Posts published in March 2015

xCFD has added Chinese equity derivatives contracts to its trading platform as client demand for emerging market products increases. The firm reported exclusively to Forex…

Vlad Gubernat   This guest blog post is written by Vlad Gubernat. He is a full-time trader based in Romania who shares his thoughts on…

German bank Commerzbank AG has reached a number of settlements with U.S. authorities in relation to violation of U.S. sanctions and violation of New York…

(Photo:Bloomberg) As the U.S. dollar index briefly hit 100 points in trading yesterday, the open interest and trading volumes marked record lows amid hawkish expectations…

ICAP has announced that its TriOptima unit, which provides post-trade risk services for OTC derivatives, is making its triReduce product available to CME Group Interest…

Emerging from stealth mode, is coming public today to reveal their P2P lending marketplace product, as well as announcing that it has secured $2.8 million…

The Bank of Thailand followed many other central banks of emerging economies in cutting its borrowing costs. The Thai baht suffered as a result of the monetary policy decision but managed to bounce versus the US…

The South Korean won rallied today even though the nation’s central bank cut its Base Rate unexpectedly. The most likely reason for the rally was the weakness of the US dollar, though the won…

The Turkish lira gained today as central bank Governor Erdem Basci met President Recep Tayyip today, giving hope that criticism of the bank’s policy will be tone down. Turkish…

Euro is a little higher against its major counterparts today, taking a breather after a major slide this week. Indeed, things seem to be calming down this week following…