It looks like Odey Asset Management isn't afraid of the new FCA rules governing CFD trading. LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that UK investment manager Odey Asset Management LLP was busy buying Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) yesterday, as Plus500 shares were plummeting. Odey built its overall stake in Plus500 up to 21.28%, from just under…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that global investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has increased its stake in CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) to 9.0%. JPMorgan's most recent filings had indicated a 5.1% interest in Plus500. JPMorgan now holds, via its J.P Morgan Securities plc subsidiary, a total of 10,343,694 Plus500 shares…
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Further to our report yesterday that the founding group of CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) had filed plans to sell about 40% of their collective holdings in Plus500, the company has announced that the placement has concluded but at a significant discount to Plus500's closing share price from last night. In total (see table below),…
Read moreCFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced that the founders of the Company - Alon Gonen and Gal Haber (pictured above), as well as Elad Ben-Izhak, Omer Elazari and Shlomi Weizmann - have notified the company of their intention to sell in aggregate up to 15.5 million of their Plus500 shares. The 15.5 million shares…
Read moreLeapRate has learned via filings made to the London Stock Exchange that global investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has sold down its stake in FCA regulated retail forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) to below 3%. Morgan Stanley had been the second or third largest outside shareholder in Plus500 at just under 7%, after UK investment manager…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just reported of a transaction in its shares that took place on December 8, 2015. As a result of the transaction, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc has a direct holding of 7,822,037 shares, equivalent to the same number of voting rights, in the broker. Following…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) earlier today published a report about a transaction in its shares. The broker was notified on December 7, 2015, that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) increased its stake in Plus500 to 10.03%. The investment bank, which is most likely acting on behalf of its clients, bought 3,699,658…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) today published information about a transaction in its shares. The regulatory filing dated November 26, 2015, states that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) cut its stake in the broker to 6.81%. The investment bank (which is most likely acting on behalf of its clients), sold 259,355 ordinary…
Read moreForex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just reported one more transaction in its shares. On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Mr. Charles Fairbairn, a non-executive director of Plus500, purchased 69,747 ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 each in the broker at a price of 349.3 pence per share. In addition, his wife - Susan Fairbairn,…
Read moreForex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just reported of a transaction in its shares. According to the regulatory filing, on November 24, 2015, Mr. Daniel King, a non-executive director of the broker, purchased 13,259 ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 each in the company at a price of 339.38 pence per share. Following the…
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