New York/London, March 21, 2012 – eToro, the world’s largest investment network announced today that www.TraderPlanet.com, the financial social-networking site for active traders and investors, and SFO magazine, the official advocate for personal investing,awarded eToro OpenBook™ the 2011 Superior Trading And Resource (STAR) Award.

Now in its third year, The TraderPlanet STAR program, honors companies and individuals in the financial industry for outstanding vendor and author achievement. The winners were selected during a three month voting process ending January 31, 2012, based on individual reviews of products and services that provide exemplary performance and value for traders.

“eToro’s OpenBook takes the concept of social networking in a real-time trading platform to a new level,” said Lane J. Mendelsohn, founder and president of www.TraderPlanet.com. “We congratulate eToro on their continued innovation, and are pleased to include them among an elite group of vendors who have created high quality products that encourage traders to prosper.”

“We are very pleased to be recognized for our social trading innovation,” said eToro CEO, Johnathan Assia. “This recognition from leaders in the financial industry confirms our leading role in the social trading revolution that provides more opportunities for investors by tapping into the wisdom of the crowds to generate more profits, increased collaboration, knowledge sharing and automatic copying of top performing traders.”

Learn more about eToro and tap into the world’s largest investment network at: http://www.etoro.com and http://openbook.etoro.com

About eToro
eToro is the world’s largest investment network, with over 1.75 million registered users in over 140 countries and thousands of new accounts opened each day. eToro leads the social trading revolution through its community powered network, which enables every investor to see, follow and automatically copy the actions of other investors in real time. eToro’s mission is to open the financial markets to every individual and make them accessible through a simple, transparent and more profitable way to trade and invest online. By harnessing the wisdom of the crowds every member of eToro’s social trading network benefits from accelerated information exchange, knowledge sharing and the ability to quickly identify the best investment opportunities. eToro’s open Guru Program allows expert and talented traders to earn wide reaching recognition and monetize their trading expertise by earning rich monthly rewards. eToro’s wide range of award-winning web-based and mobile social trading platforms appeal to every level of trading expertise, and provide an amazing investment experience that caters to the needs of the consumer investor. For more information, visit us at www.etoro.com.

About TraderPlanet.com
TraderPlanet.com, an Inc. 500 company headquartered in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area is a social-networking site that provides individual traders of all skill levels a one-stop destination for financial information and trading tools. TraderPlanet.com is the only financial-networking site of its kind that offers its members a full suite of market-data feeds, advanced technical tools and extensive analyst commentary across asset classes, while enabling members to give back to the broader world community through gift giving to charitable causes. TraderPlanet.com’s highly interactive, multimedia platform promotes a free-flowing exchange of ideas through questions, answers and commentary geared toward improving trading strategies and investment performance.

Alon Levitan
pr@eToro.com
www.eToro.com
+1-888-993-8676

The Official Document

Notice I-12-03

January 26, 2012

Effective Date of NFA Interpretive Notice to NFA Compliance Rule 2-36 regarding Price Slippage and Price Requoting

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently approved NFA’s Interpretive Notice entitled NFA Compliance Rule 2-36: Requirements for Forex Transactions. NFA Compliance Rule 2-36 imposes a number of requirements on Forex Dealer Members (FDMs) regarding the manner in which they handle customer forex transactions, which are designed to ensure that an FDM acts honestly, fairly and in the best interests of its customers. NFA’s Business Conduct Committee has recently taken a number of disciplinary actions against FDMs for violations of this Rule based on practices they employ in handling price changes that occur from the time a customer enters an order until the time it reaches the FDM’s trading system. This Interpretive Notice provides guidance to FDMs on how to deal with these circumstances in a manner that does not violate NFA Compliance Rule 2-36. The Interpretive Notice becomes effective March 26, 2012.

The Interpretive Notice provides examples of asymmetrical price slippage settings that have been used by FDMs that clearly violate NFA Compliance Rule 2-36 because the settings allow the FDM to manipulate the prices that the forex customer receives and allows the FDM to benefit from the price slippage to the detriment of the customer. The Interpretive Notice also makes it clear that any asymmetrical slippage settings or requoting practices that provide an advantage to the FDM to the detriment of the forex customer violate NFA Compliance Rule 2-36. In order to avoid violating NFA Compliance Rule 2-36 when addressing these price changes, FDMs must adhere to the following:

• FDMs must apply the slippage setting uniformly regardless of the direction the market has moved;
• If the FDM requotes prices when the market moves against it, it must requote prices when the market moves in its favor; and
• FDMs must ensure that the customer is aware of how the FDM handles these price change circumstances prior to trading with the FDM by providing full written disclosure of its policy, including the information outlined in the Interpretive Notice. For existing customers, FDMs must provide written disclosure prior to the effective date of this Interpretive Notice.

FDMs must also have written procedures that outline the manner it handles price changes, including information on the application of any slippage parameters and requoting practices. Finally, FDMs must ensure that any of its promotional material that discusses the mechanics of its trading system does not include information that misrepresents or is misleading with respect to its price slippage and requoting practices.

FDMs should be aware that although the Interpretive Notice becomes effective on March 26, 2012, the practices described in the Notice are already violations of Compliance Rule 2-36.

More information on the new Interpretive Notice can be found in NFA’s September 2, 2011 Submission Letter to the CFTC.

Source: http://www.nfa.futures.org/news/newsNotice.asp?ArticleID=3951

The authoritative British magazine World Finance has been observing with great interest economic and financial achievements of the world’s biggest companies for the past year and providing its large audience with professional publications and thorough reviews of leaders’ activity. The selection of the aspirants to the place in the “100 World Finance 2011″ representative list was made by the jury that consisted of the magazine leading experts in the financial market analysis.

One hundred best companies, that had launched the largest projects highly assessed by their clients, were selected at the end of the year 2011.

LiteForex’s honorable place in the “100 World Finance 2011″ list has proven that the variety of unique bonus and affiliate programs, high service quality, innovative projects and focus on each client’s interests represent the best combination for our clients’ comfortable and successful work.

We’re proud of good results of our work, public recognition and repeated attention of the competent organizations. We always aspire to impressive achievements and offer the solutions that will be of interest to our clients and will provide them with comfortable conditions of work on world’s financial markets.

We’re congratulating the winners listed in “100 World Finance 2011″ upon this substantial success, and we’re wishing all them further development and realization of all their projects.

We’re thanking the readers of World Finance magazine for their support and trust, and our partners and clients for the lasting cooperation and use of our services.

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A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer was freed after his conviction for stealing the bank’s high-speed trading code was reversed by a U.S. appeals court.

Wearing a grey sweatsuit, white tennis shoes and a huge grin, Sergey Aleynikov, 42, left the Manhattan courthouse where he had been convicted in December 2010 and entered a waiting car with his lawyer, Kevin Marino.

“Justice occasionally works,” Aleynikov told reporters as he left. “This was such big news to me I haven’t had any time to think about what would happen.”

Aleynikov, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Russia, said he hoped to be with his three daughters, ages 8, 6 and 3. Until yesterday, he had been serving an eight-year sentence at the federal prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey.

“I’m very grateful to my mother and my aunt who supported me from Russia, and my friends who stood by me and believed in my innocence,” he said. “One lesson you learn is to really start valuing your life, day-to-day is a victory.”

After hearing oral arguments from both prosecutors and Marino on Feb. 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued a one-page order vacating Aleynikov’s convictions for economic espionage and the interstate transportation of stolen property. The appeals court said it would issue an opinion explaining the ruling later.

Prosecutors accused him of taking trade secrets from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in 2008 to help his new company gain an advantage with high-speed trading. He made $400,000 as a vice president at Goldman Sachs. His move to Teza enabled him to be paid $300,000 annually, with a $700,000 bonus in his first year and a revenue-sharing plan that would have added $150,000 annually.

During a two-week trial, Marino told jurors that his client was merely trying to copy parts of the company’s software that were taken from public software codes. He acknowledged that Aleynikov had violated the company’s confidentiality agreements but said that was a civil matter.

The trial brought into focus sophisticated computer programs that use mathematical formulas to execute scores of trades in short periods of time after evaluating moment-to-moment developments in the markets.

The government said Goldman Sachs makes millions of dollars a year in profits from high-frequency trading and carries a competitive advantage over rivals because of the speed of its computer programs.

At sentencing, Aleynikov said he very much regretted “the foolish decision to download information before I left Goldman Sachs,” though he added that only some of the information he took was proprietary to the company.

He said he “never meant to cause Goldman any harm, and I haven’t acted with malice to anyone at the bank.”

After he was freed, Aleynikov said he did not know what he would do next, though he noted that he believed his skills were up to date. He said he did not have access to a computer in the prison but continued to write computer programs “in my head.”

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4XP was established by an experienced group of professional Forex traders, commercial entrepreneurs and financial experts—their intent: to provide market investors from around the world with winning tools, extensive resources, and unparalleled financial services– all focusing on honesty, integrity, and professionalism”.

London, England (February 1, 2012) – YoutradeFX the world’s leading forex broker providing online services to thousands of traders worldwide has much to be proud of these days. Investors enjoy the ability of trading forex, stocks, CFD’s and commodities through a regulated broker and leading trading platform. Clients benefit from the most competitive trading, technological innovation, tight spreads and the highest level of customer service. With new regulations, the leading trading platforms and cutting edge technology just released by youtradeFX, traders now have the chance of earning new sources of revenue while trading the markets.

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YoutradeFX is honored to be regulated by a Category 1 Global Business License, issued by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of the Republic of Mauritus.

YoutradeFX is now celebrating its operations in Australia, one of the world’s leading financial centers. The Australian arm of youtradeFX, You Trade Capital Markets Pty Ltd, now proudly holds an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL), issued by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). The ASIC enforces company and financial services laws in order to protect you, the trader, as well as investors and creditors. Therefore, you can be sure you are trading in a safe and secure environment.

FSA (Financial Services Authority) regulation is coming soon to youtradeFX, so global investors should be sure to stay tuned.

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GFT Markets, a worldwide leader in forex released an iPad version of its award-winning DealBook® trading platform.

GFT Markets, a worldwide leader in forex released an iPad version of its award-winning DealBook® trading platform. The free app, “DealBook® for iPad,” is part of a complete suite of trading products including DealBook® 360, DealBook® WEB, and DealBook® Mobile.

DealBook® for iPad features full-screen charting which allows traders to expand the chart, access drawing tools, add indicators and set alarms. Traders also have the ability to view real-time quotes in one of three views. Qualified customers can watch real-time news via CNBC TV streaming video.

Here is some early feedback from the iTunes® App Store:

“A gorgeous FX platform that allows you to draw/save your own line indicators…for the iPad! Thank you…Been holding out to open a new account with them. ” (sic)

“This App is quite useful when on the go.”

DealBook® for iPad is based on the DealBook® trading platform which has won numerous awards including Best Online Trading Platform in the Shares Awards 2011, MoneyAM Best Online Overseas Trading Platform 2010, and MoneyAM Best Online charts – DealBook® WEB 2009.

About GFT Markets

From local offices in Sydney, London, New York, Singapore, Grand Rapids, New Jersey and Tokyo, GFT Markets provides its global client base with the opportunity to speculate and trade in a broad range of markets, quickly, efficiently and securely. Most known for its award-winning DealBook® software available for desktop, web, mobile or tablet, GFT Markets also provides options for automated trading, 24/7 customer service and competitive spreads even in times of market volatility.

DealBook® for iPad can be found in the iTunes App Store. To learn more about trading with GFT Markets or to experience a free practice account, visit our website: www.gftforex.com

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Alpari (UK) Limited (“Alpari (UK)”), one of the leading global providers of online foreign exchange (“Forex”, “FX”), precious metals and CFD trading services, has appointed David Hodge as Chief Marketing Officer. David joins the company from IG Group, where he was Group Marketing Director.

In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and brand initiatives for the Alpari group of companies worldwide. Working closely with the Alpari Board of Directors to increase the brand profile, David will help ensure that the company achieves its vision to become the world’s premier broker.

David brings with him over 20 years of marketing experience. He started his career working in blue chip global businesses in marketing roles at Wilkinson Sword, Cadbury and Scottish Courage. He then moved on to start-up, low-cost airline bmibaby, where he was the Commercial Director running marketing, sales, ecommerce, revenue management and network planning, before joining IG Group in 2008.

At IG, he introduced a new global advertising campaign, launched the company’s new website and engineered some of the most innovative marketing campaigns in the sector. During his time there, the company won a prestigious Management Today award for best marketing of all FTSE 100 and 250 businesses in 2010.

Daniel Skowronski, Chief Commercial Officer at Alpari (UK) and Chief Executive Officer of Alpari (US), says, “David is a well-recognised marketing professional who brings with him immense brand experience and enthusiasm. We are very pleased to have him on board at this important stage of our companies’ global growth story.”

David comments, “I am very excited about the Alpari companies’ global expansion plans. For Alpari to have grown so fast in this highly competitive market is a real achievement and I am looking forward to the challenge of assisting the business in the next stage of its growth.”

About Alpari (UK) Limited

Alpari (UK) Limited (“Alpari (UK)”) is a leading global foreign exchange (“FX”, “Forex”), precious metals and CFD broker headquartered in the heart of the City of London and with subsidiaries in Germany, Japan and India as well as a Representative Office in China. In the UK, clients can also benefit from tax free* financial spread betting with Alpari (UK).
The company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the United Kingdom. FSA Register number 448002. Company number 05284142. Registered office: 201 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3AB, United Kingdom. Alpari (UK) is an independent entity within the group of Alpari companies.

With a history dating back to 1998, the Alpari companies are among the world’s fastest growing providers of online Forex trading services. The companies provide cutting edge technology, low-cost trading, comprehensive market research tools, advanced educational programmes and world-class customer service.

The group of Alpari companies has offices in over 20 countries. Locations include London, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai, Moscow, Mumbai and Frankfurt. Combined, the companies look after over 170,000 active trading accounts, generating monthly trading volumes in excess of USD210 billion and employ over 630 people worldwide.**

Forex, spread bets and CFDs are leveraged products. They may not be suitable for you as they carry a high degree of risk to your capital and you can lose more than your initial investment. You should ensure you understand all of the risks.

*Any profits you make from spread betting are completely free of capital gains tax, stamp duty and income tax (for UK residents). UK tax laws are subject to change and individual circumstances may vary. Financial spread betting is only available in the UK.

**May 2011.

Contact
Alpari (UK) Limited
James Hughes
+44-(0)20-7426-2800
jhughes@alpari.co.uk