LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that US based investment banking giant Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has cut its long-held position in FCA regulated CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) from 6% to under 3%. Morgan Stanley has been a long-term shareholder in Plus500, with its position in the company hovering at around 6% for…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FxPro UK Limited, the FCA regulated arm of global Retail FX broker FxPro, saw a healthy increase in activity in 2017. FxPro UK grew its Revenue base by 36% in 2017 to £4.4 million (USD $5.9 million), up from £3.2 million in 2016. The company turned in a…
Read moreTaking an interesting twist on sports investing, Switzerland based online trading group Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has launched a Football Fever Certificate, allowing investors access to a basket of listed companies comprised of World Cup sponsors and European football clubs. The Football Fever Certificate can be traded on the Swiss stock exchange (SIX), under the…
Read moreFollowing a fairly slow April, FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) saw a healthy uptick in activity in May. Retail FX volumes were up by 9% MoM to $243.3 billion at the company's FOREX.com and City Index brands, or $11.1 billion in average daily volumes. Institutional volumes at GAIN's GTX brand soared by…
Read moreIn a month where some of the world's leading Retail and Institutional FX brokers were setting volume records, Copenhagen based brokerage group Saxo Bank reported its third volume decline in a row. Overall, May 2018 trading volumes came in at a daily average of $17.6 billion at Saxo Bank, down slightly from $17.7 billion in…
Read moreLondon based online FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has announced its results for Fiscal 2018 (CMC has a March 31 financial year end), indicating that the company saw steady if unspectacular growth in the second half of Fiscal 2018 (the period of October 2017 through March 2018). Overall, Fiscal 2018 Revenues came…
Read moreAfter reporting an absolutely monster Q1 which saw it more than double its previous best quarterly Revenues, to $297 million, CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has issued a mid-quarter Trading Update stating that its business continues to trade strongly. Accordingly, the Plus500 Board has materially increased its expectations for the group's financial performance for the year…
Read moreRoboMarkets Ltd, the CySEC licensed arm of global FX brokerage group RoboMarkets, has announced that it has opened access to new trading instruments in its multi-asset R Trader terminal. From now on, RoboMarkets clients can start investing in real stocks from the largest American stock exchanges, and also take part in all corporate events as…
Read moreContinuing the string of strong FX volume reports we have seen from across the Retail and Institutional trading world for the month of May 2018, retail broker FXCM has announced that its volumes in May were up 15% month-over-month, $212 billion versus $184 billion in April. We are expecting a (quiet) rebranding of FXCM in…
Read moreSydney, Australia based boutique prime broker Invast Global has announced that it has signed and issued a Statement of Commitment to the FX Global Code of Conduct. The announcement comes shortly after the firm was officially voted in as an institutional member of the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA). The Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) was…
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