[Snippet] BATS Global Markets Negotiates Acquiring Hotspot for $400 mln: Reuters

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• [Snippet] BATS Global Markets Negotiates Acquiring Hotspot for $400 mln: Reuters
• Marketers Pounce on the Opportunity to Pinch Competitor’s Clients During Times of Difficulty
• Banks Face Swissie Music – Citi Lost $150 Mln – Bloomberg
• Breaking: Leucadia Hands FXCM $300 Mln Life-Line
• [Snippet] FXCM's Share Price Drops 70% in After-hours Trading After Halt Lifted $3.84
• Tradeview Markets Emerges Unscathed, on the Prowl for New Business?
• ICE Futures Crosses New Record in EUR CHF Futures – Surpasses 199,600 Contracts
• Is Your Broker Weathering the CHF Storm? Real Time Updates
• The Foreign Exchange Market’s Black Thursday: Industry Losses May Surpass $1B
• Breaking: FXCM in Fire Sale Talks with Potential Buyers
• Interactive Brokers Suffers $120 Million in Client Losses, Trading Uninterrupted
• Vultures Out: Brokers Reviewing the Wreckage for ‘Groyse Metsia’ Acquisitions
• Daily Forex Market Update: USD/CAD Wakes up in Early US Session
• [Snippet] US CFTC Opens Review of FXCM Following Client Losses, Share Collapse
• BMFN All Smiles as Business Continues as Usual
• GAIN Capital Generated a Profit on the Forex Industry’s Black Thursday
• Dukascopy, FXTM an Oasis of Calm, FXOpen Resumes CHF Crosses
• FXCM Inc Shares Trading down 85% in Pre-Market Trading
• Saxo Bank’s Risk Holds, as Low Leverage on CHF Pairs Enforced Since September
• [Snippet] FXOpen Resumes CHF Pair Trading Following Earlier Cessation

[Snippet] BATS Global Markets Negotiates Acquiring Hotspot for $400 mln: Reuters Posted: 16 Jan 2015 05:16 PM PST

Marketers Pounce on the Opportunity to Pinch Competitor’s Clients During Times of Difficulty Posted: 16 Jan 2015 03:59 PM PST Forex and CFD brokers are looking to absorb clients from competing firms. Data from marketing channels shows that brokers are using interesting marketing phrases against brokers that have been affected by the CHF crisis. Read more The post Marketers Pounce on the Opportunity to Pinch Competitor’s Clients During Times of Difficulty appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Banks Face Swissie Music – Citi Lost $150 Mln – Bloomberg Posted: 16 Jan 2015 03:52 PM PST Leading banks have been victims of the recent currency markets crisis according to Bloomberg. Reports suggest that Citi suffered a $150 million loss, with Deutsche and Barclays also in the limelight. Read more The post Banks Face Swissie Music – Citi Lost $150 Mln – Bloomberg appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Breaking: Leucadia Hands FXCM $300 Mln Life-Line Posted: 16 Jan 2015 02:49 PM PST US holding company, aka the baby Berkshire Hathaway, Leucadia National has given troubled forex broker-dealer FXCM a $300 million financing. The move comes after talks earlier in the day to support the broker. Read more The post Breaking: Leucadia Hands FXCM $300 Mln Life-Line appeared first on Forex Magnates.

[Snippet] FXCM's Share Price Drops 70% in After-hours Trading After Halt Lifted $3.84 Posted: 16 Jan 2015 02:05 PM PST

Tradeview Markets Emerges Unscathed, on the Prowl for New Business? Posted: 16 Jan 2015 12:34 PM PST Friday's aftermath of the CHF volatility has heralded a death knell for several brokers, while helping reshuffle the playing field for the rest – all the while Tradeview Markets has survived and emerged out of the crisis with an eye on expansion. Read more The post Tradeview Markets Emerges Unscathed, on the Prowl for New Business? appeared first on Forex Magnates.

ICE Futures Crosses New Record in EUR CHF Futures – Surpasses 199,600 Contracts Posted: 16 Jan 2015 12:14 PM PST The recent change in Switzerland's core interest rate by the SNB has seen extreme market behaviour. The ICE Exchange brought a fresh layer of positivity reporting record volumes in the main EUR Swiss derivatives contract. Read more The post ICE Futures Crosses New Record in EUR CHF Futures – Surpasses 199,600 Contracts appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Is Your Broker Weathering the CHF Storm? Real Time Updates Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:35 AM PST Thanks to a surprise shakeup from SNB, the FX industry has been placed in a state of flux with the playing field radically redrawn – consult Forex Magnates' comprehensive broker list to see the state of each broker. Read more The post Is Your Broker Weathering the CHF Storm? Real Time Updates appeared first on Forex Magnates.

The Foreign Exchange Market’s Black Thursday: Industry Losses May Surpass $1B Posted: 16 Jan 2015 10:29 AM PST The 'Black Swan'day is swinging a big broom across the foreign exchange industry, reshaping it as we know it and preparing us for a slew of long-term changes after yesterday's extraordinary market conditions. Read more The post The Foreign Exchange Market's Black Thursday: Industry Losses May Surpass $1B appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Breaking: FXCM in Fire Sale Talks with Potential Buyers Posted: 16 Jan 2015 10:19 AM PST Forex Magnates has learned that FXCM is in talks with several private equity funds, as well as cash- rich brokers to complete either a partial or full asset sale or raise between $100-200 million by as early as Monday. Read more The post Breaking: FXCM in Fire Sale Talks with Potential Buyers appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Interactive Brokers Suffers $120 Million in Client Losses, Trading Uninterrupted Posted: 16 Jan 2015 09:44 AM PST Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) joins a short list of brokers who suffered sizable losses yesterday at the hands of the SNB's snap decision to abandon its currency peg, whose client losses are estimated at $120 million. Read more The post Interactive Brokers Suffers $120 Million in Client Losses, Trading Uninterrupted appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Vultures Out: Brokers Reviewing the Wreckage for ‘Groyse Metsia’ Acquisitions Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:49 AM PST Forex Magnates has learned that some larger and well capitalized brokers are out making calls today about acquiring outright or purchasing a share of customer books to provide capital to struggling brokers. Read more The post Vultures Out: Brokers Reviewing the Wreckage for 'Groyse Metsia' Acquisitions appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Daily Forex Market Update: USD/CAD Wakes up in Early US Session Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:40 AM PST Our new guest contributor, John Putman II, accompanies us on a daily basis with his aphorism of the daily market, each time sharing with us a chart he prepares with the status quo of the currency pairs that are relevant to him. Read more The post Daily Forex Market Update: USD/CAD Wakes up in Early US Session appeared first on Forex Magnates.

[Snippet] US CFTC Opens Review of FXCM Following Client Losses, Share Collapse Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:39 AM PST

BMFN All Smiles as Business Continues as Usual Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:15 AM PST Friday has been a house of horrors for FX brokers, which reached a climax when Alpari UK and FXCM collectively faced dire straights – conversely, BMFN has emerged out of the CHF maelstrom unscathed and is business as usual. Read more The post BMFN All Smiles as Business Continues as Usual appeared first on Forex Magnates.

GAIN Capital Generated a Profit on the Forex Industry’s Black Thursday Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST GAIN Capital is another brokerage which is reporting to have in place a solid risk management framework which prevented it from being materially impacted by the Swiss National Bank's decision. Read more The post GAIN Capital Generated a Profit on the Forex Industry’s Black Thursday appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Dukascopy, FXTM an Oasis of Calm, FXOpen Resumes CHF Crosses Posted: 16 Jan 2015 07:34 AM PST The line in the ground today appears to differentiate between outright catastrophe (Alpari UK, FXCM) and the 'business as usual' mantra, with the majority of brokers falling into the latter, including FXTM and Dukascopy Bank Read more The post Dukascopy, FXTM an Oasis of Calm, FXOpen Resumes CHF Crosses appeared first on Forex Magnates.

FXCM Inc Shares Trading down 85% in Pre-Market Trading Posted: 16 Jan 2015 06:59 AM PST Credit Suisse and Citi issued downgrades on the shares of FXCM Inc this morning as the company and its peers across the industry are losing substantial amounts of market value in pre-market trading on the NYSE. Read more The post FXCM Inc Shares Trading down 85% in Pre-Market Trading appeared first on Forex Magnates.

Saxo Bank’s Risk Holds, as Low Leverage on CHF Pairs Enforced Since September Posted: 16 Jan 2015 06:12 AM PST Forex Magnates reached out to Steen Blaafalk, Chief Financial & Risk Officer at Saxo Bank A/S for his take on the recent fallout surrounding the SNB's abandonment of its peg along with its impact on Saxo Bank. Read more The post Saxo Bank’s Risk Holds, as Low Leverage on CHF Pairs Enforced Since September appeared first on Forex Magnates.

[Snippet] FXOpen Resumes CHF Pair Trading Following Earlier Cessation Posted: 16 Jan 2015 05:58 AM PST

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