FXCM's retail volumes hit $375 billion in March, institutional volumes $248 billion. Great numbers, but still well below FXCM's pre-SNB crisis figures.
Read moreToday brought another piece of proof about the dynamics and complexity of the retail Forex industry. GO Markets, a retail Forex broker whose operations have until now been focused on Australia, has finally launched its brand new UK website https://gomarkets.co.uk. The move has been widely expected: it was in December 2013 that GO Markets pledged…
Read moreOANDA Corporation has stood by its reputation of a technology-driven Forex broker – the company has just rolled out a new product for the Metatrader 4 platform across its subsidiaries in several regions. Clients of OANDA Europe, OANDA Asia Pacific and OANDA Canada are now able to make use of MT4 Hedging Compatibility. The new…
Read moreSafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH), a leader in provision of payments solutions for the online trading industry, has just expanded its network of partners. Earlier today, the company announced it has sealed a partnership deal with TAIN AB, a turnkey solution provider for the e-gaming industry. What is the core of the collaboration? Putting it…
Read moreBritish multi-asset CFD firm IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has stepped up its efforts to enhance stock trading opportunities for its clients. The company has just announced that its list of US stocks that can be traded even after the market closes has been enlarged and that it now features stocks in whooping 70 companies.…
Read moreWork on implementing the newborn Russian Forex law continues at the Bank of Russia, the Megaregulator that will be responsible for the oversight of this market segment too. Earlier today, a working session was held at the Bank of Russia, with the special participation of Larisa Selyutina, head of the Securities Market and Commodity Market Department.…
Read moreICAP plc (LON:IAP), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, has found its new finance director in the insurance sector. The company announced today that Stuart Bridges will assume the role of Group Finance Director. Mr Bridges joins from insurance group Hiscox Ltd (LON:HSX), where he has served…
Read moreTechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH), the provider of software solutions for the online trading industry that had its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange about a month ago, announced today that its partnership with Cantor Exchange, the US-based and CFTC-regulated exchange focused on binary options, went live. The partnership effectively marks the entrance of TechFinancials in…
Read moreThe Russian Ruble has impressed and puzzled the markets over the past couple of months with its rise against the US dollar and the Euro. Yesterday morning Russian economists and politicians praised the national currency for its continued appreciation against the USD and the EUR – it has been going up for 9 weeks in a…
Read moreThe Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the body responsible for tackling compensation claims of clients of insolvent UK financial companies, has earlier today published a small update to former clients of Alpari (UK) Limited. The main goal of the update is to reassure clients of the ill-fated retail Forex broker that the FSCS continues to…
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