January 13, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Alpari introduces Binary Options on demand

Alpari Russia binary options traders can now tailor their own expiry times Alpari Russia has issued a brief press release outlining the introduction of a new feature for its binary options trading module. The technology provider of the Russian arm of the major forex brokerage has made available a fresh addition to its platform by…

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January 13, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Canadian securities regulator warns against unlicensed binary options brokers

Warning includes RBOptions, 24options.com, GOoptions.com and TradeRush.com Binary options brokerages are coming under scrutiny under one of the ten Canadian regulators as the British Colombia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a warning to investors about binary options trading platforms. The particular firm under the crosshair of the regulator is called RBOptions and claims to be…

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January 13, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

China to speed up Yuan convertibility

The central government wants a piece (or rather, a big chunk) of the reserve currency pie Over the weekend China’s forex regulator State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in a statement that acceleration of the Renminbi convertibility is one of the major goals for authorities. With the Shanghai Free Trade Zone being the test bed…

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January 13, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC rejects binary options broker ShortOption’s CIF license application due to questionable shareholder

Apparently the company failed to provide evidence of professional qualifications of the main shareholder as the law requires Last Friday the CySEC has issued a statement clarifying that it has rejected the application of ShortOption for a CIF license due to a questionable shareholder within Stardor Limited, which is the company behind the binary options…

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January 10, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Barclays to close Barclays Margin FX due to difficult EMIR regulations

Barclays Margin FX clients being encouraged to move to FXCM. LeapRate Exclusive: LeapRate has learned that UK bank Barclays (LON:BARC, NYSE:BCS) has decided to shut down its retail / margin FX business, Barclays Margin FX. Barclays has operated its margin FX business as a white label of FXCM, with FXCM winning Barclay's business back in…

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January 10, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

GAIN Capital concludes a solid 2013 with a mild 9% drop in December volumes

Monthly declines are attributed to the holidays break and subdued volatility in most FX markets GAIN Capital Holdings (NYSE:GCAP) has just released a press release about its December volume metrics and we are observing some consolidation following last month’s record institutional numbers. Not a big surprise considering that the rest of the big players are reporting…

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January 10, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CySEC warns investors about Live Binary

The company has never been regulated under the jurisdiction and doesn’t claim to be In its usual vague tone the Cypriot regulator has added another name to the list of binary options companies it issued a warning against. The brokerage is LBinary.com and according to the website the company operating it - Live Binary Ltd…

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January 10, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Two Stifel companies pay $1 million for sales practices of leveraged products

Both companies failed to mitigate increased risks associated with Inverse and leveraged ETFs A press release has been issued by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regarding a decision to fine two Saint Louis based broker-dealers both owned by Stifel Financial Corporation. Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and Incorporated and Century Securities Associates are to pay…

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January 09, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Myfxbook launches real time community position ratios alerts

The first batch of features released in 2014 brings to the copy trading platform some fresh innovation taste The topnotch social and copy trading platform Myfxbook has launched some new goodies for its customers in the beginning of the week. The company has announced on its website the availability of three distinct features to improve…

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