Tag Archives: trading
Gain Capital reports positive April 2013 results, institutional volume at all time high
17
2013
Gain Capital continued the positive trend of retail and institutional forex brokers reporting peak volumes since the start of 2013. Client assets are nearing half a billion dollars while institutional volumes are at all time high.
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Hotspot FX posts 12% gain in volume in April 2013, gap between retail and institutional brokers narrows
14
2013
Hotspot FX was back growing in April 2013 while leading retail forex brokerages were getting closer and even above some of the institutional broker volume levels showing that gap between retail and institutional broking is narrowing.
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Regulators Intervene against Fraud and Money Laundering Risks in Use of Pre-Paid Credit Cards
13
2013
Britain’s FCA and anti money laundering authorities take a close look at the use of pre-paid cards to fund forex trading accounts – and set in place penalties to put a stop to it.
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For those industry participants wishing to gain clarity on 2012′s drift in volumes, the BIS has released a set of statistics to set out its findings in its semi-annual report.
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We’ve been focusing more attention on bitcoin, so we thought it was about time to provide a piece explaining more details about the digital currency. If you are a regular reader you probably know that we are excited about the …
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Exclusive: OANDA Appoints Global Mobile Banking Head Citibank as New Head of Singapore
2
2013
Management changes at OANDA continue with the appointment of Rajesh Yohannan as the new Managing Director & CEO, OANDA Asia Pacific, to be based in Singapore. Previously this position was manned by K Duker who then went ahead to become the global …
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Paxton Powers, VP Technology at Interbank FX, leaves the company to join former CIO
2
2013
Paxton Powers is moving to company called Domo (not forex related) to join former Interbank FX CIO Daren Thayne who is now Domo’s CTO.
Alpari Russia has just officially announced that it withdrew its KROUFR membership, one of the Russian forex market’s Self Regulatory Organizations (SRO). This comes 10 years from the establishment of this organization. We were pessimistic back then about the prospects of such association as …
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ASIC Clamping Down on Unregulated Firms – Fraudulent Currency Trading Scheme Uncovered
29
2013
Following an investigation into an unlicensed and fraudulent financial services business, ASIC has successfully applied to the Supreme Court of Queensland for three South-East Queensland based companies to be wound up. ASIC alleged Secured Collateral Pty Ltd (Secured Collateral), Diversified …
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Kept In The Dark By Credit Suisse – Non-disclosure of Trading Volume on Crossfinder Platform
22
2013
Swiss banking institution Credit Suisse has stopped voluntarily disclosing the amount of trading volume on its Crossfinder platform, the world’s largest dark pool, highlighting the debate over the transparency of U.S. equities markets. Last year, FXCM entered into a joint …
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