The year started on a high note for one of the largest online trading service providers - Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), as the company has just posted its volumes metrics for January 2016, showing a monthly rise in both retail FX and institutional trading volumes. Retail volumes staged a rise of 12.3% from December…
Read moreDenmark's Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) today published a Report on algorithmic trading on NASDAQ Copenhagen, with the study mapping trading in securities carried out by computers on NASDAQ Copenhagen. The report also addresses the regulator's intentions of supervising algorithmic trading, including the so-called high-frequency trading. At present times, algorithmic trading accounts for approximately 50% of…
Read moreDarwinex, a technology provider and an FCA-regulated broker and asset manager, today announces pending changes to margin requirements for XTI/USD (West Texas Intermediate crude oil vs US dollar), due to market volatility. The company says that in line with the margin policy of its liquidity providers, it will raise the margin for XTIUSD from the…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) today unveiled its plans to launch a new international money transfer business. The new venture, named GAIN Capital Payments Ltd., will operate under the ForeignExchange.com brand name. Apparently GAIN Capital has owned and parked the foreignexchange.com website url for 15 years. The company's main retail forex…
Read moreProvider of pre-trade risk and post-trade processing solutions Traiana, part of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), today announces its partnership with stock exchange BATS Chi-X Europe (BATS). Both companies have agreed to launch a joint service that will extend OTC equity trade CCP clearing to a larger number of market participants. BATS and Traiana have developed services that…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today reported its operating metrics for January 2016, with Forex volumes staging steep increases in both monthly and annual terms, in the face of a month-on-month decline in yuan futures turnover. In January 2016, the FX futures volume at SGX was 522,933 contracts, up 23% from December 2015, when the volume…
Read moreJapanese online trading company Invast Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO:8709) has just posted key business metrics for the first month of the new year, with operating revenues continuing to rise after a fairly robust December. The company reported operating revenues of JPY 348 million ($3.03 million) for January 2016, which is 23.8% higher than the result…
Read moreUK online Forex, CFD and spreadbetting broker CMC Markets plc (LON:CMCX) today announces its admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange. CMC Markets' ordinary share capital consisting of 287,923,211 ordinary shares has today been admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the…
Read moreProvider of financial products, advisory and execution services INTL Fcstone Inc (NASDAQ:INTL) has earlier today posted its financial results for the three months to December 31, 2015, a period which marks the first quarter of the company's fiscal year 2016. The company registered decreases in net income and total revenues in the period, although operating…
Read moreJapan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has earlier today updated its set of warning lists featuring names of unauthorized investment services providers targeting Japanese investors. The latest additions include three binary options brokers: BizOption Management Office (Bizoption), Worldoptionner Management Office (Worldoption), LFG Investment Ltd (OptionRally). The addresses of Bizoption and Worldoption are unknown, whereas OptionRally provides…
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