September 10, 2015 BY Mike Fox
Real continues slide as Brazil receives S&P downgrade
The Brazilian real plummeted against the dollar on Thursday, hitting its weakest level against the U.S. currency since late 2002.
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September 01, 2015 BY Mike Fox
U.S. DoJ expands FX market manipulation probe to Russian ruble and Brazilian real
Bloomberg first reported on the confidential investigation in which U.S prosecutors are using cooperation agreements it reached with banks in May to gather information and interview traders about suspected market rigging.
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August 04, 2015 BY Mike Fox
Brazilian Broker Rico Corretora launches MetaTrader 5 on the BM&F Bovespa Exchange
The MetaTrader 5 trading platform has further expanded its presence in Brazil. The country's second-largest broker Rico Corretora has launched MetaTrader 5 for Stocks, Futures and Options trading with BM&FBovespa. Now the main Brazilian brokers are offering the world's most popular forex trading platform. "We are happy to offer this powerful cutting-edge platform to our clients who trade on…
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December 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Reuters: Global forex reserves set to post first quarterly drop since 2008/09
Global foreign exchange reserves may have fallen in the third quarter for the first time since the financial crisis as central banks stepped up interventions to prevent their currencies from falling too sharply. As the U.S. Federal Reserve gears up to raise interest rates next year, dollar-funded "carry trades", in which traders borrow in low…
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December 02, 2014 BY Mike Fox
TABB Group: Brazil's e-trading market has new wave of buy-side firms leveraging global 3rd party vendors
Use of algorithms rising; introduction of TCA, new DMA methodologies aiding investors in trading leaner, faster, smarter than competitors...
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August 19, 2014 BY Mike Fox
World's largest clearing project goes live in Brazil - Derivatives is the first of BM&FBOVESPA's four clearing houses to be integrated
BM&FBOVESPA Clearinghouse starts operating, with a spot FX clearing on the way...
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May 03, 2012 BY Gerald Segal
MetaQuotes names agent in Brazil
emc2Trading Solutions becomes MetaQuotes' official agent in Brazil.
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