UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced the following update on its revenue for the three months to 31 August 2017, the first quarter of its 2018 financial year. The trends and figures highlighted below refer to this period and the corresponding period last year. IG delivered a record revenue quarter,…
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Cellxpert, a leading provider of affiliate marketing platforms, has announced the unveiling of a new product that will allow regulated brokers to fully manage and approve their affiliates’ sources of traffic. The new tools - Country Control, Domain Control, as well as the new feature Geo Rotation Group - are a complete and customizable solution designed for…
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In a usually quiet and short end-of-August trading week sandwiched by a Bank Holiday in the UK and the Labor Day weekend in North America, there was still an interesting number of Forex Industry News stories to report - with the week's key stories all appearing exclusively at LeapRate. Which Turkish FX broker has gone…
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Research outfit Investment Trends has issued its 2017 CFD Report for its home market of Australia, noting some changes in market share among the leading brokers serving Australian retail traders. According to the Investment Trends report, UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) remains the dominant leader down under as well, with 35% of…
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UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced that has launched trading on Ether, the token of the Ethereum network. This development enables traders to take a position on whether the value of the cryptocurrency will rise or fall, without having to take the risks associated with buying and storing it. Rupert…
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A full eight months after first being proposed, new rules governing CFD trading and brokerage take effect this week in Germany. A quick timeline.... German regulator BaFin proposed the new rules for brokers providing off-market leveraged CFD trading on December 8, 2016. That came just two days after BaFin's UK counterpart, The FCA, came out…
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Continuing a year-long climb, shares of CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) set an all-time high in Thursday trading on the London Stock Exchange. Plus500 closed up 4.3% to £8.68 per share, its highest ever closing price after setting a mid-day high of £8.80 soon before closing. At its current share price, Plus500 has a market value…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight announced today that it has issued the results of a rule enforcement review of the North American Derivatives Exchange Inc. (Nadex), with the review results being fairly positive. Nadex is a regulated Binary Options exchange, owned by UK based online trading leader IG Group Holdings…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated financial and sports spread betting company Spreadex saw no growth in its latest Fiscal year ended May 31, 2017. However Spreadex continued to generate healthy profits, up slightly from the previous year. Overall, Spreadex brought in £50.276 million in Revenue in 2017, virtually identical to last…
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Shares of UK online brokerage leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) traded up by 16.4% Tuesday, after the company reported robust financial results for Q4-2017, the second half of Fiscal 2017, and full year 2017. IG has a May 31 fiscal year end. IG shares, now at £6.46 per share, are at the highest level they have…
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