In Japan Forex market shrinks in 2011
Jan 05 at 08:06
Japan loses its position as the world's #1 Forex market.
Two years of successive regulatory reductions in allowed leverage (now just 25:1) have taken their toll on the Japanese Forex market, knocking...
In Forex ECN spreads continue to decline
Dec 05 2011 at 15:04
Based on FXall's just-released Q3 results, it seems as though margins at Forex ECNs - or what the rest of us pay in terms of spread - is in long-term decline, as competition heats up among FXall, Curr...
In Forex IPOs – will any more firms go public?
Mar 30 2011 at 14:48
LeapRate analysis: In the aftermath of FXCM’s and Gain Capital’s successful IPOs last December, a number of other Forex firms (and their shareholders) have begun to look more closely at go...
In Gain Capital’s revenue-per-volume drops 37%(!) in Q4
Mar 22 2011 at 14:32
Was this a one-time drop, or more indicative of a downward trend in Forex industry profitability?
LeapRate Analysis: In its recently-announced results for the fourth quarter of 2010, Gain Capital (...
In Saxo Bank releases volume information for the first time
Mar 17 2011 at 15:08
And the figures are much lower than previously estimated.
With the recent issuing of its 2010 Annual Report, Saxo Bank has, for the first time, given us a glimpse at its monthly trading volume figu...
In Swissquote acquisition of ACM valued at $43 million
Mar 14 2011 at 19:41
LeapRate has learned that the previously announced acquisition of Geneva-based ACM (Advanced Currency Markets AG) by Swissquote was an all-cash transaction, priced at CHF 41.7 million ($43 million).
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In Is the retail Forex market (finally) shrinking?
Mar 08 2011 at 15:40
Another interesting piece of data: Saxo Bank released its full-year 2010 results at the end of last week, reporting that its profits tripled from 2009 to a record DKK 644 million (approximately $108 m...
In FXCM and Gain Capital Q4 results - lessons learned
Mar 03 2011 at 13:26
Now that both Gain Capital and FXCM have announced their final results for 2010 (as well as recent results releases and announcements by others such as IG Group, London Capital Group, and FxPro), what...
In Arab Unrest and Forex, Part II.
Feb 28 2011 at 11:52
Hey Cyclist. Don't (totally) agree. You're not describing US-based inflation, you're describing everywhere-based inflation. If anything, the US is better equipped to handle food shortages than most ot...
In Arab Unrest and Forex, Part II.
Feb 28 2011 at 10:54
(Or, the US$ is no longer the Manchester United of Currencies.)
During most political and military crises over the past century there has been an (understandable) flight-to-safety in the investment...
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