Tag: IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG)

IG Group office
August 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group publishes annual report FY19: "A year of pivotal change"

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has today released its annual report FY19. Highlights include: Revenue - £476.9m Operating profit - £192.9m Net own funds generated from operations - £159.7m Basic earnings per share - 43.1p Total dividend per share - 43.2p As LeapRate previously reported, even though IG’s expectations were that…

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Andy Green steps down as Chairman of IG Group
April 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Andy Green steps down as Chairman of IG Group

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announced earlier this week that Andy Green is leaving the Board, stepping down as Chairman at IG's AGM in September 2019. Malcolm Le May, as Senior Independent Director will lead the Nominations Committee in the search for the next Chairman of IG. Malcolm Le May commented:…

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ESMA - Did they go too far?
April 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA - Did they go too far?

It has now been nearly a year since ESMA (in its infinite wisdom) ruling on leverage came into effect - and its been very harsh on many of us brokers, as well as traders. The logic behind why ESMA did this is fair, there was too much risk in the market from both the broker…

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IG Group office
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group announces the launch of IG US

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has just announced the launch of IG US, its US-based subsidiary offering foreign exchange (forex) services. At IG we pride ourselves on championing the client, I am excited to bring that same focus to serve the United States market,” said June Felix, IG Group CEO. “We see this…

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January 24, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital adds IG Group' Boris Levine and ION technology's Rasmus Hansen to IT leadership

Retail FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has announced the appointments of Boris Levine as Head of IT Development and Rasmus Hansen as Head of Infrastructure Technology. Both executives report to Alastair Hine, Chief Operating Officer of GAIN Capital, and are based in GAIN's London office. Boris and Rasmus each bring many years of…

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