June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Russia's CRFIN to develop and enforce Forex broker advertising standards
According to discussions it was decided to develop a seminal TSRFIN document regulating forex market advertising.
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June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Minister announces £3.9 million grant for First Derivatives supporting expansion
First Derivatives plc (FD) (LON:FDP), a global provider of trading and risk management software systems and consulting services for multinational financial institutions announces a major investment supported by Invest Northern Ireland (INI) to create 484 new high quality jobs in its headquarters in Newry. The announcement of Invest NI’s grant assistance, for a total of…
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June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Exclusive: LeapRate interview with Jamie Coleman of FXBeat
LeapRate sits down with the Executive Editor of FXBeat for an insightful interview - a month after becoming a premium content service, How does FXBeat set itself apart?
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June 30, 2014 BY Gerald Segal
LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index off 1% in May to $279B daily
The bad news? May, like the three months before it, was not very strong for the Retail Forex industry. The good news? It looks like June will show a nice upward reversal. In what is turning out to be a very up-and-down year volume-wise (although mostly down, so far, see graph below), Retail Forex brokers…
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June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
The FX vs Binary conundrum: Optimove uses hi-tech to compare trader activity in two sectors
Optimove assesses the difference in trader activity between FX and binary options businesses in order to ascertain the need for a systematic approach to client retention - a factor which is a high priority for all firms in the industry.
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June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Thomson Reuters and ICAP cooperate on swaps rate data...
The two firms may compete vigorously in the institutional Forex ECN business, but that doesn't mean they can't cooperate in other areas.
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June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Integral expands product and sales organizations; makes key executive appointments
In anticipation of significant product roll-outs in the coming months, Integral Development Corp. a leading platform for FX market participants, announced today in an official press release the appointments of Jon Barker as Managing Director, Products, and Richard K. Farrell, as Managing Director, Global Head of Sales. Jon Barker - will be responsible for defining…
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June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Thomson Reuters confirms more updates to its FX “rule book”
Thomson Reuters is revising its FX trading rules, the company said today, following another round of consultations with market participants. This latest news follows up from late March when Reuters made an announcement it wants to combat FX market manipulation, such as price flashing. Thomson Reuters, along with ICAP-owned EBS is one of the two…
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June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
MONEX retail trader survey- Japan traders bullish, US traders bearish
In its Thirteenth Global Retail Survey, Japanese electronic trading giant MONEX Group predicts the differential between US and Japanese trading behavior over the next three months.
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