HonorFX launches MetaTrader 5 platform
April 07, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HonorFX adds MetaTrader 5 platform to its offering

To meet local requirements, HonorFX offers region-specific products and services such as swap-free Islamic accounts for traders from the Middle East. During the last year of unprecedented challenges resulting from the lockdowns and global pandemic, the company saw an increase in trading activity and inflow of new customers. HonorFX is currently focusing on Asia and…

Read more
SEC acts against 11 firms neglecting electronic communications
April 07, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC obtains emergency asset freeze on a $690 million Ponzi Scheme

Horwitz and 1inMM allegedly promised investors more than 35% in returns and for years paid presumed returns on earlier investments with money from new investments. The SEC claims that Horwitz misappropriated investor funds for his personal use. He purchased a multi-million-dollar home, trips to Las Vegas, and to paid a celebrity interior designer. Michele Wein…

Read more
April 07, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Marex reports net revenues up 18% in 2020

Ian Lowitt, CEO of Marex, commented: I am delighted to report another outstanding set of results. With Covid and working from home, 2020 was an extraordinary year and I am truly proud of how our employees stepped up to the challenge. Notwithstanding the market conditions, we continued to perform at a very high level, achieving…

Read more
CFTC
April 07, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Binary Options fraud results in $1 million charge for Glenn Olson

Olson has admitted to being affiliated with Blue Bit Banc and similar bodies from around April 2014 to March 2018. He would sell binary options to Blue Bit customers during this period by utilising aliases and watching over sales staff within Blue Bit’s Manhattan-based office. Olson also admitted to misrepresenting Blue Bit trade profitability, manipulating…

Read more
Cboe Global Markets
April 07, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe Global FX reports 18% MoM rise in March

The announcement said: Total combined volume at Cboe Global Markets' four options exchanges set a new monthly volume record with 266 million contracts traded. Total options volume also set a new quarterly volume record with 773 million contracts traded in the first quarter of 2021. U.S. Equities – Exchange Matched ADV fell 11% MoM but…

Read more
Marcin Niewiadomski appointed Head of Europe for OANDA
April 06, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Marcin Niewiadomski appointed Head of Europe for OANDA

OANDA’s Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Europe and the Middle East, David Hodge, said: An industry veteran with 25 years of experience in the financial services sector, Marcin was a clear choice for the Head of Europe. He brings with him an unrivalled expertise in the financial services industry and a deep-seated…

Read more
Moscow Exchange
April 06, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Moscow Exchange sees 25%MoM rise in trading volumes in March 2021

Derivatives Market Derivatives Market volumes saw a significant increase of 36.7% to reach a record RUB 16.4 trillion (February 2021: RUB 12.0 trillion) or 221 million contracts (February 2021: 162.2 million), of which 5.2 million contracts were options and 216.7 million contracts were futures. ADTV was RUB 747.0 billion (February 2021: RUB  599.9 billion). By…

Read more