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Small retail FX firms face extinction

Felix Shipkevich, general counsel, and Anna Vidiaev, staff attorney, at online foreign exchange trading company Capital Market Services in New York say a proposed rise in capital requirements for retail brokers will result in an anticompetitive...

Retail FX might go down, but it's not out

Last week's turbulence in the currency markets certainly gave those considering a strategy to enter the retail foreign exchange market pause for thought.

City Index seeks a retail FX solution

City Index's acquisition of online foreign exchange trading company FX Solutions last Wednesday (February 6) marks a significant push by the company to gain traction in the global retail FX market, particularly given the price!

Three simple steps towards risk immunisation

Société Générale - there but for the grace of God? Justyn Trenner and David Poole, principals of client strategy firm ClientKnowledge in London, offer a short check-list of factors to protect against a similar occurrence

Nothing beats a good trading scandal

The past week has produced a frenzy of headlines, from the FTSE index hitting seven-year lows and the Federal Reserve's surprise 75 basis point rate cut, to the billions of dollars in writedowns at major dealers. But nothing grabs the attention...

Seeking a sterling collapse

By Pete Luxton, global markets adviser, and Dave Willmer, foreign exchange options market strategist, at Informa Global Markets in London

What's ahead for 2008