Retail
Mexican peso futures trading up 24% on CME
Following an 8% rally against the US dollar last year, CME's Craig LaVeille says the unit should continue to provide trading opportunities in 2013
Major online brokers publish fall in volumes and revenues
FXCM and IG Group retail and institutional traders cut activity amid market uncertainty and low volatility
Retail foreign exchange brokers continue to diversify into CFDs as volumes fall
Online trading companies move to expand revenue streams as low volatility hits volumes
NFA demands $3.3 million from FXDD
Regulator forces margin forex broker to set aside funds to meet client repayment fines ahead of guilty verdict
US regulators fine forex trading companies $1.8m for fraudulent retail FX trading scheme
New York court fines three companies and bans them from trading in off-exchange market
GFT exits retail FX in US and Japan
Retail broker remains in a strong financial position with sufficient regulatory capital, says chief executive Gary Tilkin
Almost $1 billion in MF Global UK client assets recovered
Findings of six-monthly progress report published by special administrator of defunct broker
GKFX selects Gold-i Gate Bridge to connect to liquidity providers
Online broker expands product coverage with new connectivity to liquidity providers
NFA takes enforcement action against KS Global Strategies and Khaled Salama
Retail regulator continues to crack down on fraudulent activity
Saxo Bank cuts 266 jobs
Danish bank becomes latest victim of tighter regulatory controls on margin and contracts-for-difference trading
Alpari registers in New Zealand, signalling pursuit for safe-haven markets
Retail brokers pushes out to New Zealand
Thomson Reuters targets retail market with niche data and analytics product
Market data vendor responds to speculation that it is extending its flagship Eikon platform to retail traders
Citi offers liquidity to Spotware’s cTrader and cAlgo Platforms
Citi extends liquidity offer to margin trading system
PFSoft launches white label solution for FX brokers
Technology vendor ties up with Lmax to offer liquidity to retail market
Sucden Financial builds up Gold service
Institutional broker extends gold trading size to enable hedging in size
FXCM revenues up; gets increase in credit facility
Margin forex broker sees revenues up despite fall in volumes
GVC Gaesco white-labels FXCM platforms
Spanish broker signs up FXCM for retail forex and CFDs
Gain Capital revenues down as retail volumes halve
Margin forex broker takes hit from fall in retail forex volumes but aims to build institutional business.
Banks suspend dual-currency deposit sales in Japan to re-document under new regulation
Returns on dual-currency and structured deposits will not be covered by state insurance scheme, Japanese FSA decides
AML under the spotlight at FXDD
Retail broker slammed by industry regulator for compliance failures, signalling continued threat of abuse at retail forex brokers
Advanced Markets exits US retail market
Margin forex brokers continue to exit US market to focus on institutional business
Saxo creates new client office after two key departures
Saxo Bank has opened a new department focused on products and services, following the departure of its heads of marketing and platforms
Training traders
What role does emotion play in the decision-making process of traders, and can they be trained to better manage their emotions? Saxo Bank believes they can, and is developing a process to support that training. Robert Mackenzie Smith reports
FXCM rolls out dealing desk to fight price war
The retail brokerage has launched a principal-based execution option to create tighter spreads for smaller clients, but will continue to advocate its preference for the agency model