FCA regulated CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) just announced that the Monetary Authority of Singapore has granted Plus500SG Pte. Ltd. a Capital Markets Services license for dealing in securities and leveraged foreign exchange trading. The grant of the Capital Markets Services license reflects the scalability of the Company both from a business and a regulatory…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) sets out below the process by which Plus500 will withhold tax on any dividends distributed by the Group, including with respect to the upcoming dividend, as set forth below. On 7 February 2017, the Group announced a final dividend per share of $0.3799 ($43.6 million) and a special dividend per…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) just announced that the Financial Services Board, the South African authority that oversees the non-banking financial services industry, has granted Plus500AU Pty ltd., the Company's Australian operating subsidiary, a licence to operate an online trading platform for retail customers to trade CFDs in South Africa, under FSP #47546. The licence…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) just announced preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2016, which include record quarterly Revenues of $91.3 million in the fourth quarter. For the full year 2016, Plus500 brought in $327.9 million in Revenues and earned Net Profit of $117.2 million, also both best-ever results for the CFD broker.…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) just announced that it has extended its sponsorship agreement with Club Atlético de Madrid Football Club, SAD, to be the main sponsor for the 2017/18 season. Plus500 first became the Official Main Sponsor of Atlético in January 2015 and the collaboration to date has been very successful for both parties.…
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Shared from Sky News: Spread-betting giant CMC to mull jobs, HQ move amid FCA crackdown The financial spread-betting giant CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) is to consider relocating chunks of its business away from the UK if the City watchdog presses ahead with plans to curb bets placed by retail customers, as reported by Sky News.…
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Ouch! Financial spread betting companies are getting hammered really hard today after the FCA proposed stricter rules for CFD trading. CFDs, including spread bets and rolling spot foreign exchange products, are agreements between two parties to exchange the difference between the opening price and closing price of a contract. London-listed spread betters plunged by around…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has provided a trading update for the three and nine months ended 30 September 2016. In the nine months ended 30 September 2016, revenue was $236.3m an increase of 14% compared to the same period last year. However, strictly Q3 revenue compared to last year was slightly down 4% to…
Read moreCFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced that the Financial Markets Authority, the New Zealand government agency responsible for financial regulation, has granted Plus500AU Pty Ltd., Plus500's Australian operating subsidiary, a derivatives issuer licence, which enables Plus500AU Pty Ltd. to operate an online trading platform for retail customers to trade CFDs in New Zealand. The…
Read morePlaytech PLC (LON:PTEC), which in June submitted a £460 million acquisition bid for retail CFD and Forex broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS), today provided another update on how the approval process for the deal is progressing. The company said that expects the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) decision in connection with the proposed acquisition of Plus500 in December…
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