After seeing a healthy comeback in trading volumes during November, Retail FX broker FXCM Group has reported that December activity dipped by 22% to $171 billion - the company's slowest month since at least 2015. Average customer trading volume per day came in at $8.6 billion in December 2017, 13% lower than November 2017 (with…
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Global Brokerage, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLBR), formerly known as FXCM Inc, announced that 78.5% of the holders of its $172 million of outstanding Convertible Notes voted to approve the company's reorganization plan. The plan will see GLBR enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, with the convertible notes "converted" to become non-convertible, their interest rate hiked from 2.25% to 7%,…
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After seeing a fairly slow start to the fall trading season, retail forex broker FXCM has posted fairly strong FX trading volume metrics for November. FXCM volumes were $218 billion in November, up 14% from $192 billion in October. Average customer trading volume per day of $9.9 billion in November was also 14% higher than…
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Regulatory filings made with US securities authorities indicate that two co-founders and original senior members of FXCM’s management team – Drew Niv (pictured above) and David Sakhai – have continued selling their remaining shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), after recently converting their special “units” into regular Class A common shares of Global Brokerage. FXCM's founders, and several other members…
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Who is behind a new P2P binary options platform is seeking to raise money in an ICO? Why is XTB liquidating its subsidiary in Turkey? Why did Germany's BaFIN decide it necessary to 'sharpen' the negative client balance rules for CFD brokers? Answers to these questions and more appeared exclusively or first at LeapRate this…
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Regulatory filings made with US securities authorities indicate that three original senior members of FXCM's management team - Drew Niv, David Sakhai and Eduard Yusupov - have begun to convert their "units" into regular Class A common shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR). Longtime FXCM CEO Mr. Niv and several other members of senior management were issued non-publicly…
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Shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) continued their slide into oblivion late last week, with GLBR down another 30% on Friday after US trading continued following the one day Thanksgiving break. After initially barely reacting following the announced plans of the company two weeks ago to reorganize under Chapter 11, Global Brokerage – which owns 50% of…
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Finally acting somewhat like a company which has filed for a Chapter 11 reorganization, shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) slipped by 10% on Tuesday closing at an all time low of 95 cents. GLBR shares are now down 27% from when the Chapter 11 plan was released a week and a half ago. We'd…
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This will very clearly go down as one of the most momentous weeks of the year for Forex Industry News, not all of it for good reasons. Why didn't shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) trade down after the company announced a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing? And, what does FXCM management have to say about…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... We often begin interviews with leading FX industry figures with a lengthy "setting the stage" intro. But not here. Following this weekend's news of the Chapter 11 reorganization filing by Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), we're just as curious as our readers to hear directly the people leading FXCM Group, in which GLBR owns…
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