The main reason for this was the impact of Covid-19 across the world. Because a large proportion of the population were in some form of lockdown, it meant that traditional trading wasn’t as viable. As such, traders with a superior technological platform saw a sharp increase in their own FX trading volume. There were none…
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Execution methods The survey also covered execution methods and their reliability and concluded that the top choices were Streaming Risk Transfer, chosen by 65% of respondents, and Primary Market Execution, chosen by 24%. Banks were more enthusiastic to trade on the Primary Market because they found it the most reliable mechanism to get their executions…
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Liu said: These criteria were very clear across all types of traders when it comes to choosing an exchange. However, with pro-traders, whether an exchange is regulated or not is also high on the list, most likely as they are trading in large amounts either for themselves or on behalf of clients. Many novice and…
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Facebook’s Libra project has turned from being an exciting new wave of innovation to help the unbanked to a public relations nightmare of the first order, after a rigid backlash from U.S. Congressmen and a palpable thrashing from government officials across the globe. We now have new survey data that purports that consumers in both…
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The independent membership organisation, Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), has announced that publicly quoted companies are actively looking to appoint women to top positions to achieve a better boardroom balance and address concerns about diversity in business, as indicated by its newest research. Among quoted companies that recruited for board positions in 2017, 40% explicitly sought out…
Read moreThe survey, conducted YouGogv and commissioned by Saxo Capital Markets UK ahead of today's unveiling of the SaxoTraderGo platform in Britain, interviewed 302 mass affluent individuals with investable assets of over £100,000 and showed the desire to use mobile devices is strong as over 30% of respondents expect to increasingly invest using a mobile device.
Read moreChinese traders, the most active in the world, are willing to take a short term view and trade regularly, regarding it as a hobby and pastime, whereas American traders are more likely to make considered choices and plan their investment portfolios to save for retirement
Read moreOptimove assesses the difference in trader activity between FX and binary options businesses in order to ascertain the need for a systematic approach to client retention - a factor which is a high priority for all firms in the industry.
Read moreIn its Thirteenth Global Retail Survey, Japanese electronic trading giant MONEX Group predicts the differential between US and Japanese trading behavior over the next three months.
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