Tag: Japan FX

July 02, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

GMO Click breaks $1 trillion (!!) barrier in FX volumes in June

Forex industry trading volumes continue to soar in Japan, as Yen and Nikkei volatility continues. The financial market turmoil in Japan during June has served the retail forex brokers quite well. With the USDJPY pair bouncing from 100, down to 94, and then back to near 100 iby the end of June, and the Nikkei stock…

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June 14, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Leverate opens Japan office, hires ex Alpari exec

Leverate Japan office head Kazuo Anzai was previously CEO at Alpari Japan and Chief Compliance Officer at CMS Japan. FX Platform provider Leverate has announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan, to be headed by Kazuo Anzai. Anzai was previously the CEO of Alpari Japan, and the CCO of CMS Japan. Japan…

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June 05, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Monex Japan FX volumes drop 11% in May

But in perspective, May's dip to $48 billion comes after Monex had its best-ever month in April. Mid-size Japanese retail forex broker Monex Group reported that its May FX volumes dropped by 11%, to ¥216 billion per day (which works out to about $48 billion in volume for the month). Monex had its best-ever month in…

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February 20, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

FX Trading hitting mainstream hedge funds and institutional traders

Volatility and activist central banks have attracted institutions to FX trading in 2013. Business news outlet CNBC ran an interesting piece, on why mainstream institutional traders are taking up active currency trading in 2013. It seems as though the increased volatility which has brought back retail traders to FX trading -- with January being one…

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