Another independent Retail FX and CFD broker seems to have made a dent in the UK online trading market. FCA regulated Fortrade Limited has reported that its Revenues in 2016 nearly tripled to £15.9 million (USD $20.6 million), up from just £5.5 million the previous year. Fortrade reported a profit of £954,000 for the year, versus a loss…
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Continuing a year-long climb, shares of CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) set an all-time high in Thursday trading on the London Stock Exchange. Plus500 closed up 4.3% to £8.68 per share, its highest ever closing price after setting a mid-day high of £8.80 soon before closing. At its current share price, Plus500 has a market value…
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LeapRate Exclusive... After we exclusively reported back in February that leading Australia based retail forex and CFDs broker Pepperstone suspended all activity in its FCA-regulated UK subsidiary Pepperstone Limited, LeapRate has learned that the company has finalized its management and operational changes and is now once again open for business. We expect the company to…
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Retail forex broker FXCM, and its parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) each posted their most recent results yesterday, with both entities reporting what we consider to be decent performance, especially given the difficult conditions under which the companies have been operating. FXCM posted July FX trading volumes of $197 billion, 12% down from June but…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the FCA regulated arm of China based online brokerage group Formax Group is getting set to make a large marketing push in the UK and Europe. To that end, the company's UK subsidiary Formax Prime Capital (UK) Limited has incurred a 2017 fiscal year (ended March 31) loss of £707,834, on…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that the total amount paid by Forex.com parent company Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) for the US clients of FXCM was $6.96 million. Back in February, the FXCM operating unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) was forced into a quick fire-sale of its US operations, after the…
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Breaking Forex News... Cyprus based retail FX broker IronFX has announced that the company has arranged a $100 million investment from a major family office investment outfit. We understand that the family office is out of the Middle East, and that the investment will be made by the family office's regulated fund based in Singapore.…
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Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced its results for the first half of 2017, indicating record figures on both the top and bottom line. Revenues at Swissquote came in at a record CHF 90.5 million (USD $93 million) in the first six months of 2017, up 17% from first…
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In a month in which most retail and institutional eFX providers have reported slight to mild decreases in FX trading volumes, Copenhagen based Saxo Bank has disclosed a nice 3% increase in July FX volumes, to $249 billion, up from $242 billion in June. While forex trading was strong at Saxo Bank, the multi-asset broker…
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CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) released its interim financial results for the First Half of 2017 this morning, indicating some quite amazing accomplishments. Quarterly revenues topped $100 million for the first time ever at Plus500, coming in at a whopping $110.9 million - 21% better than Plus500's previous best-ever quarter (Q4-16). And the top-line results…
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