Retail Forex
Direct FX Announces the Acquisition of ODL Australia and Other Major Developments
22
2012
If anyone needs any more affirmation that the Australian forex market is booming then this announcement by Direct FX that they are launching in Australia after acquiring ODL Australia’s license should suffice. ODL went through the licensing process and were awarded …
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E*TRADE to white label FXCM’s Trading Station II platform, enters retail forex market
21
2012
In another major sign that traditional broker dealers such as TradeStation and OptionsXpress are entering the forex space, E*Trade just announced a similar step by white labeling FXCM‘s Trading Station II platform. MF Global and dbFX were the biggest white label’s of …
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China has a relatively long history in forex compared to many developing markets and regions, especially when considering the mighty BRIC nations. However, the regulators have not made the exact regulations clear on the status of margin FX as a tradable asset class for …
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China’s financial futures exchange announced that they are looking to expand derivatives trading to meet objectives of Shanghai becoming a commercial hub by 2020. The Chinese Yuan has trade limitations and new FX futures will pave the way for better trading …
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BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E jumping, is an activity that employs an initially packed parachute to jump from fixed objects. “BASE” is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, …
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This one almost went unnoticed but eventually Mass High Tech revealed a new SEC filing by Currensee. Despite raising $4 million less than a year ago Currensee raised $2 million more to complete its C round. This brings the total funding in …
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IG Markets the worlds largest spread betting firm have launched their brand new research service for CFD and spread betting traders. The group established for over 35 years have been pioneers in derivatives trading for retail clients and have now made …
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On December 1st, Korea Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced drastic measures on the FX margin product for the purpose of leading a sound investment environment in the retail sector. The main point is to discourage individual trading …
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A US federal court has found Robert Watson a Texas based FX fund manager guilty of soliciting investors who were given false information about investment assets and performance. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said a federal court ordered a …
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Someone (or some group) is actively targeting the forex market in the past few days. During the last week at least 5 brokers and service providers have suffered from DDOS attacks which resulted in their service being disrupted and websites down for …
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