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SPONSORED STATEMENT<br />
RETAIL e-FX CLIENT<br />
FXCBS<br />
Placing the needs<br />
of clients first<br />
FOREX Central Brokerage Services (FXCBS)<br />
is a leading financial brokerage firm.<br />
The <strong>com</strong>pany has been focusing on the<br />
development of next generation solutions<br />
for forex trading. e-<strong>Forex</strong> talks with Mr.<br />
Mohammad Musleh, CEO, of Fienex Group<br />
Ltd. about how the <strong>com</strong>pany is deploying<br />
technology and achieving its vision of<br />
providing the best forex products and<br />
services for its clients.<br />
Fienex DMCC, a 100% subsidiary of Fienex Group is<br />
currently regulated in Dubai. How stringent are the<br />
regulatory requirements for online brokers in<br />
Dubai?<br />
Brokerage services fall under the broad category of<br />
“Financial Services”. UAE central bank through<br />
Securities and Commodities Authority of UAE<br />
(SCA) regulates the brokerage services within the<br />
boundaries of UAE. ESCA, a member of the<br />
International Organization of Securities<br />
Commissions (IOSCO) ensures that members<br />
maintain strict adherence to SCA approved DGCX<br />
By-Laws. Furthermore, brokers are required to<br />
conduct their business with clients in accordance<br />
with the international 'best' code of practice and<br />
standards observed on other major exchanges around<br />
the world.<br />
FXCBS has chosen to be<strong>com</strong>e MIFID <strong>com</strong>pliant.<br />
What implications does this have for you<br />
operationally?<br />
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We are gladly willing to <strong>com</strong>ply with MIFID<br />
regulations as we believe that they ensure the best<br />
code of practice for <strong>Forex</strong> Brokers. This step goes<br />
hand in hand with our efforts to raise the sense of<br />
security for our clients and to apply the highest<br />
standards of operations. Be<strong>com</strong>ing a MIFID<br />
<strong>com</strong>pliant broker will open the doors wider to a<br />
global presence for FXCBS.<br />
In what ways does the culture you have created<br />
within FXCBS benefit your clients and help you<br />
cultivate your business?<br />
Our business model was meant to eliminate any<br />
conflict of interest and to reach the perfect win/win<br />
situation for our clients as traders and for us as a<br />
broker. Our clients are always encouraged to apply<br />
any trading style of their preference with no<br />
restrictions. We always wel<strong>com</strong>e winners, and at the<br />
same time we benefit from the volume generated by<br />
our clients' trading activities.<br />
Unlike traditional spread-trading platforms, FXCBS<br />
operates an ECN (Electronic Communication<br />
Network). How does your ECN forex trading model<br />
work?<br />
The ECN model of FXCBS gives the <strong>Forex</strong> traders<br />
direct access to the inter-bank market where they<br />
can benefit from the best prices and execution<br />
available in the market. This process has two sides;<br />
1. Pricing: as our aggregation engine retrieves live<br />
prices from multi inter-bank liquidity providers