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British Virgin Islands-based foreign exchange brokerage InterForex received a permanent injunction from the CFTC last month for soliciting business from US clients as an unregistered...
Questions were raised in July when the Bank of England’s FX joint standing committee revealed a jaw-dropping 23% increase in UK turnover between...
Happy new year (belated)! As we enter the new year the regulatory environment remains a key issue driving development, most recently in the form...
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Japan's retail investors: A piece in the yen puzzle
Michael Klawitter, senior currency strategist at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, evaluates the relationship between Japanese retail traders and the yen
The diverse nature of FX prime brokerage
On a regular basis news emerges of another dealer launching a foreign exchange prime brokerage (FXPB) business, the latest being HSBC. The conservative UK bank has often been criticised for not leveraging its strong balance sheet...
Regulatory arbitrage
Glenn Stevens, chief executive at Gain Capital in New York, looks at how tightening restrictions around the globe are creating unwelcome possibilities for regulatory arbitrage in retail FX
Retail FX: A question of leverage
Proposed regulations limiting the amount of leverage retail foreign exchange brokers can offer seem to be spreading fast - so fast...
A year of cost cuts and opportunities
Happy New Year! As we enter 2009, it seems many...
Retail FX: the light at the end of the tunnel?
Retail foreign exchange continues to be a beacon of light for wholesale FX banks, as they push ahead with plans to expand initiatives into next year.
Chicago's wind of change
Felix Shipkevich, general counsel at CMS Forex in New York, highlights the difficulties of applying similar regulations to retail foreign exchange and the exchange-based commodities and futures markets
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