Global CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just released its preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2019. The broker divides 2019 into two distinct halves, with strong improvement in H2 2019. All key metrics showed better performance in H2 2019 compared to H1 2019, impacted by extremely low volatility in Q1 2019.…
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The international provider of trading services in CFDs, Plus500, announced a new share buyback programme today. The board of directors approved new buyback programme to additional $30.0 million of Plus500’s shares, just having completed the programme from August 2019 for $50.0 million. The purchases of share will take place in an open market transaction and…
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FCA regulated online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has issued a second Trading Update during Q4. After indicating (in late October) that its Q3 Revenues fell by 40% from the previous quarter to $100.1 million, Plus500 has now announced that the strong momentum reported in its Q3 Trading Update has continued into November to date. Accordingly, the…
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FCA regulated online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has continued to make purchases of its own stock pursuant to a recently announced share buyback. The company announced that last week it acquired a total of 30,455 PLUS shares, at an average share price of £12.744, for a layout of £388,119. That brings the grand total of shares…
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FCA regulated online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has begun its recently announced share buyback fairly slowly, with the company acquiring a total of 8,155 of its own shares via broker Liberum Capital in open market transactions since first announcing the buyback late last month. Plus500 paid an average price of £12.9655 per share, for a grand…
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LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has acquired another large institutional shareholder, with US investment giant BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) picking up a 7.02% interest in Plus500. At current market prices of £14.48 for PLUS the BlackRock stake in Plus500 is worth £115.8 million (USD $152 million). Most of the…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Luxembourg based private label fund manager Axxion S.A. has built up a 5% ownership position in FCA regulated Retail CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS). The stake, totaling 5,808,270 Plus500 shares, are worth about £82.3 million (USD $107 million) and represent 5.1% of Plus500's outstanding shares. The move…
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There are a lot more free floating shares out there now for Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS). Just several hours after a group of Plus500 founders sold 9.39 million shares in the company for £145 million, another 11.4 million PLUS shares hit the market, with online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) selling its entire 9.99% stake…
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Almost immediately following the expiry of the 180 day lockup which they agreed to following their last share sale in early March 2018, the founding group of Plus500 shareholders have announced that they have sold another chunk of stock, representing more than half of their remaining collective stake in the company. In total, the shareholder…
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Leading Retail FX and CFDs broker Plus500 has announced that it has hired Google executive Ari Shotland as the company's new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Ari Shotland had been with Google Israel for the past 11 years, as Senior Staff Software Engineer & Tech Lead Manager. He holds BSc and MSc degrees from Haifa's Technion. In…
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