Odd to see FXCM going to IPO market, before we have their formal answers on how they will adjust their business model after the Aug. 30th release...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703713504575475190251222922.html Main article on WSJ today. EU-wide bank levy is job number...
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Can American off-exchange retail forex traders evade strict new CFTC rules by trading on offshore platforms? September 1, 2010 Yesterday, I...
Blog tonight: New CFTC forex trading rules call for 50:1 leverage August 31, 2010 The CFTC has published its highly anticipated final rules...
The CFTCâs new rule calling for a 2% deposit on trading major forex currencies off-exchange (50:1) seems on par with what commercial banks like...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704421104575463480313256258.html 2% deposit on major currencies seems on par with what banks like...
Long Arm Of Congress Leans On Forex Traders http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/?p=4422 We are discussing this matter on our...
A follow up to my earlier posts on this thread are on another thread. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=204053 Bright...
Brits joined the Germans in flatly dismissing an EU-wide FTT. News 3 new results for financial transaction tax _ Financial transactions tax...
My tax attorney colleague called back to say the following. Dodd-Frank has one reference to "extraterritorial" (which means foreign...
I agree. I think Congress and the regulators don't trust off-exchange trading. They want transparency, no dark pools, reporting, and rules of the...
Congress took a new approach with the CFTC in the Dodd-Frank bill. The CFTC was dragging its feet on Congress's CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008...
http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/AnyArticle/p.rdt?URL=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6782QW20100809 Brussels preparing proposals for...
Per my podcast/blog on Aug 5, 2010. Prop-trading update Goldman Sachs told one of the largest prop-trading firms to change its payouts to prop...
On our blog and podcast this week, I discussed Goldman's reaction to Fin Reg and FINRA regulatory notice 10-18 calling for their prop trading firm...
submitted this comment This tax will be used for something that has nothing to do with currency exchange. Selecting currency transactions as...
Extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone or no one to avoid tax-class warfare. http://www.greencompany.com/blog/index.php?postid=87 and on my...
The WSJ ran a few stories about prop traders leaving big banks due to new restrictions on prop trading under Fin Reg - which pundits expect will...
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