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Interactive Brokers Reports Mixed Q2 2014 Metrics, Volumes Retreat -5% QoQ
- Interactive Brokers Group Inc. has just announced the release of its Q2 financial metrics ending June 30, 2014, which were highlighted by a notable decrease of trade volumes to the tune of -5% QoQ.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 20:54 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
FXCM's Retail Volume Dips 3% in June, as Institutional Figures Rocket Higher by 22%
- The company released volume numbers for the final month of the quarter with June marking $254 billion, which makes it one of the few brokerages to report their lowest figures on the retail side during in April.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 20:47 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Mobile Advertising and the Quest for Cheaper Acquisition Costs and Quality Leads
- Over the last two years, much has been devoted to the importance of mobile trading for brokers. Covered much less has been mobile advertising, even as the medium may provide brokers with decreased acquisition costs.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 14:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Leverate Strengthens Foothold in Australia as IC Markets Launches Sirix Platform
- After Pepperstone adopted the Sirix web platform in August 2013, Leverate now partners with another australian broker, IC Markets to offer the MetaTrader4-compatible trading solution to Australian clients.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 12:06 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Plus500 Shares Keep Falling on Overall Broker Weakness, Odey Asset Management a Buyer
- Shares of FCA regulated online forex and CFD broker, Plus500 (PLUS.L) continued to fall today following yesterday’s plunge. At a low of 345, shares fell 5% today, and have fallen over 100p since Friday’s high.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 10:40 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Mushegh Tovmasyan Parts Ways with Alpari to Become CEO at Divisa Capital
- Leaving the Russian Giant, Mushegh Tovmasyan is eyeing "aggressive growth" for his Divisa Capital Group LLC - "Big brokers intimidate b2b clients" - and takes pride at the newest recruit Norbert Lukasiewicz.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 02:57 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Credit Suisse Promotes Angie Ma to Newest Managing Director for Greater China
- Credit Suisse AG, the Switzerland-based financial services juggernaut has promoted company standout Angie Ma to the role of Managing Director and Sector Head for the entire Greater China region.
Monday, 14/07/2014 | 17:37 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Myfxbook's Social Trading Platform AutoTrade Now Supporting Spotware's cTrader
- Australian IC Markets and Pepperstone are the first two brokerages supporting third party social trading on cTrader, as FxPro has already provided its SuperTrader copy trading service since last October.
Monday, 14/07/2014 | 17:07 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
FX Trading Volumes at Alpari Russia Lower by 5% in June to $88.5 bln
- During the second quarter of 2014 the Russian brokerage has reported FX trading volumes lower by 23.5% than in the first quarter, with activity on the local market not picking up materially after slumping in April.
Monday, 14/07/2014 | 14:44 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
New Product Spotlight: TopTradr Wants to Be the X-Factor of Trading
- In today’s New Product Spotlight, we take a look at mobile trading app, TopTradr. The app is a combination of emerging technologies in the forex industry, featuring part performance rankings and part social trading.
Monday, 14/07/2014 | 13:18 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Ayondo Opens an Office in Singapore after Unifying Its Brand
- ayondo Holding AG is behind FCA regulated spread betting and CFD brokerage formerly known as Gekko Global Markets, renamed to ayondo markets Ltd and Frankfurt based social trading platform developer ayondo GmbH.
Friday, 11/07/2014 | 05:34 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Breaking News: BT Prime & Boston Prime Face Injunction Order in Alleged Ownership Dilute
- Forex Magnates reveals that Supreme Court of Belize grants injunctions against BT Trading, BT's CEO George Popescu and Alpha Services Limited, after a court filing by former Boston Technologies’ COO Kevin Millien.
Thursday, 10/07/2014 | 19:49 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Saxo Bank Reports Delayed May Volume Metrics, Lacklustre Trend Continues in June
- An increase by 9% during the month of May was followed by a modest decline in June by 2.5% marking a rebound from multiyear lows which Saxo reported in the month of April, average daily volumes totalled $10.8 billion.
Thursday, 10/07/2014 | 16:25 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
June Retail Volumes at GAIN Capital down by 7%, as Institutional up by 5%
- Active retail trading accounts have dropped by 1% in June, as OTC trading volumes have dropped to $166 billion, while institutional investors have accounted for about $480 billion during the month, 30% higher over last year.
Thursday, 10/07/2014 | 12:12 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
GO Markets Latest Broker to Launch Binary Options, Taps TradeToolsFX for Technology
- GO Markets became the latest retail forex broker to begin to launch binary options trading to its clients. Soft launched to some clients last month, the product has been fully rolled out to their customer base today.
Wednesday, 09/07/2014 | 17:38 GMT by
Ron Finberg
ITRS Group Taps Guy Warren as CEO, Succeeding Kevin Covington
- ITRS Group Ltd, a global technology provider for investment banks, currency exchanges and brokers, has tapped Guy Warren as its newest Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Kevin Covington, who is slated to remain with the company.
Wednesday, 09/07/2014 | 16:13 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Skrill appoints former Weve CEO David Sear as new CCO
Wednesday, 09/07/2014 | 13:29 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
The Forex Magnates' Tel-Aviv Meet-Up Is Here!
- With lots of great food, free drinks for early comers and Brazil-Germany’s World Cup titans clash, everything is set for the biggest Forex industry’s event in Israel tonight at Gordon beach. See you there!
Tuesday, 08/07/2014 | 08:28 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
Forex Magnates' Tokyo Summit 2014 Is Just Three Weeks Away!
- Japan’s premier margin FX gathering takes place in less than a month. This is the time to Join the industry's executives at the prestigious Hotel Mandarin, a top notch venue for exploring exciting opportunities.
Monday, 07/07/2014 | 22:12 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
Is the Largest Internet Conglomerate in China about to Launch a Binary Options Brand?
- Chinese tech giant, Tencent QQ has partnered with the leading financial data terminal in the Asian market to run a Binary Options trading contest which could be its first step to entering the FX field.
Monday, 07/07/2014 | 09:02 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Chinese State TV Warns about FX Trading, Cites IFX and SFX as Culprits
- In a Chinese CCTV’s "FX speculation black platforms" story, traders who lost their money lamented suspicious brokers’ malfunction. Forex Magnates brings the translated transcript of the news report.
Sunday, 06/07/2014 | 14:34 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Global Futures Exchange and Trading Co Hit with NFA Complaint
- The National Futures Association (NFA) published last Friday six separate complaints it has issued against member firms which were filed on June 30th. Among those issued complaints was Global Futures and Trading.
Sunday, 06/07/2014 | 08:48 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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