February 13, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Data sees steady revenues in Q4'14, income drops 29% Q/Q

Interactive Data Corporation, the trading infrastructure and financial information services provider, has just reported its financial metrics for the fourth quarter and full year 2014, with revenues showing a continued rise but income from operations registering a double-digit drop when compared to results from the preceding quarter. Let's take a look at the numbers. Q4…

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February 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

ILQ officially exits US Forex market, all NFA licenses withdrawn

Institutional Liquidity LLC (ILQ) has officially exited the US market, data from the website of the National Futures Association (NFA) have shown. As of January 21, 2015, the company has had all of its licenses with the US regulators withdrawn, including: • RETAIL FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALER • NFA MEMBER • FOREX FIRM • FOREX DEALER…

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February 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari websites undergo changes as new trademark owner takes control

(Former) clients of Alpari UK, the troubled retail Forex broker, have signaled to LeapRate that the website of the UK company – alpari.co.uk, as well as the websites of its subsidiaries, now redirects to the English version of the website of Alpari Russia. Indeed, visitors of alpari.co.uk and alpari.com are currently redirected to alpari-forex.com. To…

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February 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Russia's CRFIN blacklists Forex company PROM-24

Russia's Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies, also known as CRFIN, has been diligently performing its oversight functions of the Russian Forex market to the degree that its status of a self-regulatory organization permits. One of the main functions of CRFIN is to inform traders and investors of fraudulent projects and companies…

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February 12, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

EXNESS adjusts margin requirements on risky currency pairs

Retail Forex broker EXNESS has joined the growing group of companies taking extra measures to limit currency trading risks by adjusting margin requirements on certain trading instruments. The company has announced that it will raise margin requirements on a number of pairs, starting from February 16, 2015, with the changes applying to all trading account…

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February 12, 2015 BY Mike Fox

FXCM records second best month ever of retail volumes at $450B after Franc set-back

FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) today announced certain key operating metrics for January 2015 for its retail and institutional FX business. It's main competitor within the 'states Gain Capital, yesterday reported their operating metrics for January, with their retail volumes increasing 18% MoM to  $279.6 billion. Meanwhile, today we learned that FXCM reported a 3% MoM gain for it's second…

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