US and Japan To Cooperate in Oversight Of Regulated Brokers LeapRate

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March 10, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

US and Japan To Cooperate in Oversight Of Regulated Brokers

Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Japanese Financial Services Agency Sign Memorandum of Cooperation Today, leaders of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on…

March 10, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LCH.Clearnet Makes Further Expansion To SwapClear Service

Electronic trade clearing house LCH.Clearnet has today announced that it has expanded its compression offering to include multilateral compression via its interest-rate derivatives clearing service, SwapClear Multi compression is now congruent to SwapClear’s existing Solo and Duo compression capabilities and enables multiple members to simultaneously compress their trades with each other, representing the latest corporate…

March 10, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Boston Technologies Goes Institutional With Opening of New York Office

Boston Technologies has set its sights on home ground by announcing the opening of an office in New York on Wednesday last week - CEO George Popescu elaborates The company's New York operations is situated within close proximity to the New York Public Library and Bryant Park, ensuring a prominent location in the New York…

March 10, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Baltic FX Stability Displayed As Russia & Eastern Europe Strengthen

FX companies in Eastern Europe hopeful for steady growth in Russia and the CIS region Unencumbered by the imminent regulatory restructure in the form of MiFID II and EMIR, FX firms which operate from European jurisdictions outside of the European Union have thus far had a free reign to capitalize on the ever-increasing prominence of…

March 10, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

GAIN Capital Releases Monthly Metrics For February 2014 - 20.3% Down MoM

GAIN Capital has today released its monthly operating metrics for the month of February 2014 - slowdown across the board GAIN Capital has experienced a considerable downturn in trading volumes during February this year, indicating a 20.3% decrease in retail OTC trading from January 2014 at $169.3 billion, although when compared to the same period one…

March 10, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Hacker Exposes Mt.Gox Bitcoin Balances Via Karpeles Blog

Bitcoin account data and balances have been displayed on Mt.Gox founder Mark Karpeles' blog following demise of Japanese virtual currency exchange As though events surrounding the $64 million demise of Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox were not complex and costly enough, a further twist took place this weekend when an imposter gained access to Mt.Gox founder Mark…

March 10, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Four Global Banking Giants Represented 46.7% Of Top Tier FX Volume In 2013

Incremental increase in electronic execution of FX trades among institutions increased Deutsche Bank, UBS, Citi and Barclays US market 2013 share by 42% compared with 2012 as American institutional FX goes from strength to strength Institutional FX firms wishing to continue to build on their existing market presence in North America, the region synonymous with…

March 09, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Father Of Former BGC Partners Employee Arrested On Suspicion Of Shooting Derivatives Trader Robin Clark

FX Options and derivatives trader Robin Clark was shot in the leg on his way to the office in January this year. Police have now arrested 51 year old Lee Victory in connection with the incident One and a half months have passed since Robin Clark, a professional trader at London's RP Martin, majoring on…

March 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

A Closer Look At FXCM's Record 2013 Figures, And The Apparent Contrast Emerging This Year

US retail FX stalwart FXCM declared record performance for 2013. Can this be sustained in 2014? Despite a stellar performance during the last year, FXCM yesterday reported a month-on-month decline in trading volumes as detailed by LeapRate, with the company's trading volumes having begun to wane as the second month of 2014 drew to a…

March 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

CFTC Provides Time-Limited No-Action Relief to Certain Affiliated Counterparties

The US regulatory authorities' complex rulings with relation to the structure by which clearing of swaps can be carried out between counterparties continue to evolve. Following last year's implementation of full reporting requirements by CCPs, the CFTC has provided time-limited no-action relief from trade execution requirements to certain Affiliated Counterparties until December 2014. The Commodity…

US and Japan To Cooperate in Oversight Of Regulated Brokers

LCH.Clearnet Makes Further Expansion To SwapClear Service

Boston Technologies Goes Institutional With Opening of New York Office

Baltic FX Stability Displayed As Russia & Eastern Europe Strengthen

GAIN Capital Releases Monthly Metrics For February 2014 - 20.3% Down MoM

Hacker Exposes Mt.Gox Bitcoin Balances Via Karpeles Blog

Father Of Former BGC Partners Employee Arrested On Suspicion Of Shooting Derivatives Trader Robin Clark

A Closer Look At FXCM's Record 2013 Figures, And The Apparent Contrast Emerging This Year

CFTC Provides Time-Limited No-Action Relief to Certain Affiliated Counterparties

FP Markets Increases its Commodity Offering, Adding Brent Oil, Cotton and Sugar Futures

$6.4bn White House Funding for Samsung

OpenAI Expanding Global Footprint With Japan Office

Trump Media Continues To Slide Amid Fears

ATFX Hires Siju Daniel as the Chief Commercial Officer