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Saxo Bank executes world’s first base jumping FX trade

20 February 2012
Saxo Bank has successfully executed what is believed to be the first FX trade ever during a base jump at terminal velocity.

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Summit Partners invests in 360T Group

17 February 2012
The investment will strengthen 360T’s continuous growth and international expansion into new markets...

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Tradeweb launches multi-dealer trading platform for FX options

16 February 2012
Enables options trading on major currencies and allows buy-side investors to request quotes from several dealers simultaneously...

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Saxo Bank launches Contract Options

13 February 2012
Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has expanded its derivatives offering by introducing Contract Options...

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Dow Jones and Class Editori launch FX Select news service in Italian

13 February 2012
FX Select delivers real-time, breaking foreign-exchange news, commentary and expert trend analysis...

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Tullett Prebon voted overall number one broker in power in the 2012 Risk & Energy Risk Commodity rankings

10 February 2012
Tullett Prebon significantly increases the number of power categories it leads to 16...

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eToro wins third consecutive best of show award at FinovateEurope 2012

8 February 2012
eToro's GuruFinder wins over 35 competing financial technology companies...

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Gold-i turns MetaTrader into multi asset trading platform

6 February 2012
Gold-i opens up new FX trading opportunities for MetaTrader users worldwide with new multi-asset trading platform...

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Australia – why is it suddenly a retail Forex centre?

3 February 2012
A look at what's driving the world's leading Forex brokerage firms including Saxo Bank, AvaFX, and FxPro to open Australian offices...

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Saxo Capital Markets launches Australian retail operations

30 January 2012
Offers investors the opportunity to trade thousands of asset classes across award-winning online platforms...

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FOREX.com launches new German service in support of long-term European expansion plans

26 January 2012
Provides investors access to more than 70 markets including FX, indices & commodities...

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A stellar performance in 2011 positions London as next RMB offshore centre

19 January 2012
According to data from the SWIFT network, the City is at a better starting point than he may realise...

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TeraExchange appoints former Fannie/Freddie regulator Marti Tirinnanzi to head Washington, D.C. office

19 January 2012
New role will help government-related entities benefit from OTC derivatives markets reform...

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European repo market remains stable despite Eurozone difficulties, ICMA-ERC survey shows

18 January 2012
Survey shows modest growth in the market of 2.6% year on year...

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FXCM and FxPro confirm global end-of-year volume slowdown

18 January 2012
New figures show Q4 2011 saw a significant global slowdown in Forex volumes...