One of the key themes we have covered in the past few months has been our expectation of increased competition in the lucrative UK online trading market in 2016. Toward the end of 2015 a number of leading UK spreadbetting and Forex/CFD brokers have rebranded, launched brand new websites, introduced new & improved trading platforms…
Read moreLeading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announces the launch of the IG US Presidential Election Barometer. This barometer serves to indicate the forecasts of financial traders regarding the November 2016 presidential election in the United States. The data is based on the political market IG has established for clients to trade…
Read moreIG's head of global business development Tal Zohar explains all about the IG Affiliates program.
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Further to the report put out on the UK online trading market by research firm Investment Trends, LeapRate has learned that in the fast-growing CFDs sector there has been some movement among the top brokers providing CFDs trading. Not surprisingly, continuing to lead the sector is IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), which was named by…
Read moreIG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), a leading provider of online trading services, has celebrated the official opening of their new premises in Dublin following significant growth in its Irish business. The event was attended by Charles Flanagan TD, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Peter Hetherington, the Chief Executive Officer of IG Group. IG’s…
Read moreNorth American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Nadex), part of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), is planning to change trading conditions for Daily Bitcoin contracts. The Exchange plans to narrow the strike interval width in the Daily Bitcoin contracts and add more strike levels to maintain consistency in the strike range. Effective February 8, 2016, the interval…
Read moreContinuing our exclusive coverage of all the recent changes at some of the UK's leading online brokerages, LeapRate has learned that the Chief Operating Officer of London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG), Arman Tahmassebi, is departing the company just as it gears up to market the 'new LCG'. LeapRate had broken the story two weeks ago of London…
Read moreLeading online trading services provider IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced the appointment of Mark Ward as Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr Ward is a senior partner at accounting firm Deloitte LLP, and for the last three years he has been at the helm of Deloitte's Investment Management and Wealth sector. He is…
Read moreYesterday's announcement that CMC Markets is going public was certainly big news, but left a number of questions open for those in the industry, and in the London City world as well. At what valuation will CMC go public? What percentage of the company will be publicly floated? How big will the offering be? We are…
Read moreThe Australian Financial Review claims that Australia's government should not be swayed by 'online forex cowboys'.
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