IG joins ETX Capital in making a greymarket in Twitter shares. LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that UK spreadbetting leader IG.com has quietly launched greymarket trading in shares of Twitter. Those traders who do not want to wait for Twitter's actual IPO, recently announced and planned for later in Q4, can already take a position…
Read moreLCG's first half saw a 7% drop in revenues, at a time when other UK online trading brokers saw a nice rise in business. Quick follow-up to our story last week detailing London Capital Group's first half financials.... LCG shares have continued to drift downward in the past few days, completing a 17% drop in…
Read moreLCG revenues were actually down from last year, at a time when industry revenues were up nicely. UK spreadbetting and CFDs broker London Capital Group (or "LCG"), which operates the Capital Spreads and ProSpreads brands, announced disappointing first half 2013 results, which sent its stock (LSE:LCG) tumbling by more than 10% on Thursday. LCG's revenues…
Read moreUK spreadbetting brokers look to expand into traditional retail Forex trading. Just two weeks after we reported that IG Group -- with its newly-branded and launched website IG.com -- had announced plans to launch MT4 trading for its clients later this summer, comes news that its UK spreadbetting rival City Index has beaten IG to…
Read moreIn major departures from its norm, IG Group is rebranding as IG.com, focusing on Forex traders, and adding a third party platform. IG Group is not exactly sitting on its laurels, despite recent stellar financial results, and the IG share price sitting at an all time high. In a piece about a month ago we…
Read moreXM.com is the second two-letter domain name purchase this month by a major online broker. Cyprus-based online trading group Trading Point, whose brands include forex broker XEMarkets and affiliates and IB partner program PipAffiliates.com, has announced that they have acquired the two-letter domain name XM.com. And, based on a quick visit to the XEMarkets.com website,…
Read moreIG Group spent several millions of dollars buying the IG.com domain name. IG Group's new website IG.com has now been officially launched (at www.ig.com, of course). We exclusively reported just several weeks ago that as part of its rebranding as just 'IG', IG Group had spent several million dollars buying the IG.com domain name, which…
Read moreFor the past year IG Group has been rebranding its businesses under the generic 'IG' name. LeapRate has learned that leading UK online brokerage and spreadbetting firm IG Group has spent millions of dollars acquiring the IG.com domain name. IG Group management apparently plan to consolidate all of IG's various brands and businesses, such as…
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