Plus500 CEO Gal Haber hits the $500 million milestone, as Plus500 continues focus on the UK market. Had we mentioned to any of our readers six months ago that CFD broker Plus500 was really worth $1 billion, we likely would have been laughed at. Well, it doesn't seem like a joke any more. With its…
Read more84 customers affected by the company's misleading statements on leveraged and inverse ETFs The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has made an announcement today that it has mandated Atlanta-based brokerage J.P. Turner to pay back $707,559 to 84 customers who were sold leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds (ETFs) plus for excessive mutual fund switches.…
Read morePrices slump $300 from recent highs around mid $1200’s following the announcement The digital currency has been on a tear for the past couple of hours after the PBOC has announced at 08:00 GMT that it is forbidding financial institutions in the country to handle Bitcoin transactions. The announcement is coming only days after deputy…
Read moreFX Concepts bankrupt, Parker Global Currency Managers Index down 5% YTD Recent slump in volumes on the institutional front might just have a solid fundamental explanation. Two words – poor performance. The Wall Street Journal has reported yesterday that FX markets participants might be willing to forget 2013 as the market has proven too difficult…
Read moreLondon, Hong Kong, Singapore and Abu Dhabi duke it out for Yuan supremacy With China’s Renminbi currency now solidly enshrined as the world’s #2 trade currency, further reforms to allow the Yuan to float are gaining steam. And, at the same time, the world’s leading financial centers are positioning themselves to become the leading places…
Read moreWill KCG sell more assets and/or businesses, or will it settle debts with cash on hand? KCG Holdings -- the company resulting from the merger of Knight Capital and Getco -- formally announced today it had repaid $100 million of its credit facility, mainly using the net proceeds from its $80 million sale of reverse mortgage…
Read moreRegistered commodity pool operator Arista LLC misappropriated $4.125 million from 39 investors The US Commodity Futures trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a press release informing the public about a federal court order that seeks over $22 million in restitution and fines from Abdul Sultan Walji and Reniero Francisco. They acted as principals for the registered…
Read moreVolumes at ICAP's EBS unit were up 3% from October, but at below $80B ADV times are slow at EBS. ICAP's EBS Forex ECN unit did not see a month below $120 billion trading (average daily volume) throughout the first six months of 2013. Since July, that figure has not been above $89 billion. November's…
Read moreVolumes on the social trading environment have quadrupled in only 14 weeks It’s been only a couple of months since Leverate has introduced its major upgrade to their social trading platform Sirix – the multibroker social trading network Sirix Community. Today they have announced the milestone that was achieved for the past 14 weeks. The…
Read moreA massive FX brokerage imposter being investigated by Canadian authorities after operating for more than 5 years The Financial Crimes unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has uncovered a massive scheme that allegedly extracted millions of dollars from investors. The website InvestTechFX has been uncovered to impose as an FX broker while all of the deposited…
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