Australia financial regulator ASIC has published the results of two studies it had commissioned on high-frequency trading and dark liquidity - two very controversial topics of late in financial trading - and the results will likely surprise a lot of people. ASIC has concluded that financial market users have become better able to operate in…
Read moreAustralia's financial regulator ASIC has issued an interesting pronouncement, warning consumers to be wary of cold callers claiming to represent ASIC itself. Apparently, there are a group of cold callers calling Australian consumers posing as ASIC personnel, and asking for their targets' personal and financial details. ASIC is warning consumers that these calls are a…
Read moreRetail forex broker FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) has announced an upgraded version of its Index CFD market making technology. FXCM has implemented a new high frequency market making technology on its backend system for indices. As a result, FXCM will be able to manage index order flow and positions, prices and risk with greater accuracy and more…
Read moreThe following guest post is one of a series courtesy of Marco Streng, CEO and Co-founder of Genesis Mining. – Many people believe that Bitcoin does not have any relevance to real world problems. Yet it does. Bitcoin solves innumerable real world problems. Many of these problems are not obvious to many people in first world countries like…
Read moreOn the lighter side of FX trading, we're pleased to present an interesting analysis put out by international money transfer firm FXcompared.com with this weekend's release of the latest James Bond flick SPECTRE. James Bond has always traveled the globe fighting villains and he’s always extremely well equipped with gadgets while staying at some of the world's best…
Read moreLeapRate has learned that Switzerland-based retail forex broker Dukascopy is planning to launch a Daily News portal, and has put out formal notices looking to hire an Editor to head the new effort. Dukascopy has long differentiated itself with media. The main floor of the company's Geneva headquarters is virtually entirely dedicated to a state-of-the-art…
Read moreNew research from Wharton Business School's Vincent Glode finds that the specific tasks that workers perform in finance have a big impact on how firms compete for their services.
Read moreFCA-regulated Forex and CFD broker Admiral Markets UK has boosted its capital levels, by repaying a £120,000 subordinated loan to its parent company, Admiral Markets Group AS, based in Estonia. The loan was cancelled in return for the issuance of new shares of Admiral Markets UK to the parent company, effectively moving the loan amount…
Read moreJoshua Raymond, who joins XTB Online Trading after a decade in various roles at City Index, discusses UK Forex market share, growing abroad, and the challenges of his new job.
Read moreThe following guest post is courtesy of Bart Burggraaf, Managing Director and Partner, MediaGroup London. — For years brokers and banks have relied on research and commentary as a tool to get clients to trade more and earn their trust. In the internet era, that quickly evolved to fulfil acquisition purposes as well. Financial services…
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