Casualties from Thursday's astonishing boom in the value of the Swiss franc are rolling in Friday morning. Foreign-exchange brokers who had relied on the stability of the Swiss franc, which until Wednesday was pegged to the euro, were taken by surprise when the Swiss National Bank abolished its controls, and millions of dollars were lost at firms around the world. The UK-based FX broker Alpari just announced it had entered insolvency. Here's what it said:
The recent move on the Swiss franc caused by the Swiss National Bank’s unexpected policy reversal of capping the Swiss franc against the euro has resulted in exceptional volatility and extreme lack of liquidity. This has resulted in the majority of clients sustaining losses which has exceeded their account equity. Where a client cannot cover this loss, it is passed on to us. This has forced Alpari (UK) Limited to confirm today, 16/01/15, that it has entered into insolvency.
That follows New Zealand's Excel Markets, which made the same statement earlier, according to the Financial Times.
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