Retail forex broker FXCM Inc. (NASDAQ:FXCM) just announced certain key customer trading metrics for December 2016 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business. Overall, FXCM had its slowest volumes month since February 2015. But it is hard to make any kind of volume conclusions based on December, which is often seasonally slow due to…
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Retail forex broker Alpari just announced that has launched the Alpari Mobile application. Brokers can now receive up to date informational picture of what is happening on the financial markets via iOS smartphones or tablets. The version of the application for Android operating systems will be released very soon. The following instruments are accessible from…
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Commercial banking company Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ (ASX:ANZ) announced an agreement to sell UDC Finance, the asset finance business of its wholly owned subsidiary ANZ Bank New Zealand, to HNA Group, a global company focused on tourism, logistics and financial services. The sale reflects a continued focus by ANZ…
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This article is written by New Zealand based Forex broker Titan FX. For long term success, take advantage of your strengths and enhance your forex trading skills. Refining any skill provides better foundation and builds stronger character as a forex trader. In a challenging and unpredictable market, it is important to have a secure set…
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The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) just warned the public of the activities of an entity named Pageon Bank S.A. According to CSSF, Pageon Bank S.A. claims to be established at 18, rue Robert Stumper, L-2557 Luxembourg. The CSSF informed that the entity Pageon Bank S.A. has not been granted the authorisation required…
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Brexit is no longer the biggest risk to the UK financial system, the Bank of England Governor has declared. According to Sky News, Mark Carney shared that the economy was growing more strongly than he or the rest of the Monetary Policy Committee had expected in the wake of the referendum. Mr Carney commented: Strictly speaking,…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS), a Delaware corporation headquartered in New York City, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ processing of exchange and clearing fees it charged customers for trading and clearing Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.…
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NEX Data, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which delivers global pricing data and information solutions, and Tradition, an interdealer broker in over-the-counter commodity and financial products, just announced that they have agreed a distribution partnership. NEX Data will become a key distributor for Tradition’s market data and information services division, TraditionDATA. The agreement includes real-time and end-of-day…
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For those in the European or UK Forex, CFD and retail financial services industry hoping for some form of license passporting to remain in place as part of Brexit, it doesn't look like you'll get your wish. UK financial industry lobby group TheCityUK, put together by a number of the UK's leading banks and financial…
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