Finally, some good news from FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM). The global forex broker, which has spent most of the past year selling assets and dealing with the fallout of last January's Swiss Franc spike and the $275 million loss it caused at FXCM, has announced what it calls a new partnership with German Forex and CFD broker…
Read moreThe Futures Industry Association of Japan (FIA Japan) has released the January 2016 edition of its bimonthly newsletter, offering interesting insights into the Japanese online trading sector. The report includes an announcement regarding the launch of a new on-exchange Forex margin trading service - Click 365 LARGE. On November 30, 2015, Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc.…
Read moreIn tune with an earlier announcement from Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) about its UK business planning to accept new clients, the retail Forex and CFD broker announced today that Plus500UK officially resumes onboarding activities. The UK business of the broker stopped accepting new customers in May 2015, as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was investigating its client…
Read moreFollowing a robust November for futures trading activity, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) registered one more month of rising futures trading volumes. According to ASX's market activity report for December 2015, out earlier today, futures and options on futures volume amounted to 12,021,672 contracts in the last month of 2015, up 25.3% from the reading for…
Read moreMonex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) has earlier today posted its operating metrics for December 2015, with global Forex volumes and daily average revenue trades (DARTs) markedly rising from subdued levels seen in November 2015. Global Forex volumes, that is Forex volumes across all Monex’s subsidiaries, amounted to $29.5 billion last month, up 30.5% month-on-month. The result,…
Read moreThe U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today released its Regulatory and Examination Priorities for 2016, highlighting three broad issues - supervision, risk management and controls; and liquidity. The letter also emphasizes firm culture, conflicts of interest and ethics, and the significant role each of these plays in the way a firm conducts its business. FINRA…
Read moreThe Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has just updated its Warning List, which contains the names of individuals and companies that are engaging in activities that may pose a risk to investors. The latest addition to the Warning List is Bristol Financial Offshore, also known as Bristol Offshore. The company, operating from www.bristoloffshore.com, is offering a…
Read moreFXCM Asia Limited, a former subsidiary of FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM), has informed its clients that it will be releasing a substantial update to the Trading Station Desktop platform. FXCM Asia, which was acquired by Rakuten Securities, Inc., a subsidiary of Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), says the update will go live on January 9, 2016. After market…
Read moreSwissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) on Monday released an update to its banking and trading application for iOS devices. The latest version of Swissquote Mobile (5.7) offers a set of enhancements, ranging from an account history graph to new trading themes being highlighted. The latter represents an enhancement to the new feature introduced to the…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive Interview... AvaTrade can easily be called one of the quiet success stories of the Retail Forex sector. Many in the industry were taken a little by surprise when AvaTrade's financials were revealed, exclusively by LeapRate, in some filings made by Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) soon after Playtech announced its planned $105 million acquisition of…
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