October 07, 2014 BY Mike Fox
CFTC charges Florida-based Forex Monthly Income Fund LLC and it's owners with fraud
Defendants allegedly misappropriated more than $1 million of customer funds
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October 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Surveillance: The FCA's expectations and toolkits
Despite the FCA's passive approach of accepting settlements from most firms under its auspices when irregularities are discovered, the British regulator is taking steps to conduct strict monitoring of firms' activity
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October 07, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Rabobank puts two on paid leave after review of FX trading activities
First reported by Bloomberg early Tuesday, Dutch lender Rabobank said it has placed two of its London staff on paid leave following an internal investigation into the bank's currency trading practices. "Rabobank can confirm that following an internal review of FX trading activities, two employees of its London branch have been put on paid leave…
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October 07, 2014 BY Mike Fox
TRADOLOGIC expands in China, adds Biz Dev director for Asia - adds new CIF
TRADOLOGIC, the popular binary options software provider has a strong new force in the face of the new Business Development Manager for Asia, Slavena Savcheva. Ms. Savcheva recently joined TRADOLOGIC as a very perspective professional who will be in charge of the Asian market. She has experience in online financial trading, particularly in the Asian…
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October 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Bitcoin to become a mainstay of financial markets as regulation-friendly infrastructure development underway
With a $3 million investment from mainstream venture capital moguls in hand, SolidX forges forward to develop a Bitcoin swaps infrastructure which could seal the place in mainstream financial markets economies worldwide for virtual currency.
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October 07, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Swissquote Daily Technical Report: GBP/USD - Bouncing
In Swissquote’s Tuesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for GBP/USD and USD/CAD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). GBP/USD: Bouncing • GBP/USD is bouncing, as can be seen by the break of the…
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October 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen Announces Legal and Policy Team
Following the election of Chairman Timothy Massad to the CFTC earlier this year, a series of senior appointments have been made. Yesterday, Commissioner Sharon Bowen announced the key personnel that will form the US regulatory authority's legal and policy team
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October 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
OANDA focuses on open source analytics as Beta version of MT4-fxLabs launched
In launching the fxLabs indicators, OANDA has combined the familiar MetaTrader 4 platform with the requirements of traders who seek to generate their own indicators and analytical tools
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October 07, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Monex Group's 14th quarterly "Monex Global Retail Survey" - retail investors bullish
In Monex Group's 14th quarterly "Monex Global Retail Survey" the survey shows that in all regions—Japan, the U.S., and China—retail investors expect that stock markets will be bullish (the number of investors that answered “World stock market prices will increase” exceeded that of investors that answered “World stock market will decrease”). We assume that investor…
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October 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Caveat Emptor! FOREX MMCIS freezes withdrawals after regulatory warning
FOREX MMCIS has announced that it has canceled all pending withdrawals, and has imposed a limit of $200 on future withdrawals. Does this signal the end of the road?
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