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ASIC orders additional AFSL conditions on Sydney firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... implement any recommendations made by the independent expert. Roco is a Sydney-based financial services business trading as Roco Forex which provides services in foreign exchange and derivatives. Roco's main business is dealing and making a market in ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... dealers as Wall Street ended in positive territory. Tokyo rose 1.32 per cent, or 193.46 points, to 14,808.50 as confident forex dealers pushed the dollar back above the 100 yen level. However, Seoul fell 0.64 per cent, or 12.01 points, to 1.875.48 and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... on expectations the central bank would start to pull back on massive bond-buying later this year, which has sent global forex and equity markets reeling in recent weeks. Tokyo rose 0.39 per cent, or 55.98 points, to 14,472.58. Stocks' gains were held ...

ASIC winds up insolvent derivatives issuer

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... obtained orders in the Federal Court to wind up Sydney-based derivatives issuer Apex Derivatives. Apex promoted trading in forex and contracts for difference (CFD) derivatives via its website. ASIC issued a Court application on 28 May 2013 seeking the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... or 174.67 points, to 14,782.21 as the US dollar briefly breached the 102-yen mark after Japan avoided criticism about its forex policy at a weekend meeting of Group of Seven (G7) financial chiefs in Britain. Seoul rose 0.2 per cent, or 3.95 points, to ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... markets fell, following losses on Wall Street, as traders fret US lawmakers will not agree a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Forex dealers also ran for cover after the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said "little progress" had been made in cross-party ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... its bond-buying scheme. The upbeat outlook also provided support to the euro after posting impressive gains in New York forex trade, while dealers awaited the release of closely-watched jobs data in the United States later in the day. Tokyo closed up ...

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... that The Australian CFD Forum [comprised of foreign owned providers, IG Markets, CMC Markets, Saxo Capital Markets, GFT Forex, Capital CFDs] is pushing is not about retail client protection. "Australian companies don't want to take on their clients ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
So where have all gloom and doomers gone? Yes them - the worrywarts who sent the S&P 500 index tumbling down by as much as 4.2% earlier this month. Where the bloody hell are they now? They should be jumping with joy and wringing their hands with the ...

Currencies dominate CFDs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... new traders were focused on currencies, commodities and indices given volatility in those areas, with trading across major forex pairs offering access to tight fixed spreads. "Traders using Capital CFDs in the 1st quarter of 2012 maintained their wide-eyed ...