Alpari, a global provider of online foreign exchange (FOREX, FX) trading services, announced plans to launch its regional office in Dubai to serve the UAE and the Middle East region. The move, which aims to bring Alparis trading operations closer to clients across the region, makes Dubai the latest global financial centre to host Alpari operations after Moscow, London, New York and Shanghai.Alpari Emirates provides professional consultancy covering online trading and services offered by Alpari (UK). The mission is to expand Alpari (UK)s business in the Gulf region serving individual traders, fund managers and institutional customers with innovative and proprietary currency trading technology combined with quality execution, competitive spreads and margins, and helpful customer support with a highly professional team in the United Arab Emirates.Alpari is one of the worlds fastest growing providers of online forex trading services, with 100, 000 live accounts worldwide and daily trading volumes in excess of $2bn. In 2008, the company was able to record a 543% increase in individual traders, money managers and institutional customers worldwide, in spite of the uncertain financial climate.Alparis foray into the Middle East comes at a time when forex trading volumes in the region are soaring dramatically on account of ongoing volatility. Alpari has already seen a 319% surge in its UAE consumer base this year, and the company expects to increase its live accounts growth rate in the Middle East to 500% in 2009.http:///177177.html