Following our exclusive report from Tuesday that Australian Retail Forex broker Direct FX was placed into liquidation with Deloitte named as administrator, it came as no surprise that today regulator ASIC announced that it was fully canceling Direct FX's AFS license. ASIC had first suspended Direct FX's license back in April. What was somewhat surprising,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that embattled Australia based Retail FX broker Direct FX Trading Pty Ltd has been placed into liquidation. The move became effective as of October 11. Jason Tracy, a Partner in the Financial Advisory group of Deloitte's Restructuring Services arm in Australia was named as Liquidator. The liquidator's plans are apparently to…
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FX brokerage holding company Global Brokerage Inc (OTCMKTS:GLBR), formerly known as FXCM Inc, has announced that it has successfully completed its prepackaged plan of reorganization, and has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The effective date of its prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of was confirmed by Bankruptcy Judge Michael E. Wiles on January 22, 2018,…
Read moreMF Global, the ill-fated brokerage, went insolvent in 2011 but the saga around the bankruptcy, return of customer funds, litigation and regulatory probes of the corporate management, seems to be never-ending. Today brought a piece of good news to the creditors of MF Global Inc (MFGI). James W. Giddens, Trustee for the liquidation of MFGI,…
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