| Date | Time | Source | |
| 05/09/2013 | 10:16AM | DJN | The Week's Forex Industry News at a Glance
Here's our weekly rundown of the latest people moves and product launches: PEOPLE: - Retail broker Oanda Corp. has appointed Rajesh Yohannan as Asia Pacific managing director and chief executive officer. In a statement, Oanda said Mr. Yohannan joins from Citibank, where he was managing director and global mobile banking... More...>> |
| 05/08/2013 | 5:31AM | DJN | Thomson Reuters FXall Currency Trading Volumes Flat in April
By Jessica Mead Currency trading volumes handled by systems owned by Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI) were slightly lower in April from March, the company said Wednesday. Daily trading volumes on Thomson Reuters' main FX Spot trading services--Thomson Reuters Dealing, Matching and Reuters Trading for FX--averaged $130 billion... More...>> |
| 05/03/2013 | 6:00AM | DJN | EBS Foreign-Exchange Trading Volumes Rise In April
By Clare Connaghan Currency trading volumes handled by ICAP PLC (IAP.LN)-owned EBS averaged $128.3 billion a day in April, 7% higher than the previous month, the company said Friday. EBS--which handles flows from the biggest banks in the business--also saw a 17% rise in April from a year earlier when the daily average... More...>> |
| 04/29/2013 | 2:10PM | DJN | EBS to Rein In High-Frequency Traders
Foreign-exchange platform EBS is considering strict new handicaps on high-frequency trading. ICAP PLC (IAP.LN, IAPLY)-owned EBS is planning changes to how it processes orders to buy and sell currencies that it says would eliminate certain advantages for the fastest traders. The platform would do away with the "first in... More...>> |
| 04/09/2013 | 8:40AM | DJN | EUROPE MARKETS: Alcoa Earnings, China Inflation Lift Europe Stocks
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets extended gains into a second day on Tuesday, boosted by upbeat earnings from U.S. bellwether Alcoa Inc. and softer-than-expected Chinese inflation data. The Stoxx Europe 600 index picked up 0.3% to 288.35, adding to a 0.2% gain from Monday. Mining... More...>> |
| 04/09/2013 | 8:19AM | DJN | EUROPE MARKETS: Alcoa Earnings, China Inflation Lift Europe Stocks
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets extended gains into a second day on Tuesday, boosted by upbeat earnings from U.S. bellwether Alcoa Inc. and softer-than-expected Chinese inflation data. The Stoxx Europe 600 index picked up 0.3% to 288.35, adding to a 0.2% gain from Monday. Mining... More...>> |
| 04/09/2013 | 6:56AM | DJN | EUROPE MARKETS: Alcoa Earnings, China Inflation Lift Europe Stocks
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets extended gains into a second day on Tuesday, boosted by upbeat earnings from U.S. bellwether Alcoa Inc. and softer-than-expected Chinese inflation data. The Stoxx Europe 600 index picked up 0.3% to 288.35, adding to a 0.2% gain from Monday. Mining... More...>> |
| 04/09/2013 | 5:04AM | DJN | LONDON MARKETS: Miners Lead U.K. Stocks Higher After China Data
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Miners helped lift the U.K.'s benchmark stock index to a second day of gains on Tuesday, after slowing inflation in China fueled expectations of continued monetary stimulus to support economic growth. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.7% to 6,320.49, adding to a 0.4% gain on... More...>> |
| 04/09/2013 | 4:15AM | DJN | EUROPE MARKETS: Alcoa Earnings, China Inflation Lift Europe Stocks
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets posted broad-based gains on Tuesday, boosted by upbeat earnings from U.S. bellwether Alcoa Inc. and softer-than-expected Chinese inflation data. The Stoxx Europe 600 index picked up 0.4% to 288.81, adding to a 0.2% gain from Monday. Mining firms... More...>> |
| 04/08/2013 | 4:50PM | DJN | Regulator Probes ICAP Brokers, Wall Street Banks
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, looking into possible price manipulation of interest rate swaps, has issued subpoenas to several Wall Street banks and ICAP PLC (IAP.LN), Bloomberg News reported Monday. The CFTC is seeking information from current and former brokers at ICAP's offices in Jersey City, N.J., and... More...>> |
| 04/04/2013 | 5:00PM | DJN | Brokerage Firms Move to Set Up Futures Markets
Some of the largest brokerages in the derivatives market are looking to start their own futures exchanges in response to new financial laws that could see business drain to established rival markets. New York inter-dealer broker GFI Group Inc. (GFIG) submitted an application to open a proprietary U.S. futures exchange... More...>> |
| 03/28/2013 | 5:23AM | DJN | The Week's FX Industry News at a Glance
By William Kemble-Diaz LONDON--Amid the chaos of the euro-zone crisis, it can be easy to lose track of what is going on in the foreign-exchange industry. Here is a rundown: PEOPLE: - Simon Friend has joined ICAP's electronic foreign exchange business EBS as Head of Market Surveillance and will report to Nichola Hunter... More...>> |
| 03/27/2013 | 1:29PM | DJN | LONDON MARKETS: U.K. Stocks Drop; Q4 GDP Confirms 0.3% Contraction
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks fell on Wednesday, as a report confirmed that the economy contracted in the final quarter of 2012, while oil firms dropped as oil prices moved lower. The FTSE 100 index closed 0.2% lower at 6,387.56. Oil firms weighed on the index, as crude-oil futures dropped... More...>> |
| 03/27/2013 | 11:46AM | DJN | LONDON MARKETS: U.K. Stocks Drop; Q4 GDP Confirms 0.3% Contraction
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks fell on Wednesday, as a report confirmed that the economy contracted in the final quarter of 2012, while oil firms dropped as oil prices moved lower. The FTSE 100 index traded 0.4% lower at 6,375.05. Oil firms weighed on the index, as crude-oil futures dropped... More...>> |
| 03/27/2013 | 6:30AM | DJN | LONDON MARKETS: U.K. Stocks Drop; Q4 GDP Confirms 0.3% Contraction
By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday, as a report confirmed that the economy contracted in the final quarter of 2012, while oil firms dropped as oil prices moved lower. The FTSE 100 index traded 0.1% lower at 6,395.77. Oil firms weighed on the index, as crude-oil... More...>> |
| 03/08/2013 | 7:09AM | DJN | CLS Sees FX Volumes Rise In February
By Jessica Mead CLS, an industry utility that handles around 75% of settlements for currency trades, said Friday that the average daily input volume in its system during February was 675,745, up 8.6% from January. But the average daily value of these FX trades processed was $5.17 trillion, down 0.4% on the previous month... More...>> |
| 03/07/2013 | 6:14AM | DJN | Thomson Reuters FXall Sees Record Volumes in Feb For Second Month
By Clare Connaghan The revival in foreign-exchange trading volumes continued in February, with Thomson Reuters Corp.'s (TRI) recently-acquired currency trading platform FXall reporting record volumes for the second consecutive month, while average daily volumes on Thomson Reuters' main FX spot trading services were up... More...>> |
| 03/06/2013 | 1:20PM | DJN | Parker Global Currency Managers Index Posts Small Decline
An index of currency-focused hedge funds dropped in February for the first time since October, a month after posting the biggest gain in 21 months. The Parker Global Currency Managers Index, which tracks the performance of funds in which the firm invests, fell 0.06% in February after gaining 1.42% a month earlier. It was... More...>> |
| 03/06/2013 | 11:20AM | DJN | Foreign-Exchange Trading Volume Jumped on EBS Platform
Spot foreign-exchange trading on ICAP PLC's (IAP.LN, IAPLY) EBS trading platform jumped 18% in February from the same month a year earlier, the company said Wednesday. Average daily trading volume on EBS's spot foreign-exchange platform totaled $149 billion in February, up from $126.7 billion during the same month a year... More...>> |
| 02/14/2013 | 5:32AM | DJN | Thomson Reuters-Owned FXall Sees Record Volumes In January
By Jessica Mead Thomson Reuters Corp.'s (TRI) recently-acquired currency trading platform FXall saw record volumes in January while average daily volumes on Thomson Reuters' main FX spot trading services were broadly stable compared with a year earlier, the company said Thursday. Last month volumes on FXall rose 31% on... More...>> |
