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FCA Issues Finalised Guidance for Social Media Financial Promotions
- The finalised version of the social media guidance was published by the FCA after extensive consultation with the industry, outlining how brokers can appropriately use this wide-reaching communications channel.
Saturday, 14/03/2015 | 16:23 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
United Signals: Social Asset Management Made in Germany
- The company is providing a set of strategies run by a selection of professionals who are executing their trades on the multi-level risk management system of the German social asset management provider United Signals.
Saturday, 14/03/2015 | 12:24 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
The Votes Are In: Alpari UK Concludes Initial Resolution Meeting
- Alpari UK clients and creditors had the opportunity to vote on a number of initiatives on Thursday, voting in favor of resolutions for the approval of joint Special Administrators proposals and the formation of a creditors' committee.
Friday, 13/03/2015 | 17:37 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
February Binary Options and Foreign Exchange Volumes in Japan Down
Friday, 13/03/2015 | 15:56 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
No Bids for Alpari Japan as 4,500 Alpari UK Clients Register Claims
- Just a little over 13,000 clients are entitled to claims over $100, with the biggest 126 customers of Alpari looking to receive close to $50 million as KPMG announced that it had received no offers for Alpari Japan.
Friday, 13/03/2015 | 13:04 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
FXCM Inc Conference Call Review: Huge Business Shakeup Coming
- The company’s CEO Drew Niv highlighted in the conference call after the FXCM Inc earnings report yesterday that the firm intended to repay its loan to Leucadia National by the end of 2015 primary through assets sales.
Friday, 13/03/2015 | 10:09 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
xCFD Enhances Asian CFD Offering with New Chinese Instruments
- New Zealand-based brokerage firm, xCFD, has enhanced its equity CFD offering with the addition of Chinese products. The broker continues to develop its instrument list to cater to diverse client needs.
Thursday, 12/03/2015 | 19:01 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Insolvent Forex Broker Clients, Get Your Questions Answered
- Forex Magnates is inviting clients of now-defunct LQD Markets and Alpari UK to submit their pressing questions to us, to be answered by an insolvency litigation expert who will shed light on the process.
Thursday, 12/03/2015 | 14:27 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
CySEC Warns TD Options Not Providing Regulated Binary Options
- The Cypriot regulator has identified that TD Options claims to be regulated for providing binary options and boasts a display of its purported license on a Chinese language website soliciting clients from Asia.
Thursday, 12/03/2015 | 13:40 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Don't Change Your Holiday Money Pounds to EUR Just Yet
- Within only four weeks the EUR/GBP fell 400 pips. Read in our daily guest blog post what the reasons behind these significant movements were.
Thursday, 12/03/2015 | 08:34 GMT by
Matthew Clark
FXCM Publishes Second-by-Second Account of "SNB Flash Crash"
- The NYSE listed broker blames institutional liquidity providers for its failure, does not explain why CHF leverage was not limited and believes its technology performed adequately in client's best interests.
Thursday, 12/03/2015 | 06:18 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Exclusive: SpotOption Is Now a US Binary Options Market Maker on Cantor Exchange
- Forex Magnates has discovered that the firm has been actively trading and writing options on the Cantor Exchange for the past two weeks. The firm may be laying the groundwork for expansion into the American market.
Wednesday, 11/03/2015 | 13:47 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Exclusive: TechFinancials' Founders Discuss First Binary Options IPO
- The firm’s founders and Co-CEOs sat down with Forex Magnates to explain TechFinancials’ position as its shares get listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investments Market (AIM) on Monday.
Wednesday, 11/03/2015 | 10:38 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
New Throttling Functionality Supports Innovation At Gold-i's Liquidity Bridge
- Forex and CFD brokers will benefit from a new throttling logic feature on the Gold-i Bridge which aims to enhance the performance of the MT4 trading platform by selecting useful price updates into the broker's MT4 server.
Wednesday, 11/03/2015 | 08:00 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
CHF Crisis Revisited: How the SNB Decision Reshaped the Forex Market
- As the dust settles over the biggest crisis in two decades of retail OTC trading, our unique data suggests some interesting insight into how players all across the industry were, and still are, affected by the turmoil.
Wednesday, 11/03/2015 | 06:52 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Stephonomics: When History Repeats Itself on The Trading Floor
- With 30 years of industry experience, our newest guest blogger Stephen A. Simonis provides a different angle on the market. Read his personal account of the day of the bomb, three decades before the one on January 15.
Tuesday, 10/03/2015 | 20:38 GMT by
Stephen Simonis Senior
FXCM Assets Drop 15% in January as US Retail FX Subside
- Retail brokers offering margin FX saw declines in the value of client assets held during the month of January. However, institutional providers supported overall growth in the value of client monies at CFTC-authorised providers.
Tuesday, 10/03/2015 | 19:27 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Allure of Gold Trading Too Powerful for Retail Brokers to Resist
- GulliverFX, the UK broker 100% owned by Yahoo Japan Corporation, diversifies its trading offering with gold, silver and oil in response to clients demands. Gold is seen as crucial instrument in many markets.
Tuesday, 10/03/2015 | 16:34 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Forex Brokerage AForex Rebrands to AMarkets as it Expands into Asia
- The company is aiming to position itself as a multi-asset financial services provider as traders look away from forex to additional asset classes and the broker diversifies its exposure to foreign exchange volatility.
Tuesday, 10/03/2015 | 15:55 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Licence of Hungarian Broker, Quaestor Securities, Temporarily Suspended
- The brokerage is facing difficulty in refinancing its obligations, due to paper losing value in the aftermath of the Buda Cash announcement made by authorities several weeks ago, revealing sector weakness.
Tuesday, 10/03/2015 | 13:44 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Gold Prices Still Shaky amid USD, EUR Volatility
- In times of financial instability, gold is traditionally considered the asset investors can count on. Our newest guest blogger Stephen Simon outlines the current situation and points out potential pitfalls.
Tuesday, 10/03/2015 | 13:19 GMT by
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