OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
CFTC Unanimously Approves Project KISS Rulemakings to Ease…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has unanimously approved Project KISS Rulemakings to simplify registrants’ obligations. [caption id="attachment_329494" align="alignright" width="300"] CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo[/caption] “These final rule both originated as…
Eurex Launches Swap Clearing to Clients of Futures…
Eurex Clearing, one of the leading CCPs globally wholly owned by Deutsche Boerse, has started offering clearing services for swap transactions to clients of futures commission merchants (FCMs) domiciled in the United States, following authorization…
FCM Shrinkage Alarms CFTC
[caption id="attachment_319459" align="alignleft" width="209"] Walt Lukken, Chief Executive Officer of the Futures Industry Association[/caption] Since the financial crisis of 2008, the number of Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) has decreased significantly, and the Commodities Futures Trading…
Global Forex Market Witnesses Slow Trading Activity in…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday released its monthly key figures and data for Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) for the month of March 2018. The reports include data from FCMs and also broker-dealers that…
CFTC Releases Video on Binary Options Fraud
On the day it announced charges in a binary options scheme, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission also announced a video series on binary options fraud. The CFTC announced it was filing a complaint in US…
CFTC Data Shows Drop in Retail Fx Deposits…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday has published its much-awaited monthly report for January 2018, that includes data of Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) that are registered as Retail Foreign Exchange Dealers (RFEDs) in…