Victor Masalov, EXNESS Director of Product Development discusses the new EXNESS website, strategy for growth as well as Russia and the future of retail forex trading.
Read moreAfter losing longtime investor Edison Partners which distributed its 13.5% GCAP position to its own LP investors earlier this month, retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has extended the board rights of its other major outside investor, venture capital firm VantagePoint Ventures. VantagePoint owns nearly 22% of GAIN Capital's shares, currently worth around $86…
Read moreApparently the SNB has decided it can't defend EURCHF 1.20 just by intervention.
Read moreRuble volatility (something of an understatement) as well as a generally strengthening dollar has created the right climate for forex trading.
Read moreThe long arm of Australian law... Australia's financial regulator ASIC has settled with US-based online trading firm Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR) on an agreement which will see IBKR refund $1.5 million in fees and commissions to its Australian clients which were granted margin lending facilities between 2010 and 2013. IBKR made margin loans to Australian clients…
Read moreThe stock market had one of its worst weeks in more than two years, with the benchmark S&P500 off 3.5% for the week, including a 1.6% drop on Friday. Overseas, markets fared even worse, with the FTSE100 down 6.6% for the week, 2.5% of which came on Friday. The equity markets' fall was precipitated by…
Read moreLeapRate has learned from a variety of sources that Japanese Yen trading volumes have spiked the past two weeks, ahead of Japanese general elections tomorrow. Yen volatility over that period, despite the election's predictable outcome, seems to support what we've heard. This of course follows two near-record months for some of Japan's leading retail forex…
Read moreTo improve transparency, all customer complaints must now be reported to the FCA.
Read moreUS financial industry regulator FINRA has handed out of one its largest fines in recent memory - in part because a total of 10 investment banks are involved - hitting a number of firms involved with the proposed 2010 Toys 'R' Us IPO a total of $43.5 million. The violation? Having the firms' equity research…
Read moreCFTC data for October show a continued decline in US retail forex client assets. Total assets held by regulated US FCMs on behalf of their clients came in at $605.8 million, 0.2% off September's $607.0 million. In our continued concentration-watch, the 'Big Three' in the US - FXCM, OANDA and GAIN Capital - accounted for…
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