Dow Jones Media Group (DJMG ) announced the launch of Moneyish, a new lifestyle website that redefines finance-driven storytelling. Where sites like Vice Money, which launched in October, or Coinage, Time Inc.’s video-focused brand that bowed in February, or Mic Money, which went live last July (before turning into The Payoff), are focused on unpacking…
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Research firm Investment Trends released its 2016 Second Half Online Broking Report, an in-depth study of Australian online equities investors’ attitudes and behaviours. The study is based on a survey of over 13,000 investors and traders conducted in November 2016. Key highlights include: A record 77,000 Australians started trading online in the second half of…
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The CFTC has published US retail forex broker data for the month of January 2017, indicating a slight 1.3% rise in assets held by US retail forex traders to $532 million, up from $523 million in December 2016. Continuing to lead the way in December was FXCM, now a unit of the recently rebranded Global Brokerage Inc…
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Tradeworks, the Denmark based company that allows traders to automate their trading strategies announced earlier today that as "result of our strong growth we are moving our HQ to much bigger offices." The company's new home will be located in Copenhagen at Njalsgade 76, 4th floor. The company stated they are looking forward to growing…
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Bloomberg Tradebook, Bloomberg’s global agency broker, announced today the introduction of OPTX, a new approach to delivering best execution that harnesses the power of its agency execution model, global connectivity and Bloomberg’s data and analytics. OPTX provides clients with a single platform that utilizes quantitative data models and analytic-driven selection to route orders to a…
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Plato Partnership, a not-for-profit company bringing creative solutions and efficiencies to today’s equity marketplace, just announced 15 new Plato Partners. The new Partners include: BBVA Asset Management, Capital International Ltd, part of the Capital Group, Commerzbank AG, Instinet Europe Ltd, Jefferies, Legal & General Investment Management, Macquarie Group, RBC Capital Markets, Rosenblatt Securities Inc., Standard…
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The rebranding of FXCM Inc to Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), and the change of its NASDAQ ticker symbol from the eponymous FXCM to GLBR, hasn't exactly seemed to work. At least so far. Shares of FXCM / GLBR continued to fall in its first week trading under its new moniker, down 16% on the week. GLBR…
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Forex and commodities broker, HotForex, just announced that has launched the new design of its myHotForex Client Area. HotForex aims to smoothen its traders’ and affiliates’ experience when managing their accounts, making deposits or withdrawals. The new myHotForex area includes: responsive and user-friendly design extra convenient navigation straightforward access to key information fine-tuned functionalities, ease…
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Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that T4B.com (formerly known as Tools for Brokers) has developed a set of solutions for the MetaTrader 5 trading platform to provide brokers with additional services and simplify their transition to the new technology. For the last seven years, the integrator team has been developing MetaTrader 4 plugins…
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Breaking Forex News... Ireland has become the latest country to crack down on leveraged Forex and CFD trading. The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), which also acts as the country's financial regulator, has announced that is has published a consultation paper on distribution of CFDs, which include in its definition leveraged Forex pairs trading. The…
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