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More Tradestation Interbank FX acquisition details

Nov
18
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers
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The announcement of the Tradestation – IBFX acquisition deal obviously generated much interest and discussions in the industry. Main question was whether indeed the price was a mere $17 million. Several of my sources mentioned that Gain may have eventually withdrawn from the deal I announced 2 months ago because there is a pending NFA fine against Interbank FX. Apparently IBFX may be soon fined for some execution flaws – however this has not been announced by the NFA yet so we have no way of knowing whether this will eventually happen.
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A new US retail forex broker is born – OptionsXpress registers as an RFED

Sep
12
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers
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As expected OptionXpress has registered as an RFED with the CFTC and will soon become open for retail forex business. XPRESSTRADE, LLC (www.xtfx.com) is capitalized at $22,841,980 and already has $17,720 in retail forex customers obligations. OptionsXpress is the second ‘traditional’ broker to start offering retail foreign exchange after TradeStation.
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Regulation and consolidation in the US market – number of brokers offering retail forex trading plummets 50% in 4 years

Jun
20
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers,Regulation
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Having seen two US brokers go public in the last 12 months and many more withdraw and being bought it’s time to see what happened to US retail forex industry sinc regulation became more stringent. Bottom line is that since …
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FINRA approves Monex Group's bid for TradeStation

Jun
7
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers
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On April 21 2011, Japanese Monex Group announced that it submitted a tender offer to acquire TradeStation Securities for about $411 million. Acquiring a financial business in most countries requires a regulatory approval and yesterday it was finally given to …
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