Gibraltar based brokerage firm Investors Europe announced Friday the launch of its new retail-focused Forex business. Investors Europe has been around for nearly a decade doing mainly high-net-worth and institutional brokerage, billing itself as “Europe's largest independently owned offshore stockbroker” (hard to argue with that, with all those qualifiers!).Some details of the launch include: ECN…

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Things must be going well at Currensee, which decided to release some operating numbers for the period since it launched about eight months ago. Some of the numbers include: $6 billion traded since launch (8 months), or about $750 million per month, although on a run-rate basis that number is probably closer to $1.5 billion…

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As reported over the weekend in Zero Hedge, Gain Capital sent a message to clients late last week that as of July 15 US clients can no longer trade over-the-counter precious metals, including Gold and Silver. All open positions for US clients need to be closed as of the July 15 date.A copy of the…

China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (or “SAFE”), which sets foreign currency regulations in China, announced yesterday a series of new rules to take effect August 1 which indicate further easing of general Forex controls in China.The new rules are aimed mainly at making it easier for Chinese companies to move money and invest overseas,…