LR: What sets Fineco apart from the others FinTech banks? Marco: We have $99 billion in total financial assets with a CET1 ratio of 26,5% and $324 million of net income. FinecoBank is one of the most solid and well-capitalized firms in Europe and one of the most profitable fintech banks. Our business model is…
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LR: Do you have any concerns about this new breed of trader having easy access to and influence over the markets? Stavros: I believe that more accessibility is par for the course in the information age. We saw it happening to many other industries before it reached finance: publishing and music, to name two. Right…
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LR: How has Brokeree been managing through this challenging period of global uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic? Elina: Fortunately, process-wise and from an employee perspective, we’ve prepared for such a scenario for years by allowing employees to work from our “virtual office”. While we can not enforce each team member to follow the safety recommendations,…
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LR: How has Capital.com been managing through this challenging period of global uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic? Guilhem: As a group, our volumes have grown over more than 900% in 2020, split between our three different entities and we expect next year’s volumes to be significantly higher. The pandemic brought a lot of volatility on…
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LR: What is the primary focus of the Financial Commission? What is special about it? Peter: The main service provided by our organization is the ability for traders to receive free, unbiased and independent help with any situation that may arise with their online broker and receive a balanced and informative resolution to their issues…
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LR: You must have some insight into how the global markets have been responding to the coronavirus? Gregory: As COVID-19 spread, equities plummeted, and market volatility skyrocketed across the charts. Most analysts, including Marshall Gittler, our Head of Investment Research, agree that due to the disruptions in international trade, the economic fallout from COVID-19 continues to be…
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LR: What is the primary focus of BlackBull Markets? Michael: Our primary vision is to provide an institutional multi-asset and service brokerage to both retail and institutional investors giving them affordable market access, stability, accountability, and outstanding service from our FMA regulated New Zealand head office. LR: You just got a NZ derivatives issuer licence.…
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LR: A key part of your role is to optimise the client’s setup for pricing and execution. Is this an area that the technology vendors would normally get involved with? Daniel: Much of the value a PoP should offer is in helping clients set up their environment to get the best out of the existing…
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LR: Any new company offerings you want to share with us? Khanloo: Recently, there have been stock CFDs on for instance Facebook and Google that can be traded without commission*. We also want to gradually expand our product range to include additional companies from the USA, UK, France, Germany and Spain. We have also expanded…
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LR: Your growth has been meteoric. What were the key milestones? Raj: For the first two years we focused heavily on client acquisition and, based on the strength of our offering, quickly attracted many of the largest brokers in the world including from ASIC, CYSEC and FCA regulated entities. After trading for two years, we…
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