China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) issued a statement on Friday approving the setting up of a brokerage joint venture (JV) between mainland and Hong Kong investors. This is the first brokerage JV between the mainland and Hong Kong formed under the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). According to a report by Xinhua, the new company…
Read moreMarshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS, takes an interesting look at what a Donald Trump win in the US Presidential election might mean for global markets and trade.
Read moreIt was a week of some old faces in new places in Forex Industry News this past week on LeapRate. As well as platform launches focusing on automation - trading automation, conversion and retention automation... Some of the most popular, shared and commented-on posts this week on LeapRate included: Former City Index CEO Mark Preston…
Read moreNorth American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Nadex), part of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), has just released a new version of its mobile app for trading binary options for iOS devices. On top of a set of bug fixes that improve the overall stability of the solution, version 5.0.3 also offers the users of the app…
Read moreHong Kong Forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) has just released its financial metrics for the year to December 31, 2015, with favourable trading conditions helping the company see a steep rise in revenues and profits in the period. The numbers were barely surprising after the broker issued a positive profit alert in February.…
Read moreThe British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) keeps adding companies to its Investment Caution List, which features the names of unregistered brokerage firms unlawfully targeting British Columbia investors or falsely claiming to be associated with the Canadian province. The latest addition to the Investment Caution List is CTOption, a binary options broker operating via www.ctoption.com. The…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to issue warnings against clone firms – unauthorized entities that abuse the details of authorized firms in order to easily lure investors. The UK regulator today issued a warning against another clone - Swiss Investment, operating via www.investmentswiss.com/en/. The company offers a variety of FX services, while misusing…
Read moreProvider of FX software and analytical solutions FX Blue keeps expanding the charting and analytical offering for traders. After introducing charts showing information about winning and losing trades in February this year, the company (formerly known as MT4i) now adds a new type of dynamic charts. The new charts display information about the relationships between trading…
Read moreUK FCA regulated Forex investment manager and broker Darwinex, officially incorporated as Tradeslide Trading Tech Limited has just posted company financials in new filings today. The data shows the company achieved a profit in 2015, after starting up and forming in 2014. While in beta mode for a long while, the company opened up officially in 2015 as…
Read moreGuotai Junan International Hold. Limited (HKG:1788), a Hong Kong Forex, futures and equities broker that made headlines late last year thanks to the disappearance and reappearance of its chairman Dr. Yim Fung, has just published its financial results for the year to December 31, 2015. The company saw robust revenues and profits, with the brokerage segment,…
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