Cboe
February 16, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

Cboe to Launch One Options Feed Starting March

The new Cboe One Options Feed will offer real-time quote and trade data consolidated from all four Cboe options exchanges, aggregating the best bid and offer of all displayed orders for ETF, equity, and index options traded on the exchanges. Cboe Global Markets' Executive Vice President, Data and Digital Solutions, Catherine Clay, commented: The launch…

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February 16, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

MT4 Creator MetaQuotes Announces New Trading-Focused Messaging App

Various market participants and trader-focused groups online already use apps such as Discord and Telegram for subscription services where customers can interact. Much like those other apps, the MQL5 Channels Product allows users to subscribe to trading channels, follow market updates or create a channel and promote their expertise. However, MetaQuotes distinguished its offering by…

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FXCubic
February 15, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

FXCubic and TraderEvolution Announce Integration to Create ‘Unique and Efficient’ Trading Systems

Wassim Khateeb, Chief Commercial Officer at FXCubic, commented: We are constantly working on making our system interoperable and adding as many options as possible for our clients to choose from. FXCubic, has changed the fintech landscape over the last few years with the stability, unique features, numerous integrations, and high performance of our bridging and…

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February 15, 2023 BY Alan Sayer

Hargreaves Lansdown Revenues Rise 20% Despite Net New Business Decline

Despite the decline in some metrics, Hargreaves Lansdown's pre-tax profit rose 31% to £197.6 million from £151.2 million, while underlying pre-tax profit, which excludes the strategic investment costs for the period, increased 30% to £211.9 million from £163.5 million. As a result, earnings per share were 33.1p, 29% above the previous year's period of 25.7p.…

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Alpha FX
September 05, 2022 BY Alan Sayer

Alpha FX Revenue Jumps 35%, FX Management Clients Up 11%

The company has proposed a 3.4p per share dividend. On the operational front, client numbers for FX risk management increased by 11%, from 881 at the end of 2021 to 975 on June 30, 2022, while Alternative Banking Solutions accounts jumped 75% to 3,061 on June 30, 2022, from 1,746 on December 31, 2021. Morgan…

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ASIC ban
September 05, 2022 BY Alan Sayer

ASIC's Binary Options Ban Extended

The Australian regulator also released a report summarising the impact of its ban. Before the initial ban, ASIC stated that between 74% and 77% of active retail clients lost money trading binary options, with retail client accounts making net losses of $14 million in aggregate. In addition, they explained that loss-making retail client accounts made…

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Interactive Brokers
September 02, 2022 BY Alan Sayer

Interactive Brokers Daily Average Revenue Trades Up 8% MoM, Down 9% YoY

Ending client equity came in at $310.1 billion, 15% below the prior year and 1% softer than the prior month. In addition, ending client margin loan balances were $43.1 billion, a 13% decrease compared to the previous year and 2% above the preceding month. Furthermore, Interactive Brokers had 1.99 million client accounts, representing a 33%…

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Admirals
September 01, 2022 BY Alan Sayer

Admirals H1 Net Trading Income Surges 149%

However, despite the rise in net income, and value of trades, the number of trades fell by 2% to 28.7 million from 29.2 million in the first half of 2021. In addition, the number of active clients declined 17% to 33,493, and the number of active accounts fell 15% to 41,227. Admirals stated that the…

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FairXchange
September 01, 2022 BY Alan Sayer

FairXchange Appoints Martin Bradford as New COO

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FairXchange, Guy Hopkins, commented that being part of United Fintech has opened up new opportunities for FairXchange, including the creation of the new COO role. He added that the firm is "thrilled" to have Bradford on board, with his track record speaking for itself with "deep experience and…

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