Arabcom group is pleased to announce the MENA 10th Forex, Managed Funds & Investment Summit to be held on 21st and 22nd of March 2012 at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

"MENA 10th Forex, Managed Funds & Investment Summit” aims in bringing together the institutional investors and fund management companies to discuss the economy, regulatory reforms, investor opportunities and investor needs. The event will be attended by more than 1000 delegates including hedge fund advisors, commodity trading advisors, fund of funds, institutional investors and service providers to the alternative investment industry.

The event will give fund managers opportunity to launch and present their strategies and funds, investors to do fund selection, and service providers to present their products and services. It will offer a rich educational program featuring industry thought leaders and ample networking opportunity.

An awards ceremony recognizing the year's best industry achievers will also be held in a Gala Dinner to be attended by all Sponsors, Exhibitors, Speakers and Media as well.

The conference will also host keynote speakers from the industry.

The event is Free of Charge for attendees at the Conference and visitors to the Exhibition

For more information visit www.mfisummit.com

Best Regards,
Sheracel Prudencio
Project Manager - Events
ARABCOM GROUP

Contact Details:
Telephone: +971 4 3211164 / Fax: +971 4 3211165 / Mobile: +971 50 8972887
Email: sales@arabcomgroup.com / Skype: sheracel_prudencio
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Starting July 15th, 2011, enforced by CFTC, in accordance with Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all US based Forex brokers, who are registered with CFTC, are required to stop offering leveraged commodities and precious metal trading (including Gold & Silver) to retail clients.

As the result, US traders will no longer be able to trade popular precious metal pairs, such as XAU/USD, XAG/USD and other with Forex brokers in the United States.

The regulation will not affect Gold & Silver trading in other countries.

What is DMA?

DMA - Direct Market Access - is a type of FX execution where traders are offered direct access to the physical market, enabling them to place trading orders with liquidity providers (leading foreign exchange banks, other brokers, market makers etc).

Sounds similar to STP and ECN dealing? It's close, but there is a difference.

DMA (Direct Market Access) is offered by ECN brokers and by some STP brokers.
In fact, ECN brokers always offer DMA, but not all STP brokers offer DMA. Let's take a look at the differences.

January 18, 2011

An exclusive interview with Renat Fatkhullin, Founder and CEO of MetaQuotes Software Corp. for 100Forexbrokers.com

The goal of this interview is to address the most frequently asked questions that concern MetaTrader users nowadays.

Question 1: There are 3 distinguished groups among MetaTrader platform users: Forex brokers, traders with programming skills and ordinary traders. With the announcement and later the release of MT5 platform, the reaction from the ordinary traders group was the most vivid [mixed expectations, criticism etc]. What in your opinion has provoked such reaction among traders?

What is an IB?

An Introducing broker (IB) is a simplest form of partnership between an individual (or a business company) and a Primary broker. The role of the Introducing broker is to solicit clients for the Primary Broker. By doing so an IB earns commission.

- NFA Glossary:
"Introducing Broker (IB) A firm or individual that solicits and accepts futures orders from customers but does not accept money, securities or property from the customer. An IB must be registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and must carry all of its accounts through a futures commission merchant on a fully disclosed basis."

The process of referring clients to the Primary Broker can be done in a variety of ways, but the key component of a successful IB
business is to have the means, contacts and influence on the trading audience. Who can become a successful IB:

Like any financial market, Forex currency trading requires proper regulation. Every country has own governmental financial institutions & independent regulators that supervise and control the Forex industry and work to protect its investors.

Not all Forex brokers nowadays are regulated by appropriate financial regulators in their countries. It's important to pay attention to your broker's regulatory status, as it'll determine the level of security and protection of your investment.

On August 30, 2010 CFTC has released its Final Rules Regarding Retail Forex Transactions. (You'll be also able to read the full Release below).

Concerning the leverage rules, quote: "Leverage in retail forex customer accounts will be subject to a security deposit requirement to be set by the National Futures Association within limits provided by the Commission".

According to NFA instead of 10:1 leverage cut in the proposed earlier rules, the new 50:1 leverage will be implemented and become effective October 18th, 2010.

This leverage cut affects all retail clients in US, for whom Forex leverage will be limited to 50:1 on major currencies, and 20:1 on minors.