BGC Partners registers 8.9% Q/Q increase in Forex revenues in Q1 2016 LeapRate

April 27, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

BGC Partners registers 8.9% Q/Q increase in Forex revenues in Q1 2016

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, has just published its financial report for the first three months of 2016, with Forex revenues staging a decent rise from the final quarter of 2015 and from the first quarter of 2016. The company said its Forex revenues for the first…

January 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Markets.com doubles margin requirement on stocks during earnings season

Retail forex broker Markets.com, a unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), will be raising margin requirements from 5% to 10% for CFDs on certain US-traded stocks during the current Q4 earnings reporting season. Shares of even very liquid, well-traded equities tend to be more volatile leading up to an earnings announcement - especially year-end results, when 'surprise'…

October 08, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Brokers beefs up FYI notifications feature in TWS platform

As the third-quarter earnings season commences, the broker has thought of how to keep traders up-to-date with the latest corporate events.

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