Quarterly filings from investment company Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) - formerly known as Leucadia - indicate that the outstanding amount owed to Jefferies by Retail FX broker FXCM Group as at June 30 stood basically unchanged from at the end of Q1, at $70.4 million. Which, basically means that during Q2 FXCM made $3.5 million…
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After a record first half of the year which saw more than $2 trillion of client trading volumes booked, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has reported July FX trading volumes of $343.5 billion - 11% above June's $308.6 billion and one of Exness' busiest months ever. Exness saw 44,135 active traders in July, up from…
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FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has announced that it starts offering its clients trading via MetaQuotes' fifth generation platform MetaTrader 5. The total trading volume of the broker in 2017 comprised over 3.2 trillion USD, while the average monthly turnover exceeded 270 billion USD. The number of active clients as at May 2018 was…
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London based Retail FX, CFDs and Spreadbetting broker London Capital Group (or LCG) has announced that it has received FCA approval for the transaction which will see the operations of the brokerage transferred to a private company controlled by Charles-Henri Sabet, called SLCG International DMCC. The publicly traded company now retains 8.5% of the issued share…
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Divisa UK Limited, trading as Divisa Capital and which also operates the Equiti.com retail FX brand in the UK and EU, has announced that it has been issued a full-scope IFPRU €730k license by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Divisa's original license from the FCA was for a Limited License - matched principal broker. Commenting…
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After launching Bitcoin CFD pair BTCUSD trading back in April, CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced that it is now offering its clients the opportunity to capitalise on the recent cryptocurrency hype trading on institutional-grade terms and conditions 4 new CFD instruments - Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and Ripple – all against…
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Continuing the strong business momentum which it saw in the second half of 2017, Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has reported record results for 1H-2018, driven in part by large numbers of new account openings from a new generation of cryptocurrency traders. Operating revenues for the six month period rose…
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London based online FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) issued an interesting statement following its Annual General Meeting last week, which also coincided with the release of CMC's quarterly Trading Update. While stating (as is certainly usual) that all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting were duly passed as…
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UK online trading rivals launched cryptocurrency trading, CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has announced that it has today extended its cryptocurrency spread betting and contracts for difference (CFDs) offer across its retail client base. Clients can now take a position on the original bitcoin and ethereum cryptocurrencies paired against the US dollar. The latest offering follows CMC…
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In a quarter which was much more about strategic, long-term focused moves than about numbers, FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has reported its financial figures for Q2-2018 that take a little time to digest. The company has restated historical figures due to the sale of the company's institutional FX division GTX, which was acquired…
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