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Should Clients Cover Their Own Negative Balance?
- Our article "Are You Covered? These Brokers Forgive Negative Balance following CHF Crisis" made our guest blogger Ron de Luca raise the question whether traders should be held responsible for the negative balance or not. What is your opinion? Feel free to submit a blog post about this issue. More details can be found at the end of the article.
Sunday, 25/01/2015 | 11:19 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
Critical Lists Detail the CHF Effects as the Alpari UK Insolvency Saga Unfolds
- Forex Magnates spotlights the past week's top news from around the world at one of the most challenging times for the industry. From compulsory leverage changes to the latest acquisition offers for struggling firms.
Sunday, 25/01/2015 | 11:01 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Australia Headquartered Brokerage ThinkForex Obtains FCA License
- London continues its domination in attracting foreign exchange and CFD brokers from all over the world with the reputation of its Financial Conduct Authority regulatory body now being put to the test by the Swissie.
Saturday, 24/01/2015 | 12:29 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
US Watchdog Enforces Higher Margins on FX Crosses, 3% on JPY & AUD
- Retail FX brokers in the USA will be adhering to regulatory requirements to increase margin values on certain major and exotic financial instruments. The move comes amid heightened volatility in global markets.
Saturday, 24/01/2015 | 00:39 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FXCM Confirms Plans to Sell Non-Core Assets Plus Record FX Volumes Amid Volatility
- Trading activity was in the green at listed broker FXCM as volatility supports trading volumes. The broker also confirmed that it plans to release certain non-core business units in order to cover its rescue loan.
Saturday, 24/01/2015 | 00:04 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FXCM Share Buyout on the Table? Charles Schwab Emerges as Possible Suitor
- Charles Schwab Corp has emerged as a darkhorse candidate to buyout shares of FXCM (NYSE:FXCM), following the recent Leucadia lifeline last week, with a premium of $5.25 per share being seen as a plausible figure.
Friday, 23/01/2015 | 19:11 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
Dukascopy Bank to Embrace 1% Margin on EUR/CHF
- Swiss bank, Dukascopy, is one of the first major forex providers in the country to reinstate its standard margin requirements on the troubled EUR/CHF financial instrument. The revised margins are to return on the 25th of January.
Friday, 23/01/2015 | 18:26 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Breaking: Saxo Bank Remains Well Capitalized, Albeit Facing up to $107 Million Losses
- The Danish multi-asset brokerage has issued the full details unveiling the maximum prospective losses it is facing in the aftermath of the Swiss National Bank's move to remove its support from the 1.20 EUR/CHF floor.
Friday, 23/01/2015 | 16:00 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
FXCM Board Draws Additional Investigation from Kirby McInerney Law Firm
- In what constitutes standard industry practice, a number of law firms are filing shareholder lawsuits against companies whose value drops massively in a short amount of time, as happened with FXCM.
Friday, 23/01/2015 | 14:51 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Breaking: FxPro to Launch an MT5 Platform Offering from Metaquotes
- After FxPro became one of the few large true ECN providers to cover losses of its clients in the aftermath of the Swiss franc crisis, it is now adding another platform to its variety of offerings.
Friday, 23/01/2015 | 14:24 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Compagnie Financière Tradition's Fourth Quarter Results up 6.2% YoY
- The Swiss company's results in the fourth quarter of 2014 have improved materially, after volatility across a broad spectrum of financial markets brought in an increased flow of trading volumes.
Friday, 23/01/2015 | 06:47 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Where Do Loyal Middle Eastern Alparites Trade?
- Alpari’s Dubai office has been one of the best performing units in the group with strong capital inflows over the last four years, however, with Alpari UK closed for business where does the office send interested clients?
Friday, 23/01/2015 | 01:06 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
75% of InteractiveBrokers' Franc Losses from FX Futures, Not Spot FX
- Providing critical details on their forex business in the company's financials conference call, IB addressed what product was the biggest loser, who the largest losers were and the size of their forex business.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 22:55 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Alpari UK Clients Get Note from KPMG Requesting Confirmation of Claims
- Clients of London-based brokerage firm, Alpari UK, have received an email from KPMG, the note outlines the current affairs and requests clients to confirm their claim, the process could take 8 weeks.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 20:16 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Forex Client/Broker Tension Causes Postponing of Mena Forex Conference
- Citing “receiving non-stop calls from investors and traders complaining about their losses and anxiously holding the brokers accountable," the Mena Forex Dubai conference is being postponed.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 18:52 GMT by
Ron Finberg
ECB Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged, Additional Measures TBA by Mario Draghi
- The governing council of the European Central Bank is expected to announce "unconventional monetary policy measures" at the press conference of ECB President Mario Draghi at 13:30 GMT later today.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 13:01 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Are You Covered? These Brokers Forgive Negative Balance following CHF Crisis
- With the market turmoil still causing a great deal of uncertainty, Forex Magnates lists the brokers which are not likely to require traders to cover their negative balances. See the full live report here.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 13:00 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Exclusive: Q4 2014 US Forex Profitability Report, Accounts Fall and So Do Profits
- US active retail accounts fell below 90,000 for the first time since Forex Magnates began to track these statistics in 2011 as part of our US Forex Profitability Account, while trader profitability declined.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 11:57 GMT by
Ron Finberg
IronFX and Pepperstone Enter Race to Take Over Alpari UK's Business
- All these reports might be true but they are also a great way for international brokers to get media exposure in the UK as the demise of the local Alpari branch, a sponsor of West Ham, is making headlines in the press.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 10:08 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
GAIN Capital (Forex.com) Confirms Negative Balances Forgiven by Thursday
- Affected clients have been notified by email and GAIN Capital said it expects all credits to be completed and posted to clients' trading accounts by 5pm ET on Thursday, 22 January, 2015.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 09:00 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
How Is the Forex Leverage Landscape Changing? Full List of Brokers Forced to Hike Margin
- Forex Magnates brings you the complete look at the harshening margin requirements after the industry was shocked by the CHF black swan and regulators started to tighten the screws on maximum leverage.
Thursday, 22/01/2015 | 08:18 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Breaking: NFA Raises Margin Requirements for Swiss Franc, Swedish Krona and Norwegian Krone
Wednesday, 21/01/2015 | 23:11 GMT by
Ron Finberg
US Attorneys Plan Investigations into FXCM & Possible Breaches of Equities Rules
- Two US law firm have issued press releases informing the public that they are investigating possible violation of securities rules that occurred when FXCM's share price plummeted 90% in the midst of the CHF problems.
Wednesday, 21/01/2015 | 21:48 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Exclusive: FXCM Inc to Increase Margin Requirements in Two Steps to 2%
- Exclusive information obtained by Forex Magnates' reporters confirms that the brokerage is about to increase margin requirements on open positions just before a series of potentially volatile market events.
Wednesday, 21/01/2015 | 18:30 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
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