May 02, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LCG heads out of the wilderness as it gears up for £15 million loan note from prominent investor in trading platforms

LCG heads out of the wilderness as it gears up for £15 million loan note from prominent investor in trading platforms London Capital Group (LON:LCG) has announced today that it is planning a placing of convertible loan notes of approximately £15 million. This placing will be subscribed for in full or in large part by GLIO Holdings…

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May 02, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

FXCM, eToro and CMC gain in France FX and CFD sector

Research firm Investment Trends' 2014 report on the French FX and CFD market shows overall market shrinking after boost last year. Australia based research firm Investment Trends has published an updated report on FX and CFD trading in France, which showed a marked decrease in overall FX and CFD trading in the country. A boost to…

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May 02, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Swissquote forms partnership with Switzerland's largest online bank

Swissquote partners with PostFinance in order to develop e-trading platform and extend reach to 60,000 further clients, with business commencing in autumn of 2015 Swiss electronic trading financial institution Swissquote has today announced that it has partnered with PostFinance, Switzerland's largest online bank, in order to forge a long-term strategic synergy in online trading. Swissquote…

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May 01, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

New Zealanders have a relatively strong appetite for IPOs - Will FX firms flock to NZX's new growth market?

A New Zealand investor survey conducted on behalf of the Financial Markets Authority and NZX shows there is good support for companies making initial public offerings (IPOs) this coincides with plans to launch of NZX’s new growth market aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises Many retail FX firms and supporting industry participants like SafeCharge have…

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May 01, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Click 365 sees 70% YoY drop in April FX volumes

Tokyo Stock Exchange FX trading on Click 365 drops 15% MoM and 70% YoY as Yen volatility wanes The total trading volume of Exchange FX Margin contracts (Click 365) in April was 2,088,673 ( △ 14.6% MoM / △ 70.0% YoY) and its average daily trading volume was 94,941. Yen volatility has pretty much collapsed…

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May 01, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

First Derivatives launches Delta Tools for Calypso

First Derivatives Delta suite is used for many forex related things, and helps regulators monitor retail FX firms which includes assisting ASICs compliance monitoring and as a real time surveillance system First Derivatives, a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, announces the launch of Delta Tools for Calypso for…

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May 01, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LeapRate Interview: FXAchieve's Ioannis Gerousis emphasizes the importance of specialist knowledge

In Cyprus' prominent and highly competitive retail FX sector, Ioannis Gerousis, CEO of FXAchieve considers the key to career improvement and enhanced opportunities among potential candidates to be specialist education Cyprus, an island of less than one million residents, has become a veritable hub for retail FX firms, with such a vast number of brokerages…

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