Japan’s government bond yields sank below zero for the first time ever which caused a yield drop as low as 0.015%. In the first days after Brexit, the yen was often the initial choice for investors, even more than the US dollar. Global markets reacted expeditiously after two British asset managers blocked investors from pulling…
Read moreCME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced that Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has been formally granted the status of Foreign Clearing Organisation (FCO) by the Prime Minister of Japan on 1 June 2016. With this FCO status, the clearing house division of CME, CME Clearing, is now able to clear non-Yen interest rate swaps on behalf…
Read moreBloomberg today announced new features on its refreshed Japanese language news website, Bloomberg.co.jp, bringing its look and functionality in line with the recently launched regional homepage of Bloomberg.com in Asia. Bloomberg is often used as a big media outlet for global brokerage television advertising. “Our new Japanese website will help readers navigate more localized, relevant business news…
Read moreJapan's legislature The National Diet passed a bill today to regulate operators of Bitcoin and virtual currency exchanges. The Japan Times reported that under the revised law, virtual currency exchange operators are required to register with the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan. The agency will be authorized to conduct on-site inspections and issue administrative orders as needed. The…
Read moreAn article by the Nikkei Asian Review today stated that Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to start setting the maximum amount of leverage corporate investors can use in FX margin trading. No specific leverage total was specified in the piece and is still being debated according to the article. To mitigate risks in the market,…
Read moreThe Japan Times reported today that the Nagoya District Public Prosecutor’s Office is set to seek a court order to freeze the assets of two individuals accused in a multibillion-yen forex investment fraud case, informed sources told the paper Monday. Nagoya is the center city of Japan's third-largest metropolitan region. The pair, including a man named Masaaki Ito, 48,…
Read moreJapan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has updated its lists of unregistered entities that offer financial instruments services to Japanese investors. The latest additions to these lists are three – two Forex brokers and one binary options broker. Fox International Partners Ltd The company is also known as Fox Forex. It provides the following address: Global…
Read moreThe binary options broker has no regulatory permission to target Japanese investors, the Financial Services Agency warns.
Read moreTokyo Financial Exchange Inc. has revealed details of its new Exchange FX margin trading market, called “Click Large”, which is set to go live on November 30, 2015.
Read moreThe binary options broker, which targets Japanese clients, operates without authorization, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) says.
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