Retail forex broker GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc (NYSE: GCAP) just reported their operating metrics for the month of March 2017. Apparently, the acquisition of the US clients of FXCM - now Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) - drove Gain Capital to higher FX volumes last month, after their low Forex volumes in February. OTC Trading Volume…
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Forex Industry News at LeapRate was headlined this week by regulators in two countries which have been quietly looking to grow their Forex Brokerage industries - Malta and New Zealand. Both regulators took steps to beef up their oversight of the sector, while not doing too much to scare off brokers looking for friendly (yet…
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Since reporting its fourth quarter and full year 2016 financial results on March 20, shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) - formerly known of course as FXCM Inc - have been on a tear. After hitting an all-time low of $1.45 on March 17, GLBR shares have soared more than 86% in the following 10…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system increased during March by 16% MoM, to average $19.2 billion ADV for the month. That makes March 2017 FastMatch's best ever month for trading volumes, handily topping the company's previous best of $17.1 billion ADV set in November 2016. FastMatch's good results come at…
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The departures at retail forex broker FXCM and its newly-named parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) aren't limited to just the management ranks. The company has announced that two outside directors, Eric LeGoff, and James G. (Jim) Brown, would be stepping down from the Global Brokerage board, without replacements planned. Following the departures of LeGoff and Brown,…
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While the rest of the equity market was soaring in the wake of the Fed's Wednesday rate hike, shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) - recently renamed from FXCM Inc - dropped another 15% to close at $1.75 per share, its lowest closing price ever. Global Brokerage Inc owns 50.1% of the operating company FXCM Group…
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Retail Forex broker FXCM has announced its volume results for February, the last month for which FXCM had both US and non-US volumes to report. FXCM sold its US client base to rival Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) and its Forex.com retail FX unit at the end of February, after the company and CEO Drew Niv…
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The CFTC has published US retail forex broker data for the month of January 2017, indicating a slight 1.3% rise in assets held by US retail forex traders to $532 million, up from $523 million in December 2016. Continuing to lead the way in December was FXCM, now a unit of the recently rebranded Global Brokerage Inc…
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The rebranding of FXCM Inc to Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), and the change of its NASDAQ ticker symbol from the eponymous FXCM to GLBR, hasn't exactly seemed to work. At least so far. Shares of FXCM / GLBR continued to fall in its first week trading under its new moniker, down 16% on the week. GLBR…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system decreased slightly during February, by 2% MoM, to average $16.6 billion ADV for the month. Still, February 2017 clocks in as one of the best months ever at FastMatch, behind only January and last November's US election driven record result of $17.1 billion ADV. We'd also…
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