Retail forex broker FXCM, a unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), has announced that it has closed as expected the sale of its institutional FX ECN unit FastMatch to Euronext NV (EPA:ENX). The original agreement was reported at the end of May, when Euronext agreed to buy FastMatch for $153 million. FastMatch was jointly owned by FXCM, and…
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Forex Industry News this past week at LeapRate seemed to revolve around a very large number: $100 million. IronFX announced a $100 million investment. Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) reported its first-ever $100 million Revenue quarter. And there was lots more... Who is Leverate's new CEO? Which China FX broker is set for a large UK/Europe push after…
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Retail forex broker FXCM, and its parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) each posted their most recent results yesterday, with both entities reporting what we consider to be decent performance, especially given the difficult conditions under which the companies have been operating. FXCM posted July FX trading volumes of $197 billion, 12% down from June but…
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Investment giant Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE:LUK) has issued its second quarter results report, giving a little more insight into the money still owed to it by the FXCM unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR). According to Leucadia, they have nearly recovered the full amount of cash they invested in FXCM in January 2015, and still have $122.1 million…
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Continuing what has been a fairly strong June in the Retail FX space, forex broker FXCM Group LLC has announced that its trading volumes rose by 5% during June, to $223 billion. On a daily average basis, volumes were up 9% in June. The rise in volumes at FXCM, and its continued membership in the…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Times are clearly not easy at retail forex broker FXCM, or at its (50.1%) parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR). Trading volumes are down at FXCM. The company has large financial obligations to Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) and to its convertible bond holders, who may be able to force the company into an event of…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group LLC has announced that its trading volumes fell by 22% during April, to $176 billion. The fall in volumes at FXCM, after a fairly strong March, were fairly in line with the volume decline we have seen in April from several other leading retail FX brokers. The results of course…
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Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), parent company of retail forex broker FXCM, released its Q1 results indicating - as expected - a significant decrease in activity, in large part due to the sale of the company's US clients to Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP). The company's operating loss of $24.2 million and net loss of $29.9 million…
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Well, Drew Niv is finally out the door. Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), formerly FXCM Inc. and parent of operating company FXCM Group LLC has issued a filing stating that Ken Grossman will replace Drew Niv as CEO of the publicly traded company. Mr. Niv remained on as interim CEO of GLBR even after resigning his positions…
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FXCM Group LLC, the operating company now running the FXCM retail forex brand, has announced that it has named Brendan Callan as its CEO. Mr. Callan was named interim CEO of FXCM back in February, following the abrupt resignation of FXCM co-founder Drew Niv from the operations of FXCM globally, after Mr. Niv (and FXCM) were…
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