September 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
CME expands international presence with several London hires
Knottenbelt, Collins, Fraenkel to Take on broadened global roles based in London
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September 30, 2014 BY Gerald Segal
ICAP reports half year Revenues to be 10% lower
ICAP CEO Michael Spencer: Low volatility levels and a focus by our clients on costs and regulation resulted in execution volumes remaining suppressed during much of the period.
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September 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Commerzbank joins Swissquote’s Swiss DOTS
Swissquote is extending its range on the over-the-counter trading platform Swiss DOTS which stands for Swiss Derivatives OTC. Commerzbank is now the third issuer. In the medium term an extra of about 20,000 leveraged products will be issued by Commerzbank AG, joining the existing range of the two founding partners, UBS and Goldman Sachs. Swiss…
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September 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
FXCM Japan restricts CFD trading to professional clients
From Monday, September 29th, FXCM Japan has ceased to offer CFD services to retail clients, with the service only available to professional customers
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September 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
WPCS announces 34% user growth for its BTX Trader and Celery digital currency platforms
The total amount of digital currency sold since Celery's launch is $78,000, with 71%, 24% and 5% of sales consisting of Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Litecoin...
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September 29, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
CFTC catches FX fraudster with hand in customers' pockets using $1.65 million to fund expensive lifestyle
CFTC Charges Illinois Resident Gerald J. Considine and His Companies, Novo Trading and Considine Trading, with Fraudulent Solicitation and Misappropriating More than $1.65 Million of Customer Funds
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September 29, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Russian Forex brokers to enjoy record low capital requirements
For retail FX firms which have balked at the high capital adequacy requirements in so many jurisdictions, Russia's new FX regulation could well be the antidote, with just $76,000 required for securities dealers
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September 29, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Montréal Exchange brings options trading to university campuses across Canada
Simulation offers undergraduate university students the opportunity to gain virtual experience in the Canadian options market...
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September 29, 2014 BY Mike Fox
CME Group licenses CFFEX'S China market data
CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and China Financial Futures Exchange Inc. (CFFEX), the sole financial derivatives exchange in mainland China, announced today that they have signed an agreement on market data provision. Under this agreement, CME Group will license and distribute CFFEX market data outside of mainland China, to customers…
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September 29, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod