LeapRate has learned that retail forex broker Saxo Bank has hired Ben Smoker away from rival Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) to act as CEO of its ASIC regulated subsidiary in Australia, Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd. Ben Smoker has been Country Head of Gain Capital Australia for the past three-plus years. He was previously in…
Read moreLeapRate has learned that retail forex broker Saxo Bank has hired Ben Smoker away from rival Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) to act as CEO of its ASIC regulated subsidiary in Australia, Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd. Ben Smoker has been Country Head of Gain Capital Australia for the past three-plus years. He was previously in…
Read moreGlobal investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has made filings to the London Stock Exchange indicating that it has increased its stake in retail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) to 9.0%, up from 7.5% previously. JPMorgan now holds directly 10,330,061 Plus500 shares, worth £67.8 million (USD $96 million). Plus500 shares have been on a…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) earlier today published a report about a transaction in its shares. The broker was notified on December 7, 2015, that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) increased its stake in Plus500 to 10.03%. The investment bank, which is most likely acting on behalf of its clients, bought 3,699,658…
Read moreAdvanced payment technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has seen global bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) up its stake in the company to 7.43%. The SafeCharge shares are formally held by JPM subsidiary JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings (UK) Limited. It is unclear if the shares are being held by JP Morgan on behalf of investing…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) today published information about a transaction in its shares. The regulatory filing dated November 26, 2015, states that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) cut its stake in the broker to 6.81%. The investment bank (which is most likely acting on behalf of its clients), sold 259,355 ordinary…
Read moreEarlier today, CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) published information about a transaction in its shares. In a transaction dated October 23, 2015, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) increased its holding in the broker to 7.04%. The investment bank (which is probably acting on behalf of its clients), purchased 427,587 ordinary shares in the broker, thus…
Read moreThe investment giant has sold 1,491,359 ordinary shares in the broker, taking its holding down to 7,656,075 shares.
Read moreThe investment giant sold 604,810 shares in the UK CFD broker, reducing its stake from 8.49% to 7.96%.
Read moreLiquidityMatch subsidiary FXSpotStream has increased its average daily volumes by 24% during the month of June compared to May, and has now launched a new GUI based on HTML5 technology which allows direct launch from a standard browser without the need to download software to a local PC
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