Wednesday, April 1, 2015

CFTC Data Shows GAIN Capital Retail FX Funds Grow 5.48% in February

CFTC Data Shows GAIN Capital Retail FX Funds Grow 5.48% in February


CFTC Data Shows GAIN Capital Retail FX Funds Grow 5.48% in February

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 05:45 PM PDT

CFTC reported retail FX funds held at registered brokerages operating in the United States have decreased by -0.96% MoM in February 2015 from the month of January
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Deutsche Börse Reports Monthly Turnover of $175 Billion in March 2015

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 05:02 PM PDT

German trading venue, Deutsche Börse, has reported its monthly turnover for its cash markets in March 2015, yielding a figure of $175.0 billion (€162.6 billion).
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Skrill Group Caps Acquisition of Ukash, Fortifying Euro-Market Penetration

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 05:01 PM PDT

Skrill Group has completed its acquisition of Ukash, a UK-based electronic money system and payments provider, capping a deal that has been nearly five months in the making.
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Court Forces Dutch Watchdog to Issue First Binary Options License

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 01:19 PM PDT

The Rotterdam Administrative Court as well as the CBB Appeals Court ruled that AFM should immediately issue a license to Optieclub. Optieclub could no longer be expected to wait for its license.
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Interactive Brokers Reports Flat Trading Volumes For March 2015

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 12:27 PM PDT

Interactive Brokers Group Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) has just released its trading volumes for the month ending in March 2015, which saw Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) virtually unchanged MoM.
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Currency Cloud Granted E-Money License from the FCA

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 11:11 AM PDT

Currency Cloud, providers of a cross currency payment engine has announced on their blog that they have been granted an electronic money (e-money) license from the UK's Finance Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Excessively High Leverage Continues to Haunt the Forex Industry

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 11:00 AM PDT

Less than three months after the SNB crisis, retail foreign exchange is back where it was before the 15th of January, 2015, as companies continue to loudly offer between 1:666 and 1:2000 leverage.
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RoboForex Launches 1:1000 Leverage Offer, Resets CHF Margin Requirements

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 08:42 AM PDT

How responsibly can traders handle higher leverage ratios when trading on financial markets will remain a vibrant debate, Forex Magnates' reporters spoke to the marketing specialist of RoboForex, Anton Ivanov.
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Heads of Nasdaq, London Stock Exchange and ICAP: MiFID II Rules Won’t Work

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 08:06 AM PDT

Michael Spencer, Chief Executive of ICAP, Xavier Rolet, Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange Group, and Hans-Ole Jochumsen, President of Nasdaq, sent a letter to ESMA warning about Open Access failure.
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GAIN Capital Acquisition of City Index Totals $1.1 Billion Client Funds

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:06 AM PDT

According to a company announcement, GAIN Capital Holdings (NYSE:GAIN) has completed the acquisition of U.K. brokerage City Index. After the conclusion of the deal, the company stated that the combined size of client deposits now totalled more than $1.1 billion, which …
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GMO Click Officially Traded on JASDAQ, Re-Launches Binary on FX Prime

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 05:49 AM PDT

GMO Click is now officially listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange after a very volatile first day of trading and the announcement that it will be re-launching a binary options solution through its FX Prime brand.
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Regulation of Gold, Silver, Crude and WM/Reuters London 4pm Fixes Starts Today

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 05:02 AM PDT

Following the scandals around the manipulation of the LIBOR and the WM/Reuters London 4pm Closing Spot Rate, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority will begin today to regulate seven additional financial benchmarks.
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Exclusive: SNB Governor Jordan Establishes “Central Bank Risk Free” FX Hedge Fund

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 04:34 AM PDT

After shocking the forex markets and triggering billion dollar losses across the board, Thomas Jordan will spearhead a private fund predicting central banks' moves. "It takes one to hedge one," elite investors say.
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CWM FX Held Acquisition Talks with GEMFX Before Heron Tower Raid

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 03:57 AM PDT

The target company has been authorized to hold and control client money funds with the UK Financial Conduct Authority with a matched principal license allowing STP operations and agency model operation.
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First Derivatives Acquires Affinity Systems to Expand Big Data Services

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 03:38 AM PDT

First Derivatives expands its foray into big data analytics with its acquisition of Canadian Affinity Systems, a provider of software development and consultancy service for up to £7.7 million.
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Click 365 Volumes on the Tokyo Financial Exchange Tick Higher in March

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 03:11 AM PDT

Trading volumes on the Tokyo Financial Exchange surged 10% in March with the EUR/USD rollercoaster sparking intensive trading activity which led to a year-on-year growth totaling 336 per cent.
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ICAP Plc & Two Japanese Banks Dismissed from LIBOR Class Action

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 02:37 AM PDT

ICAP plc has already been fined by European regulators for facilitating the operations of a banking cartel which manipulated the Japanese yen London Interbank Borrowing Rates in February this year.
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Breaking: BATS Global Markets Hotspot Volumes Rebound in March

Posted: 01 Apr 2015 01:34 AM PDT

The rise in trading activity across the board and excessive volatility in some major pairs led to a stark rebound in trading volumes at one of the leading ECNs in the FX industry, BATS owned Hotspot.
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