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StoneX Group (Nasdaq: SNEX), which owns Forex.com and City Index brands, ended the three months between January and March with a decline of 38 percent in revenue from its forex and contracts for difference (CFDs) units. Strong Pullback in FX/CFDs Demand According to the recently filed Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), StoneX generated $61.8 million in […]
Bitcoin price may have recovered from the collapse of the FTX crisis, but its fallout continues to reverberate across the crypto industry. As participants seek ways to regain the institutional trust that the current crisis has created, and avoid the next one, one of the theories being advanced is the potential for prime brokers to develop and maintain credit relationships. […]
HFM Hires Markets.com’s Yaqub Tale as Country Head in KenyaHFM, a retail forex and CFDs brokerage that recently rebranded from HotForex, has appointed Yaqub Tale as its Head of Country in Kenya. Tale until the appointment was a Regional Business Consultant for East Africa at online trading provider, Markets.com, for nearly two years.Tale, who brings about five years of trading […]
Vantage, previously known as Vantage Markets, has established its presence in Africa by obtaining a derivatives license from South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). New License for Vantage According to the press release shared with Finance Magnates, the new license will allow the forex and contracts for differences (CFDs) broker to offer its services in South Africa, onboarding local […]
BGC Partners, a major financial technology and brokerage firm, released its first quarter 2023 metrics on Wednesday, reporting a marginal increase in its consolidated revenue from forex trading. The revenue rose 0.2% to $80.2 million (or 1% in constant currency), compared to the first quarter of 2022. FX Generates Smallest Revenue GrowthThe revenue boost was the least among all asset […]
The net revenue from foreign exchange trading activities on Cboe Global Markets’ platforms increased by 8% year-over-year during first quarter 2023, the American exchange operator disclosed on Friday in its latest financial performance report. The increase came primarily as a result of higher net transaction fees, Cboe said.Cboe FX Hits Multiple Volume Records in Q1In the report, Cboe noted that […]
Total volumes of spot foreign exchange traded on Electronic Broking Services (EBS) reached $52.9 billion in April 2023, CME Group disclosed on Friday. EBS is the American derivatives exchange operator’s wholesale electronic trading platform for forex trading with market-making banks.FX Link Grows, Spot FX Slumps across RegionsFinance Magnates reports that trading activities in spot FX among institutional investors weakened last […]
Nigeria’s securities regulator has flagged down six online trading platforms for operating in the country without authorization. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) listed the platforms in a recent statement published on its website.According to the watchdog, the platforms are Prime Invest (https://webtrader.pinvest.cc/), FXBoxed (https://account.fxboxed.com/) and New Finance LLC and New FX Limited (https://www.newfx.us). The other three platforms are Axi24 […]
Copy trading is a common investment practice, but new indicators show that in Africa, the method has become a phenomenal hit. Curiosity about copy trading among Africans is higher than in other developed nations, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, according to Google data on searches. Investigating the data, Finance Magnates found that some brokerages have […]
Trading activities in spot foreign exchange among institutional investors weakened last month across regions, data from Cboe FX, Deutsche Börse’s 360T, FXSpotStream and Click 365, shows. The decline comes after major trading venues reported stronger output earlier in March. In January, the institutional spot FX demand recovered from the holiday lows in December only to retreat in February. By March, […]