Cyprus forex industry employs 7,000 people —actual number may be higher

Approximately 7,000 people in Cyprus work in forex, although the actual number may potentially be much higher than that, according to recently published research from TradeInformer, a business-to-business news and research portal that covers the global retail trading industry.

According to the above figure, this means that approximately 1.65 per cent of Cypriot private sector employees work in the forex industry.

In addition, these people also comprise close to 40 per cent of financial services workers in Cyprus...