April 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
Monex Group monthly revenues in March are best since 2013
Operating revenues in March 2015 amounted to JPY 5.13 billion, the highest mark since December 2013.
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April 24, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
GAIN Capital Japan standardizes naming convention, MT4 servers adopt new names
The Japanese operations of GAIN Capital have changed MT4 servers names to reflect the shift in corporate strategy.
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April 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
GMO Click upgrades OTC Forex services
GMO Click Securities, the online trading subsidiary of Japan's Internet conglomerate GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), today unveiled plans that will substantially change its OTC Forex services, FX Neo in particular. The broker has boasted some solid trading volumes on FX Neo lately, with the most recent proof being the rise in trading activity in…
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February 24, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
MONEX sees revenues drop 10% M/M in January, as financial expenses rise
Monex Inc, the Japanese retail Forex broker, earlier today posted some of the financial metrics for the first month of 2015, with numbers painting a rather gloomy picture, as revenues fell on an annual and monthly basis, while financial expenses rose. Let's start with the operating revenues which amounted to JPY 4.53 billion (USD 38…
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February 16, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
FFAJ reports that January was best-ever month for Tokyo Exchange OTC forex volumes at ¥662 trillion ($5.6 trillion)
The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has published statistics which show that Japan's combined OTC FX industry has produced record monthly volume results, standing Japan's domestic FX industry out as a continually strong and dominant component of the retail sector
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January 28, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
Swiss franc fluctuations cost Japan's futures industry JPY 3.39 billion
The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has joined the lineup of regulators to have quantified the impact “Black Thursday” events have had on the national financial industry. The matter is sensitive for Japan, a historical fortress for Forex trading. We saw some troublesome developments in the Land of the Rising Sun over the past…
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January 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
MONEX sees profits return in Q3, as net income reaches JPY 2.1bn
Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), the international group of Forex brokers, earlier today announced the financial metrics for the third quarter of its fiscal year. The three months until the end of December 2014 saw a drastic turn in the group's fortunes, as the corporate income swung back into black, following a gloomy second quarter marked…
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January 19, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
A future full of Eastern promise for LMAX as the firm partners with GMO Click's Z.com Trade
London's technology-led MTF for FX, LMAX Exchange, establishes liquidity partnership with Z.com Trade, part of GMO Click Holdings
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December 04, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Tech geniuses help Japanese officials push government into Bitcoin acceptance
Japanese candidate for Prime Minister considers Bitcoin technology vital to the development of many aspects, including the possible handing of government tasks to the public by using blockchain code for transferring property titles and other similar transactions
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November 06, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
As Asian brokerages move away from MT4, Korean platform firm WinFX moves in, partners with Forex Crown
Upstart platforms in technologically advanced regions such as South Korea which aim their products at brokerages in Asia are gaining ground at a time when MT4 is less in favor as Japan's Forex Crown begins to offer the WinFX platform, connected via FIX API
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