Tag: Markets.com

February 25, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Playtech's financials unit sees revenues drop 21% Q/Q in Q4 2015, ending introducer relationships

Playtech's just-issued Q4 and Full Year 2015 financial report confirms our exclusive report from yesterday - that its financials division headlined by the Markets.com brand is going through a major restructuring. Our report had focused on the internal restructuring at Markets.com, including the firing of many sales, retention and customer service employees and the ending…

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UK CFD brokers
February 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

UK CFD trading 2015: IG, Plus500, Saxo and CMC dominate

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…

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January 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Markets.com doubles margin requirement on stocks during earnings season

Retail forex broker Markets.com, a unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), will be raising margin requirements from 5% to 10% for CFDs on certain US-traded stocks during the current Q4 earnings reporting season. Shares of even very liquid, well-traded equities tend to be more volatile leading up to an earnings announcement - especially year-end results, when 'surprise'…

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November 19, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

How Playtech moved from the casino industry into Forex

The following is a guest post courtesy of Andrew Moody, Content and PR Executive at Sense PR. [divide] It may sound like an unlikely transition to some, but in the wake of much stricter gambling legislation, Playtech PLC, the world's largest online gaming software supplier has made the strategic decision to move into the Foreign Exchange market. Founded…

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