IG Labs went live this month, providing traders with a fully customizable service, available via IG Group's proprietary API.
Read moreAs interest from global financial institutions in FX firms continue, USUS mutual fund management firm Mass Financial acquires 10% share in UK-based IG Group
Read moreThe fight brewing between leading foreign and domestic Australia CFD and FX brokers has less to do with client protection, and more to do with protecting market position.
Read moreUK spreadbetting leader IG Group (LON:IGG) has issued, as is its custom, a brief financial update just one week before its fiscal 2014 year closes on May 31. And it wasn't great. IG reported that volumes were generally weak in the last quarter of the year due mainly to low volatility in the FX markets.…
Read moreIG Group CEO Tim Howkins and CFO Chris Hill probe specific factors relating to the company's Q3 results, and emphasize importance of mobile trading Following today's announcement of corporate results for the third quarter of its financial year, IG Group CEO Tim Howkins, along with CFO Chris Hill and Head of Investor Relations Kieran McKinney…
Read moreA very strong December led to solid Q3 Revenues for IG. UK spreadbetting firm IG Group (LON:IGG) issued its Interim Management Statement for Q3 2014 (IG has a May 31 year end, so Q3 ended February 28), giving us a peek into revenues the past three months, and they were fairly strong. IG Revenues hit £96.7 million…
Read moreThe regulatory system allowing financially regulated companies to register cross-border in the EU has UK players worried. An interesting article in today's Financial Times points out that many established UK-based, FCA-regulated brokers are concerned about the growing number of 'passport' brokers from other EU countries setting up shop in London. The article points out that 45…
Read moreStock market continues to like shares of Forex brokers. As the equity markets in the US continue to set new highs, shares of publicly traded Forex brokers have not been left behind. For the first time since going public in December 2010 (for $14 per share), FXCM saw its share price briefly hit $17 on…
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…
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