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Open House At The CFTC: Public Meeting To Be Held On Automated Trading & SEFs
2014-01-08T18:12:34.000+02:00
With HFT and automated trading high on the agenda in most regulatory jurisdictions, the CFTC has announced that it will hold a public meeting in Washington DC on January 21 on the subject. Will the US be anti or pro?
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Hope Of New FX Career Out Of The Window - Literally!
2014-01-08T17:07:01.000+02:00
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MONEX December FX Volumes: Japan Up, IBFX and Tradestation Down
2014-01-08T07:11:20.000+02:00
The Japanese financial services company MONEX Group announced its results today for the month ending December 2013, articulating a minor rebound in trading activity and trade valuations since last month.
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NYSE Euronext Reports Trading Volumes For December, Global Derivative Volume -7.6% YoY
2014-01-08T05:53:52.000+02:00
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Euronext reported its trading volumes for December 2013, revealing a comprehensive listing of its global derivatives, forex, and equities exchanges YoY and MoM.
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Insitutional M&A Activity Kicks Off The New Year: Virtusa Buys TradeTech For $20 Million
2014-01-07T23:59:27.000+02:00
As the first week of 2014 completes, the retail FX M&As of last year give way to an institutional FX acquisition as Virtusa buys TradeTech Consulting for $20 million in cash plus extras.
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Protractions Begin To Ease At DMM Securities - December Volumes Up MoM
2014-01-07T18:52:49.000+02:00
DMM Securities has today announced its volume figures for December 2013. During the last month of the year, a slight increase over November was experienced, however, volumes have halved compared to the summer months.
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GMO Click Ends 2013 With Rising Volumes in December
2014-01-07T11:04:12.000+02:00
Japanese yen speculation to end the year has helped buoy an increase in trading volumes at GMO Click. The world's biggest retail forex broker by volume ended 2013, where it began, with rising volumes.
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Tokyo Financial Exchange Announces December Results. Click365 Volumes 31.4% Down YoY
2014-01-06T12:16:29.000+02:00
With today's announcement of trading volumes for December, it is clear that Tokyo Financial Exchange has experienced a different set of results than most industry participants, with significant downturns YoY.
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Leverate Jumps On The Binary Options Bandwagon. New BX8 Platform Includes Bitcoin
2014-01-06T10:00:47.000+02:00
FX technology provider Leverate has today announced the launch of BX8, its binary options platform which includes integrated social trading functionality. Is it able to carve out a viable market share?
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CME December 2013 FX ADV Up 4.54% To $92 Billion from November, FX Options Up 20% YoY
2014-01-03T15:49:01.000+02:00
One of the largest groups operating multiple exchanges serving the options, commodity futures, derivatives and foreign exchange regulated market-places, has published its December totals, closing out its full year results.
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Thinking CFDs, ThinkForex Expands CFD Offering With Six New Index-Based Instruments
2014-01-03T14:37:57.000+02:00
The ASIC-regulated online trading broker under the name TF GLOBAL MARKETS (AUST) PTY LTD, has just announced that six new CFDs will start trading next week, based on certain US, European, and Australian underlying indexes.
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Bank Indonesia Transfers Certain Regulatory Duties To Its Financial Services Authority
2014-01-03T12:19:24.000+02:00
The Jakarta-based financial service authority OJK got its powers bolstered, thanks to a deal with the central bank of Indonesia made on New Years Eve, which gives it authority over banking institutions, as Forex fate uncertain.
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Interactive Brokers Completes 2013 With December Metrics. DARTs 6% Down
2014-01-02T22:13:47.000+02:00
Interactive Brokers reflects on a profitable year overall, with December 2013's metrics demonstrating a significant increase compared with the end of 2012, but a 6% decrease daily average revenue trades MoM.
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Exclusive: Hong Kong-Based Fraudsters Clone Delta Financial Markets Website To Dupe Clients
2014-01-02T18:19:00.000+02:00
Fraudulent attempts to relieve clients of retail FX firms of their money appear to exist outside of the FX industry itself, as Delta Financial Markets discovers a false website imitating the firm to gain client deposits.
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A Year In Retrospect: 2013 Heralded High Hopes, Technological Developments, M&A, & A Bank Run
2014-01-01T12:13:16.000+02:00
On the final day of 2013, reflection upon a year of record volumes, technological advancement, debate and M&A activity likely fills the boardrooms of FX firms. Forex Magnates reviews the highs, lows and points of interest.
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A Gentle Reminder: CFTC Issues No-Action Relief Letters to FCM Compliance Departments
2013-12-31T21:44:51.000+02:00
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued two no-action relief letters to FCMs detailing that they are not required to register as swap dealers with the CFTC, and that the fiscal year ends today.
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NASDAQ OMX Ends 2013 With M&A Activity: Acquires 5% Stake In Borsa Istanbul
2013-12-31T18:55:12.000+02:00
NASDAQ OMX has arrived at the end of 2013 by announcing its purchase of a 5% stake in Turkish venue Borsa Istanbul, completing a year which has become synonymous with corporate mergers and acquisitions.
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A Look Back At Trading Volumes: FX Industry Hangs Tough As 2013 Bows Out
2013-12-31T12:00:15.000+02:00
Although 2013 brought good fortune to many FX firms, it was not a time for companies to rest on their laurels. On the contrary, as volumes increased, strategic corporate decisions were taken to move the industry on.
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Officials raid India's largest Bitcoin exchange
2013-12-30T02:00:00.000+02:00
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Volatility on Steroids – A Closer look at Bitcoin
2013-12-21T00:41:16.000+02:00
I think it is safe to say we all love volatility. The discussion on volatility reaches a whole new level when we are talking about Bitcoin.
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A Shift to Open Platforms in Forex Autotrading
2013-12-20T18:06:31.000+02:00
MetaQuotes’ recent aggressive policy of using their MT4 leverage in order to push brokers to abandon established auto trading platforms.
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Executive Interview: PAMM Pioneer Dmitry Orlov Unveils Strategy Store
2013-12-20T09:21:19.000+02:00
The technology which enables portfolio managers to operate PAMM accounts is largely attributable to the efforts of one man, Dmitry Orlov. In this week's Executive Interview, Mr. Orlov details his new venture.
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Under New Management: The Ever Decreasing Circles Of Small-Time M&A Activity
2013-12-19T15:12:40.000+02:00
Maintaining market share in an industry increasingly dominated by large conglomerates is becoming a challenge for smaller firms. CTOption has been sold to ex-CTO of Dealserv, which in turn has offloaded SkyFX and FXTG.
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On The Up Down Under: Invast Securities Australia Experiences Increase In Trades
2013-12-19T08:28:38.000+02:00
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.
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GAIN Former Chief Mark Galant Resigns From Board, Will Serve as Advisor Until 2015
2013-12-19T01:19:25.000+02:00
GAIN capital, a leading financial services firm has announced that one of its long term serving members, Mark Galant has put his resignation forward. Mr Galant who also runs a HFT firm will be focusing on philanthropic activities.
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