September 11, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Alpari Russia volume falls 6% to $91.4 bln in August

Alpari Russia reported volumes for August today. After a recovery in volumes in July, August data shows that trading volume for Russia and the CIS fell back to $91.4B USD. In comparison with $97.2B USD in July of this year. In a bid to juice up it's profits and possibily offset some decline in their…

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September 11, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Op Ed: Is there an FX broker that is too big to fail?

Economies of scale, M&A, and high-profile takeovers have dominated the headlines recently as large firms continue to expand, whilst smaller firms feel the pinch due to low volatility, immense competition and costs whilst traders demand lean terms. LeapRate Managing Editor Andrew Saks-McLeod examines whether enormity equals immunity.

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September 11, 2014 BY Mike Fox

FCM360 appoints new head and expands ETRM/CTRM Managed Services

FCM360, a global Forex infrastructure company providing infrastructure strategy & implementation serving the FX and ETRM/CTRM sectors, including proximity hosting for high frequency trading, low-latency trading, automated trading, algorithmic trading and exchange connectivity has named Ron Villarin to head its expanded Energy Trading & Risk Management and Commodity Trading & Risk Management (ETRM/CTRM) operations. FCM360's ETRM/CTRM products…

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September 11, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CME Group appoints Cees Vermaas as Managing Director and CEO of CME Europe Limited

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has appointed Cees Vermaas as Managing Director and CEO of CME Europe Limited, its London-based derivatives exchange, effective January 2nd 2015. Vermaas, whose appointment as CEO is subject to regulatory approval by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will report to…

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September 11, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Swissquote Daily Technical Report: Gold – Approaching the support at 1240

In Swissquote’s Thursday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/JPY and Gold. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). Pushing higher • USD/JPY continues to rise after the break of the strong resistance at…

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