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Hedge Funds

Time for Hedge Funds to Look into Forex Again

Hedge Funds vs S&P 500

Hedge funds 2008 till now

Hedge fund performance over the past decade has not been that impressive in general, however, currency hedge funds have taken a particularly strong beating.The FX market has proved disappointing to lots of investors in the years since the 2008 financial crisis, when the world’s biggest central banks launched stimulus programs to help breathe life into struggling economies.

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Forex Broker Forex Licensing Mifid II Uncategorized

RTS27 & RTS28 reports are now available to EU Traders

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Forex Broker Forex Licensing FX Liquidity Mifid II Uncategorized

Prime of Prime Brokerage – How to Structure Your Brokerage?

Trade execution in OTC derivatives is a burning issue among regulators and clients, as is how to source genuine liquidity. In an interview with Andrew Saks-McLeod, founder and CEO of Finance Feeds, we go into detail on how to make sure this is done to your advantage, and done properly.

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Forex Broker Forex Licensing M&A in FX Prime of Prime

Growing through M&A in FX

Planning your exit strategy for your fx brokerage is an important consideration that certainly crosses entrepreneur’s mind several years into the business. As we currently in the consolidation wave across the industry, and topic of M&A in FX has been a popular one behind the close doors, as well as in the media.
In this session, that was held during Finance Magnates London Summit 2018, Natallia Hunik and Demetris Tsingis dive deeper into the topic of Mergers and Acquisitions in the FX industry and talk about  FX brokerage valuation methods and what assets hold the most value, how to improve your company value in the marketplace and what multiples can you expect when selling your brokerage company.

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Forex Broker Forex Licensing

Why You Should Start Your Own FX Brokerage

FX Brokerage Business Plan
In the world of retail foreign exchange, one of the most unique segments in the market is that of the Introducing Broker (IB).  The concept is quite simple: an IB is a firm or individual who provides a value added service to the retail “end” client and for introducing their clients to a specific retail broker, the IB receives either a rebate or markup of the spread as compensation.  I believe that every IB should start own Forex Brokerage as they run the critical part of the business- sales and marketing.

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Forex Licensing Mifid II STP

How to Find Your Broker in UK FCA Register?

In a world of constantly evolving regulations, licensing and compliance is of paramount importance. Many traders and brokers read and hear about regulation everywhere, but even with all of this awareness, I still often times come across corporate clients and institutional traders who are failing to conduct counterparty due diligence.

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Forex Licensing

Vanuatu Forex License Updates

Vanuatu FX license
Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has emerged as a popular destination for forex brokerage license in the past couple years. The license allows to buy, sell and trade securities like bonds, commodities, CFDs and FX as well as portfolio management on behalf of clients. It typically takes between 4 weeks to 4 months to setup a licensed Financial Dealer  in Vanuatu, depending on the agency one uses.
According to my observation, the number of companies registered with Vanuatu Financial Services commission as Financial Dealers increased by 40% in the period of 3 months,  amounting to 508 licensees as of January 20, 2017.
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LEI number Mifid II

Where to get LEI number and how much does it cost?

Legal Entity Identifier

As the global push for greater transparency in financial markets continues to march around the world, top tier regulators are now requiring all entities engaged in trading financial markets to report their LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) number to regulatory repositories.

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Branding Content Marketing FX Marketing Search Engines Social Network

What you need to know about Google ad restriction on FX and CFDs

Google advertising restrictions

What happened?

Major media companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been recently releasing the news stating that they will ban various investment products promotions on their platforms.

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Mifid II Reporting

Mifid II – New Reporting Structure

This article was written in cooperation with Ron Finberg, Head of Business Development at Cappitech

MiFID II has been the focal point of many discussions in the European financial world recently. We have previously focused our attention on several of the main aspects of this upcoming regulation, such as Best Execution PolicyLEI Numbers and Counterparty Disclosure.

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