Tag: copy trade regulation

March 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

As FCA Considers Regulation Of Social Trading Platforms, Are PAMMs Next?

Social trading innovators share perspective On MAM accounts following regulatory considerations by FCA Further to last week's revelation by Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regarding its intention to set forth a regulatory structure for copy trading and social trading platforms, deeming them investment managers, the question remains as to whether this framework will apply to…

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November 06, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

TickCOM releases iSTRAT auto trading product for retail traders

TickCOM believes that iSTRAT will be able to circumvent possible regulatory restrictions on copy and follow trading. Trading software developer TickCOM has announced the release of their new trading platform called iSTRAT. With the possibility of regulatory restrictions on copy trading and social trading, the company offers a solution to retail traders, by implementing certain…

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August 13, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Australia's ASIC and UK's FCA look to regulate copy trading

Those who make money by having retail traders copy or mirror their trades will need to be licensed. LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that two of the world's leading financial regulators, certainly when it comes to forex regulation -- ASIC in Australia and the FCA in the UK -- are in the advanced planning stages…

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