Tag: US Forex

April 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

GAIN Capital acquires British CFD advisory service Galvan Research

Mergers and acquisitions within the FX industry continue as GAIN Capital acquires CFD advisory service Last year was a period during which many FX companies sought to broaden their horizons by acquiring specialist companies which operate in specific niches. Today, US stalwart GAIN Capital (NYSE:GCAP) has provided evidence that the need for firms to both diversify…

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July 08, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

US Forex market leads in mobile trading, but is shrinking

Investment Trends research confirms our recent reports -- that the US forex industry is getting smaller, and more concentrated. Australia based forex industry research firm Investment Trends has just come out with their US forex market report for 2013. Most of the key findings of the report will be familiar to our readers, with perhaps…

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July 03, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

LMAX planning US expansion

LMAX CEO David Mercer: "We need to be in New York in the next 12 to 18 months." UK-based institutional FX broker LMAX, which dubs itself a 'multi-lateral trading facility for foreign exchange', in indicating its intention to open a US operation by the end of 2014. In a posting on its website, LMAX CEO David…

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