LeapRate Meets…Interview with Ian McAfee, CEO of Forex consulting firm Shift Forex
Shift Forex's annual New York conference FXIC - the largest FX industry gathering on the west side of the Atlantic - is taking place this Friday June 20 at the Grand Hyatt NY.
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive: CFH Clearing Focuses on Russian Expansion
CFH Clearing sees the potential of great presence in Russia, going full speed ahead with an investment in resources and infrastructure to double its business in the region.
Read moreNew Zealand strives for global recognition as FMA chief applauds overhaul
FMA CEO Rob Everett sympathizes with the changes companies need to go through, but is firm in his view that New Zealand's regulatory reforms were very much a necessity.
Read moreAlpari opens office in Nigeria - could this be the antidote to Liberty Reserve?
Nigerian retail FX traders now have the facility to deposit funds into local banks, and to trade with one of the world's best known FX firms.
Read moreTradeStation courts Korean FX market with new platform for Shinhan
Monex Group's US subsidiary TradeStation's eyes are on the exponential growth among Asia Pacific nations its exclusive platform provision to Korean brokerage and investment bank Shinhan has now been launched.
Read moreDiscipline down under: Australian day trader gets two years porridge
Kristoffer John Watts was sentenced to a two year jail term, with 21 months suspended for manipulation of CFDs.
Read moreCurrency trade goes red for 'Greenpeace' - loses $5.2M on euro position!
On a side note today, the AP is reporting that Greenpeace, an international NGO environmental group has acknowledged losing 3.8 million euros ($5.2 million) on a bet the euro would not strengthen against other currencies in 2013— but it did. The environmental group said the money was lost by an employee who acted beyond the…
Read moreCLS FX aggregation volumes down slightly in May
The CLS settlement service has seen May FX volumes drop a tad. The average daily volume submitted to CLS, combining the settlement and aggregation services, was 977,460 down 0.7% from 983,850 in April. Further, average daily value dropped roughly 0.6% from April with the average daily value of matched trading instructions submitted during last month coming out at $4.82 trillion which is also down…
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