FXCM and Gain Capital file end of year 2010 reports
April 8, 2011 by Forex news
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Most of the data is already known as we saw a preview of these results published by brokers themselves, so there’s probably not much new found there, but now you can see them in full.
As a reminder:
FXCM reported:
Full year revenues of $360.3 million, up 12% compared to 2009
Adjust…
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Alpari re-enters Japan with a bang – acquires CMS Japan K.K.
April 7, 2011 by Forex news
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I have to say this caught me off guard as this is quite a bold move by Alpari. It is also quite a strange announcement as only three months ago Alpari itself announced its intention to withdraw from the Japanese market – I guess an opportunity came by which they couldn’t resist. Judging by the looks…
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Gain Capital, Penson, PFSoft and InterTrader
April 7, 2011 by Forex news
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GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), a global provider of online trading services, today announced that it has opened an office in Singapore to expand business development efforts in Asia for GAIN GTX, the company’s institutional electronic communications network (ECN). The GAIN GTX ECN is…
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EBS volumes up 5% in March to $157.3 Billion
April 7, 2011 by Forex news
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March was a fantastic month for most forex brokers who reported a significant increase in trading volumes. Unfortunately this happened amid the Japanese crisis and the Middle Eastern unrest, and hence for the wrong reasons… Markets were indeed hectic all around the globe and volatility is known to…
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Lmax launches smartphone trading app
April 6, 2011 by Forex news
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Lmax, the retail FX and contracts for difference (CFD) trading venue, today announced the availability of the first mobile exchange with the launch of Lmax Trader for iPhone and BlackBerry mobile devices.
The mobile dealing application (app) for trading clients allows users with an iPhone or Blac…
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FxPro launches xTrader – an ECN platform
April 6, 2011 by Forex news
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You read first in my Linkedin group couple of weeks ago and today FxPro have publicly announced that it launched an ECN trading platform called xTrader. xTrader is a new platform by a company based in Cyprus and potentially with some help from FxPro. I wasn’t able to gather much detail about this…
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US Forex Brokers – Ikon GM out, Tradestation Forex in
April 6, 2011 by Forex news
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And then there were thirteen… Actually twelve as CMS Forex is phasing out. Ikon GM is out (since October 2010, Francesc thanks for the tip) and Tradestation formed a new entity – Tradestation Forex which received an RFED status in January 2011. IG Markets is out as well.
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GFT soft launches MT4
April 4, 2011 by Forex news
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GFT is the latest broker to succumb to MT4′s overwhelming popularity. GFT hasn’t officially announced this but it has quietly launched the MT4 platform powered by Boston Technologies, as some of you heard on the Forex Magnates Linkedin group almost a month ago. This is a soft launch for now as…
