Christoph123 schrieb:

Wie macht der Broker, dann Geld, wenn ich mir denke, dass andere Buden 0.7 Pips Kommissionen verlagen?

In der Romandie entsteht einer der grössten Devisenbrokern im Retailbereich weltweit. Am Mittwochmorgen gab die in Gland (VD) domizilierte Swissquote die Übernahme der MIG Bank mit Hauptsitz in Lausanne bekannt.

goso schrieb:

Und ja, ich meine die Investment Banken, früher hat mehr oder minder der HNWI Status gereicht -und die Feststellung war simpel, einfach 1 Mio. USD aufs Konto, mehr hat niemand interessiert-, heute ist das wesentlich komplizierter geworden, die grossen FX-Banken lehnen Privatkunden fast grundsätzlich ab.

Although large banks and prime brokerage units may still grant the largest multinational corporations, asset managers, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, or hedge funds generous credit limits to do FX trades, the same cannot be said of small to midsize banks, proprietary trading firms, asset managers or hedge funds, CTAs/CPOs, or active retail traders. Our conversations with industry veterans in the FX prime brokerage community indicate that in today’s environment, FX credit limits and terms have tightened by as much as one-third from the pre-crisis days of more than five years ago.

3. Professional clients

A Professional Client is a client who possesses the experience, knowledge and expertise to make its own
investment decisions and properly assess the risks that it incurs. In order to be considered a Professional
Client, the Client must comply with the following criteria:

Α. Categories of Client who are considered to be professionals:For the purposes of this Law, the following shall be regarded as professionals in relation to all investment
services and activities and financial instruments:

1. Entities which are required to be authorised or regulated to operate in the financial markets. The list below
should be understood as including all authorised entities carrying out the characteristic activities of the
entities mentioned – entities authorised by a member state under a European Community Directive, entities
authorised or regulated by a member state without reference to such Directive, and entities authorised or
regulated by a non Member State:
(a) Credit institutions;
(b) Investment Firms;
(c) Other authorised or regulated financial institutions;
(d) Insurance undertakings;
(e) Collective investment schemes and management companies of such schemes;
(f) Pension funds and management companies of such funds;
(g) Commodity and commodity derivatives dealers;
(h) Locals;
(i) Other institutional investors.

2. Large undertakings meeting two of the following size requirements, on a proportional basis:
- balance sheet total at least: 20’000’000 Euro;
- net turnover at least: 40’000’000 Euro;
- own funds at least: 2’000’000 Euro.