CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced that it is now offering its clients reduced fee access to AgenaTrader, an award winning third-party trading platform renowned for enabling semi- and fully-automated trading. Like JFD, AgenaTrader was built by traders for traders - one of the reasons it is so popular. JFD…
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published a set of cyber resilience standards designed to be used by WFE members, and other market infrastructure providers, to ensure alignment and common minimum standards across the global system. The standards cover eight key areas:…
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Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announced that it intends to close its London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house, CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe, by year-end 2017. During the coming months, CME Group will work closely with all market participants and regulators to ensure a smooth transition and an orderly wind down…
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ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company and corporate access and research valuation platform and ITG (NYSE:ITG), a independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced an agreement to offer investor clients an integrated solution that simplifies compliance with MiFID II requirements around valuing and paying for research content. The integration between the ONEaccess and ITG solutions…
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Migration of major brokers to MetaTrader 5 is well underway. MetaQuotes Software Corp. today announced that XM.com, IC Markets and Hedge Total will launch the multi-asset HFT platform this spring. Chris Zacharia, Marketing Director of XM Group, commented: It is something we have been patiently expecting for a long time, and I truly believe it…
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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced new disclosure requirements targeted at CIF licensed Forex and Binary Options brokers regarding customer complaints. In its efforts to clean up the sector and beef up its image, dealing promptly and effectively with customer complaints seems to be one of the regulator's main focal points. While CySEC has already required…
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FX Junction, a leading open social trading network for Forex traders, has announced the release of new and improved performance statistics. The FX Junction performance module has been completely rewritten and improved based on your its members' feedback. Most notably, the performance is now based on the true Time Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR), which is…
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An Auckland-based foreign exchange broker has collapsed, leaving dozens of customers owed more than $1 million facing "significant" losses, NZ Herald reported. Forex Brokers was established in 1995 and had an office in the Dingwall Building on Auckland's Queen Street. Companies Office filings show shareholders of the company yesterday appointed PKF Corporate Recovery & Insolvency…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced its March trading volumes. And, in line with what we have seen at other leading Forex and Online brokers so far, March was a very good month at Saxo Bank. Overall, trading volumes at Saxo Bank were up 19% MoM in March, totaling $376.7 billion -…
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StashAway, a digital wealth advisor, announced today that has received in-principle approval for its Capital Market Services License for Retail Fund Management. This allows StashAway to now prepare to launch its digital wealth management platform in the coming months. Robo-advisors, or “robos,” are growing in prevalence in Europe and North America. Currently, robos in Singapore only…
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