October 01, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

KCG Hotspot reports record FX volumes in September at $38 billion ADV

It looks like it'll be a September to remember in institutional FX trading. Possibly in retail too. Yesterday we learned that ICAP's EBS unit will report its first above-$100 billion ADV month since mid-2013, despite reporting otherwise lackluster financial results for the half-year to September 30. So it should come as no surprise that its…

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October 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Squared Financial offering new deposit bonus up to $10k

Squared Financial, the independent, full-service broker headquartered in Dublin and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) announced to prospective clients if they apply for a new account within one week the firm will match 20% of the initial deposit. Sqaured is a very interesting broker with many account options catering to a wide…

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September 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Nadex launches Nadex Pro desktop platform

The North American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex), the regulated online binary options exchange in the United States, today announced the release of Nadex Pro, an advanced trading platform designed to meet the specific demands for a user-friendly and fast trading application. “Active traders demand tools that provide fast, easy access to our exchange whether connecting through a browser,…

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September 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CFTC and Australia’s ASIC sign cooperation agreement

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Chairman Tim Massad and Chairman Greg Medcraft of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on a cross-border basis in…

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