Tag: Plus500

December 10, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

JP Morgan reduces holdings in Plus500 to just under 5%

LeapRate has learned from regulatory filings with the London Stock Exchange that investment house JP Morgan has reduced its holdings in CFD broker Plus500 (PLUS.L) to just under 5% of the company's outstanding shares. As of December 9, JPM's holdings in Plus500 were reduced to 5,738,332 shares (worth about £31.7 million), down from 6,710,399 shares held previously.…

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December 08, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Forex Weekly Look Back – Week of December 1st

Forex Weekly Look Back – Week of December 1st ORE | https://www.leaprate.com/C7n5u LCG | https://www.leaprate.com/phCTZ Sucden | https://www.leaprate.com/laJFQ Unitrader | https://www.leaprate.com/Crfcf Credit Cards | https://www.leaprate.com/xQz5c FXTM | https://www.leaprate.com/j4eVb Avus Capital/GBGroup | https://www.leaprate.com/D8PZA Plus500 | https://www.leaprate.com/DJ3XW

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December 04, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

Interview with Plus500 co-founder Alon Gonen

Interesting interview today in Israeli business website Globes with CFD broker Plus500 co-founder and Managing Director Alon Gonen. Plus500 is arguably one of the most successful forex startups from Retail Forex's golden age of new firm creation in the late 2000's, having successfully gone public on the London Stock Exchange (LON:PLUS) with a market cap…

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October 27, 2014 BY Mike Fox

LeapRate Forex Weekly Look Back – Week of October 20th

LeapRate Forex Weekly Look Back – Week of October 20th FxPro preparing to launch FxPro Prime Brokerage services | https://www.leaprate.com/kEf3i Bye bye MetaTrader 4! MONEX Group formally announces phase-out | https://www.leaprate.com/mmAAu Plus500 triples its worldwide revenue in Q3 2014 | https://www.leaprate.com/7Iyao Op-ed: FX business now shares equities’ margin shrinkage | https://www.leaprate.com/CgQTN Infinigon launches API for…

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October 23, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Leading FX and Binary companies at Barcelona Affiliates and IBs event

Just a heads-up note for our readers. Those of you in Barcelona over the next few days might want to check out the Financial Partners Expo, being held at Barcelona's International Convention Center Friday and Saturday. The expo brings together many affiliates and IBs serving the Forex and Binary Options sectors, with leading brokers (such as ETX…

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October 23, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Plus500 trades up 9% after release of Q3 results update

This quarter has followed a very different pattern than last one for Plus500 (LON:PLUS). Last quarter (Q2), the old maxim 'buy the rumor and sell the news' seemed to hold, with Plus500 reporting robust results but seeing its share price tumble after reporting those results. This time it was different. Plus500 shares completed a two-day runup…

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