The multibank Forex price aggregation firm states August ADV surpassed it's prior June record by 28% and grew 274% year on year.
Read moreABN AMRO Clearing has recruited Noel Singh for a new role FX Product Manager, responsible for developing international expansion opportunities for the firm’s currency offering, as well as strengthening internal processes, procedures and risk controls. Mr. Singh was previously Head of FX Prime Brokerage at SEB Merchant Bank AB and has extensive experience in both FX products and…
Read moreFXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) today announced metrics for August 2014 for its retail and institutional FX business. Keeping up with the overall trend in the industry, FXCM had a nice month for retail although institutional volumes were a tad flat. Even so, August was the best overall month in 2014 for the firm, you can see the breakdown and…
Read moreThe CFTC has announced a settlement with social trading giant Zulutrade, whereby Zulutrade will pay a fine of $150,000 and repay commissions earned of $80,000. The settlement involve charges that from 2010 to 2013 Zulutrade failed to follow procedures for screening clients from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) targeted countries.…
Read moreThe contest takes place from October 12th to November 14th, with the sponsorship of Hantec Markets. First place includes a $10,000 live trading account with Hantec.
Read moreFollowing several subtle warnings by ASIC regarding the keen eye that is being kept on retail FX, LeapRate has learned that firms applying for ASIC licenses are being given a veritable cold shoulder
Read moreCrypto Markets & Technology, a new digital currency e-mag officially launched today following a summer-long beta roll-out. The publication was founded by Pete Harris, a veteran financial technology journalist and publisher. Updated continuously, Crypto Markets & Technology follows the movements by Wall Street firms - broker/dealers, exchanges and investment funds - to embrace Bitcoin as…
Read moreBGC's all-cash offer to purchase GFI exceeds the previous bid by CME to buy the firm for $580 million in July this year by a substantial sum
Read moreCypriot regulatory authority CySec takes steps to align itself with the MiFID II directive by setting forth a series of rulings regarding market abuse, covering a wide range of asset classes
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