Search Results for: Forex trader
Currency trader whizz kid ‘masterminded £5.5m Ponzi fraud’
December 4th, 2014
A foreign currency trader used investors’ cash as his “personal piggy-bank” and blew £1 million in casinos and £500,000 in nightclubs, a court heard. Financial whizz kid Alex Hope, 25, masterminded a £5.5m Ponzi fraud to fund his hedonistic lifestyle ...
FOREX – Euro dips as Spanish consumer prices fall more than expected
November 27th, 2014
The euro fell against the dollar on Thursday after data showed Spanish consumer prices falling more than expected, firming up expectations that the European Central Bank will have to resort to more aggressive easing of monetary policy. The euro ...
Officials will interview Traders about currency market manipulation
November 25th, 2014
U.S. prosecutors will travel to London in the coming weeks to interview traders about currency market manipulation, the latest sign that authorities are closer to filing criminal charges stemming from the long-running probe, sources told Reuters. Officials from the ...
Forex Magnates London Summit – OSB Independent Review
November 24th, 2014
We attended the Forex Magnates summit in London on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th November which we found very interesting, well organised and deeply insightful with regards to the where the retail forex industry is heading. Key industry figures ...
UK hands fraud agency all funds needed for forex probe
November 14th, 2014
Britain’s finance ministry will hand the country’s anti-fraud agency all the funds it needs to conduct a criminal investigation into alleged rigging of the $5.3 trillion-a-day currency market, a Treasury source said. Finance minister George Osborne has written to ...
Trade with “FreshForex” on the new level!
November 13th, 2014
From November, 17 “FreshForex” starts to cooperate with one of the most prominent and reliable hosting providers of Europe. It allows to improve quality of order execution to a significant extent and make trading even more comfortable. This transfer ...
Fed investigating bank conduct in forex markets
November 13th, 2014
The U.S. Federal Reserve is investigating possible improper conduct in foreign exchange markets by large banking institutions, a spokesman said on Wednesday. “The Federal Reserve is continuing to investigate in the foreign exchange markets in coordination with other authorities, including the Department of ...
Regulators fine global banks $3.4 billion in forex probe
November 12th, 2014
Global regulators imposed penalties totaling $3.4 billion on five major banks, including UBS (UBSN.VX), HSBC (HSBA.L) and Citigroup (C.N) on Wednesday for failing to stop their traders from trying to manipulate foreign exchange markets. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and JP ...
Forex-Rigging Fines Could Hit $41 Billion Globally: Citi
October 21st, 2014
The cost for banks to settle probes into allegations traders rigged foreign-exchange benchmarks could hit as much as $41 billion, Citigroup Inc. (C) analysts said. Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) is seen as probably the “most impacted” with a fine ...
U.S. Said to Ready Charges Against Banks in Forex Rigging
October 8th, 2014
U.S. prosecutors are pressing to bring charges against a bank for currency-rate rigging by the end of the year, and actions against individuals will probably follow in 2015, according to people familiar with the probe. While federal prosecutors have ...
