Alpari MetaTrader 5 Goes Live At Last
A mere two and half years after it was first released for public testing it is now possible to trade live on MetaTrader 5 using an FSA regulated broker. Today Alpari announced that: More on Alpari...
View ArticleLMAX Looking Better as Betfair Reports Results
Betfair Group PLC made an announcement today via the London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service revealing their preliminary results for the year to April 30th 2012. They headlined with the opinion...
View ArticleGFT Hastily Exits U.S. Retail Forex Business
GAIN Capital have just announced in a press release that: It has reached an agreement to acquire the US-based retail forex business of GFT Forex ("GFT"), pending regulatory approval. Financial terms...
View ArticleFXCM Want to Acquire Gain Capital
I received a message in my inbox this morning advising me that: FXCM Proposes Acquisition of Gain Capital According to the accompanying press release FXCM sent a letter to the members of GAIN's Board...
View ArticleGAIN Capital "Merge With" GFT
Following our recent report that FXCM had made an unsolicited offer to acquire GAIN Capital it looked likely that the GAIN board weren't very keen on that prospect. That perception was confirmed this...
View ArticleAlpari US Retail Clients Move to FXCM
In a news release yesterday FXCM announced that: Its U.S. subsidiary Forex Capital Markets LLC has agreed to assume the forex accounts of Alpari US LLC. On Friday, September 27, 2013, accepted Alpari...
View ArticleOANDA Announces Acquisition of Currensee
OANDA announced in a press release today that: It has acquired Boston-based Currensee Global Inc., a leader in forex market copy trading within a proprietary social trading network. Together, the...
View ArticleSwissquote Acquires MIG Bank
It's all go on the mergers, acquisitions and transfers front this week! Swissquote Bank announced in a press release earlier today that: Swissquote Bank is acquiring a 100 percent holding in MIG Bank...
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Swiss Franc Surprise Causes FXCM a Big Problem
First of all, here's a screenshot from FXCM's flavour of MetaTrader 4 on January 15th 2015 : The cause of the big gap was the following announcement from the Swiss National Bank at 9:30 GMT this...
View ArticleSwiss National Bank’s "Unexpected Policy" Bankrupts Alpari UK
It seems FXCM aren't the only forex broker suffering unfortunate side effects following the Swiss National Bank's unexpected announcement yesterday. I have a number of accounts with Alpari UK,...
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