Gibraltar-based currency fund to start trading

The fund is headed up by ex-Credit Suisse director John Birkins, who has over 30 years’ experience in the forex markets. Together with his team Birkins plans to focus on short term and intraday trading opportunities in eight currencies and their crosses. These are US dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss franc, sterling, Canadian dollar, euro and both the Australian and New Zealand dollar. Mercury Forex says its uses in-house fundamental analysis which it describes as a contrarian trading strategy and a “highly disciplined approach to risk.” Such an approach has generated an 18 year track record o...