms within the group.
Friday, 07/02/2014 | 14:50 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Exchanges

ACTIV Financial Colocates Down Under: Opens Ticker Plant at ASX, Eyes APAC

  • With Europe continuing its barrage of rulings against HFT, Australia welcomes it. Today, ACTIV Financial has established a ticker plant at ASX, in order to provide higher quality and better performing data from the region.
Tuesday, 21/01/2014 | 21:02 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Executive Moves

IG Group Australia Appoints Ex-MF Global Executive James Perry-Keane As Head of Institutional Sales

  • Following a year of growth among certain business units, IG Group's Australian division has appointed James Perry-Keane as Head of Institutional Sales, representing an advancement in his career after 3 years with IG.
Monday, 20/01/2014 | 14:54 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Exchanges

J.P. Morgan Becomes Eighth Member To Take Stake in Chi-X Global

  • The global financial services provider with assets of $2.5 trillion, takes an ownership interest in a growing execution-venue as prospects of order-flows in Canada, Japan and Australia are fueling the venue's potential.
Wednesday, 08/01/2014 | 13:54 GMT by Steven Hatzakis
Brokers

On The Up Down Under: Invast Securities Australia Experiences Increase In Trades

  • The Australian division of Japanese FX company Invast Securities has experienced a steady increase in FX trading activity over the last three months, citing AUD volatility as a major contributing factor.
Thursday, 19/12/2013 | 06:28 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Regulation

Hattrick for ASIC: Three Large Firms Censured For Incorrect Handling Of Client Funds

  • Australia's national regulatory authority ASIC has today announced that it has censured three large firms for failing to adhere to rulings with regard to segregation of client funds, resulting in a penalty and an EU.
Tuesday, 17/12/2013 | 07:43 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Payments

Paysafecard expands reach to Australia

Sunday, 17/11/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Executive Moves

Life After PFG: Richard Clarke Appointed CTO At Direct FX Trading

  • Richard Clarke becomes CTO at Direct FX Trading post-PFG.
Wednesday, 13/11/2013 | 06:51 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Payments

Commonwealth Bank is offering online checkout solution

Sunday, 03/11/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Brokers

Pepperstone IPO Chatter Getting Louder with Hiring of Berkshire Capital

  • Chatter of possible Pepperstone IPO grew as the broker has contracted Berkshire Capital, a New York based investment bank that provides services to the Australian market through its local Sydney office.
Wednesday, 23/10/2013 | 09:01 GMT by Ron Finberg
Payments

PayPal encourages online business though education

Thursday, 17/10/2013 | 00:00 GMT by FMAdmin Someone
Brokers

Former Director Of Sonray Capital Markets Faces Jail For Part In $46M Demise

  • ASIC announces end to the high-profile case involving failed Australian introducing broker, Sonray Capital Markets, at one time one of the nation's largest white labels and referrer of business to Saxo Bank.
Wednesday, 02/10/2013 | 11:00 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Brokers

Binary Options Update - Development Decisions: In-House vs External Platforms?

  • To develop or not to develop? That is the question. Lionstone Investment Services has today announced that it has developed its own in-house binary options platform, to integrate with the MetaTrader 4 platform.
Tuesday, 01/10/2013 | 16:19 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Brokers

$439 Million OzForex IPO Sparks Speculation Down Under - Will Pepperstone Be Next?

  • After a two year lull during which financial sector IPOs in Australia were few and far between, OzForex, a deliverable FX firm based in Sydney will list for $439 million, raising the question as to which firm is next.
Monday, 23/09/2013 | 09:53 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
Technology

Trade Repository Registrations Take A Step Back In Europe As ESMA Delays Final Date

  • The European Securities and Markets Authority has today announced that it is pushing back the implementation timeline relating to the instigation of trade repositories in Europe.
Monday, 16/09/2013 | 16:19 GMT by Andrew Saks McLeod
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