BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), the global brokerage servicing the financial and real estate markets, today published an updated earnings forecast for the first quarter of 2015. Taking out the results of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:GFIG), in which BGC Partners recently acquired a majority stake, BGC now forecasts its quarterly revenues for distributable earnings to be…
Read moreInvast Securities Co., Ltd. (TYO:8709) has managed to benefit from improved volatility in the Forex market in late 2014 and to return to profitability in the quarter to the end of December. The online trading group, which has operations in Japan and Australia, posted ordinary income of JPY 272 million (USD 2.24m/EUR 2.11m) for the…
Read moreCompagnie Financiere Tradition SA (SWX:CFT), the Switzerland-based interdealer broker, earlier today posted its financial metrics for full year 2014. The group confirmed that the business environment in 2014 was challenging, but nevertheless managed to see a 47.5% jump in its annual consolidated net profit to CHF 32 million (USD 31.9m/EUR 30m). The group share amounted…
Read moreMonex Inc, the Japanese retail Forex broker, earlier today posted some of the financial metrics for the first month of 2015, with numbers painting a rather gloomy picture, as revenues fell on an annual and monthly basis, while financial expenses rose. Let's start with the operating revenues which amounted to JPY 4.53 billion (USD 38…
Read moreInteractive Data Corporation, the trading infrastructure and financial information services provider, has just reported its financial metrics for the fourth quarter and full year 2014, with revenues showing a continued rise but income from operations registering a double-digit drop when compared to results from the preceding quarter. Let's take a look at the numbers. Q4…
Read moreIntercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE), a major network of exchanges and clearing houses, has reported a set of robust financial figures for the fourth quarter and full year 2014, with profits and revenues rising. The fresh data, released today, add to the positive message delivered by ICE yesterday when it reported some steady results in terms…
Read more"During the fourth quarter, KCG generated solid financial results due in part to an improved operating environment. The U.S. equity market posted higher average daily share volume, dollar volume and realized volatility on both a sequential and annual basis." - David Coleman, CEO, KCG
Read moreMonex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), the international group of Forex brokers, earlier today announced the financial metrics for the third quarter of its fiscal year. The three months until the end of December 2014 saw a drastic turn in the group's fortunes, as the corporate income swung back into black, following a gloomy second quarter marked…
Read moreMarkets are now looking at Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ GS: IBKR), the Greenwich-based online trading group, which today released its financial and operating metrics for the final quarter and full year 2014. After the US group reported a drop in revenues and profits in the third quarter of 2014, with market making weighing on the fortunes…
Read moreFor Japanese FX stalwart MONEX Group, a 300 million yen ($2.7 million) loss has plagued the company's balance sheet over the first half of the financial year ending September 30, 2014
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