Japan
DMM Volumes Collapse 35% in February, Back to Second Spot in Japan
- GMO CLICK’s figures surpassed those of DMM in February 2015 with $962 billion, winning back the title of the number one retail FX broker in Japan from DMM. Japanese rival Monex Group also saw volumes drop 37%.
Thursday, 05/03/2015 | 09:29 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Rakuten CEO at Tokyo Conference: We Will Probably Accept Bitcoin
Monday, 23/02/2015 | 10:21 GMT by
Leon Pick
Japan FX Retail Broker Volumes Continue to Rise as January Figures Grow by 3.2%
- January trading volumes in Japan were 661.9 trillion yen (approximately $5.61T). Volumes increased nearly 3.2% from December, when total Japanese volumes were reported at 641 trillion yen.
Monday, 16/02/2015 | 08:53 GMT by
Ron Finberg
DMM Becomes Top Japanese FX Broker by Volume, Surpasses GMO CLICK with New High
- The total client FX trading volume for DMM was an incredible $1.3 trillion. GMO CLICK's figures fell short of DMM in January - ceding the title of the number one retail FX broker by volume in Japan to DMM.
Thursday, 05/02/2015 | 06:29 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
FX Volumes for GMO Click Securities Rise 14% in January 2015, Set New Record
- In contradiction to the FX volume record, trading in exchange products on GMO’s Click 365 solution totaled only 523,397 contracts in January 2015, which is down about a 9.8% drop month-over-month.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 07:08 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
BitFlyer Gets $1.1 Million in Funding, Looking to Expand beyond Japan
Wednesday, 28/01/2015 | 13:31 GMT by
Leon Pick
Dukascopy Bank Expresses Interest in a Japanese License, Eyes Alpari Japan
- The company is looking into expanding into the lucrative Japanese market in the aftermath of the Swiss franc debacle, where Japanese brokers remained mostly unaffected due to weak interest in Japan to trade CHF.
Monday, 26/01/2015 | 11:26 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Exclusive: Alpari UK Should Have Shut down a Year Ago Says Majority Owner
- Andrey Dashin comments to Forex Magnates about Alpari UK's insolvency: "Winding up was better than a financial meltdown with unpredictable consequences." Read the full statement along with telling data.
Tuesday, 20/01/2015 | 16:57 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
DMM's FX Volume Reaches above One Trillion USD in December for First Time Ever in 2014
- The total client FX trading volume in December 2014 for DMM was a whopping $1,125 Billion (134,874 Billion yen) for DMM DX, up by about 17.2% from $960.4 the previous month.
Wednesday, 07/01/2015 | 06:40 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Japanese Prime Minister Determined to Make Abenomics Work, Approves ¥3.5 Trillion More Stimulus
- The latest round of spending by the Japanese will focus on helping local governments and giving direct purchasing subsidies to households, unlike previous attempts that were criticised as "trickle down economics."
Sunday, 28/12/2014 | 11:11 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Trading Technologies Expands Its MultiBroker Platform with Addition of Rakuten Securities
- The solution, launched in 2013, has seen considerable traction in Asia over the past year, extending from Singapore’s commodity and energy trading space into the Japanese derivatives trading community.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 15:19 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Will Geopolitical Crises and Rapidly Changing Environment Force Brokers to Limit Leverage?
- FXCM Japan, XM and the Russian Forex Club had all recently changed the trading conditions of certain instruments. As the Ruble and Yen crash, we could be seeing a start of an overall risk management revamping.
Wednesday, 12/11/2014 | 12:24 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
RBA Expects Subdued Economic Conditions and Wariness of Monetary Policy Effects in the APAC Region
- The Reserve Bank of Australia says the nation's economy is set to remain subdued and warns Japan's monetary policy could spur flows that support the Aussie dollar.
Friday, 07/11/2014 | 06:18 GMT by
George Tchetvertakov
YJFX Becomes Latest Major Japanese Broker to Abandon the Metatrader4 Platform
- It now seems that Monex might have started a trend for Japanese brokers to abandon MT4 and if more will follow YJFX the country can be the first market to advance beyond the MT4 dominance era in retail FX.
Monday, 03/11/2014 | 12:11 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Kraken Poised to Launch Trading Between Bitcoin and JPY
Thursday, 30/10/2014 | 22:18 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Monex Publishes Final YTD Results,Upward Revisions Not Found
- The Tokyo-based broker publishes final results which highlight difficulties in all business units overcast by lower market volatility and compressed fee structures across the industry. Despite growing client numbers and deposits, revenues are down.
Thursday, 30/10/2014 | 04:55 GMT by
George Tchetvertakov
Bank of Japan Maintains Mantra of Incoming Higher Inflation despite Falling Oil Prices
- Governor Haruhiko Kuroda presented the BoJ’s report before the Committee on Financial Affairs and the House of Councillors, outlining that the central bank is on track to deliver on its promise for 2% inflation.
Tuesday, 28/10/2014 | 12:13 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Tectonic Shift in Japan's Domestic Energy Policy Is Forging a New Global LNG Marketplace
- It is often the case that tough times lead to good opportunities. In Japan's case, a crushing earthquake and ensuing tsunami has crippled its nuclear power industry only to give hope to another - Liquid Natural Gas.
Monday, 27/10/2014 | 09:49 GMT by
George Tchetvertakov
Kraken Set to Launch in Japan this Soon, Will Face Tough Barriers Marketing Yen Denominated Bitcoin Trading
Monday, 20/10/2014 | 12:33 GMT by
Ron Finberg
IBFX Launches Forex Brokerage Service TradeStation Ifx for Institutional Clients
- The new foreign exchange service will provide a set of extra features to professional and high-net-worth clients including smart order routing, co-location, web API integration and FIX API integration.
Tuesday, 14/10/2014 | 08:46 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Exclusive: Pepperstone Shuts Down Japan Services as IPO Grows Imminent
- One of Australia’s largest FX and CFD brokers is pulling out of Japan and re-focusing on regions where it is fully regulated. With an IPO imminent the broker is looking to Europe and New Zealand for international expansion.
Thursday, 02/10/2014 | 05:20 GMT by
George Tchetvertakov
Exclusive: ZuluTrade Acquires Japanese Subsidiary and Partners with Arena FX
- ZuluTrade expands in Japan through the acquisition of Market Crew Investment Advisor Co., Ltd., and launches its platform in a first collaboration with any of Japan's retail brokers, Arena FX Co., Ltd.
Tuesday, 09/09/2014 | 15:42 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
DMM’s FX Volume Collapse Finally Halted, up 6% in August after Six Months of Declines
- Investors of Japan’s second largest retail forex broker by volume, DMM Securities, should not be satisfied with this rebound as its competitor GMO Click reported an impressive 25% jump in volume for August.
Wednesday, 03/09/2014 | 13:39 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
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