Bart Burggraaf, Managing Partner at MediaGroup Worldwide takes an interesting look at the pros and cons of social media marketing channels for Forex brokers. It wasn’t too long ago I made the point that Social Media is the wrong channel to do advertising. The idea being that people are in content mode on social media,…
Read moreFCA regulated MTF for FX trading, LMAX Exchange, has just released an enhanced mobile app suite for both iOS and Android devices. Users benefit from mobile trading access to streaming, no ‘last look’ limit order liquidity as well as to real time market and trade data. The LMAX trading app is part of an integrated…
Read moreAfter a stutter start last month which saw their newly redesigned website go from beta to live and then taken back down again following a series of glitches and crashes, popular FX trader website FXStreet has taken the plunge again and relaunched their new website at fxstreet.com. FXStreet management is of course confident that the kinks…
Read moreAfter a stutter start last month which saw their newly redesigned website go from beta to live and then taken back down again following a series of glitches and crashes, popular FX trader website FXStreet has taken the plunge again and relaunched their new website at fxstreet.com. FXStreet management is of course confident that the kinks…
Read moreTrading solutions and services provider MahiFX has redesigned its website for the second time in 2016, coinciding with the formal launch of its MFX Vector buy-side order management system. With benefits that have so far only be available to large, tier 1 banks, MFX Vector allows users to identify and minimise their trading costs using market…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) today unveiled plans to add NextShares exchange-traded managed funds to its offering to retail investors and financial professionals through its investing and trading platforms. NextShares are a new way to invest in actively managed strategies. Since they are actively managed, NextShares offer the potential for benchmark-beating…
Read moreHong Kong FX broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) has earlier today published its financial metrics for the first quarter of 2016, with profits up in annual terms as forecast but down from the preceding quarter. The Group posted a total income of approximately HK$105.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, an…
Read moreAllocated Bullion Exchange (ABX) announced today the addition of four new liquidity providers to its membership base. Gold Stackers, Lucius Precious Metals, House of Commodities and Silver Bullion Pte Ltd (Singapore) have recently joined the ABX. Based in Australia, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore respectively, these four liquidity providers constitute an invaluable addition to the ABX,…
Read moreU.S. Securities industry regulator FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has announced today that it has censured Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, and fined the firm $900,000 for inadequately supervising firm-wide internal "flash" emails sent by its research analysts. In settling this matter, Stephens neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to entry of…
Read moreSingaporean officials and FinTech companies gathered with UK FinTech companies in Downing Street on Wednesday to mark the launch of the UK’s first ever FinTech Bridge, which included the signing of a regulatory cooperation agreement between the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The new FinTech Bridge will assist UK…
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