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CFTC to introduce a rule on investment of customer funds following MF Global's fiasco

Dec
6
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Regulation
3 Comments

So it only takes half a billion dollars in customer funds to disappear before CFTC takes an action aimed at large FCMs. In the wake of MF Global’s fiasco CFTC has finally decided to reintroduce a rule that will limit the investment of customer funds to many instruments thus ‘enhancing customer protection’
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Oanda updates FIFO implementation

May
30
2011
Posted by Guest Author in Brokers,Regulation,Traders
0 Comments

Oanda has recently announced a change in how FIFO is implemented on their platforms. FIFO (which stands for first in first out) was implemented in the US by the National Futures Association (NFA) in August 2010. FIFO is a common …
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FXCM is shifting US accounts back home

Sep
20
2010
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers
11 Comments

Update: CFTC confirmed this to FXCM, hence the decision. Following the pretty much unclear situation concerning US overseas accounts with the CFTC new rules FXCM has decided to mandatory shift all US account from its foreign subsidiaries back to the US. I’m …
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Alpari comments on new CFTC rules, tackles FIFO rule

Sep
14
2010
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers
8 Comments

Alpari (US) Comments on CFTC Ruling The final Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) rules regarding off-exchange retail foreign currency trading were released on August 30, 2010. Alpari (US) (“Alpari”) would like to take this opportunity to address the rules and …
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