CMC Markets has signed up 1,000 clients in Scotland since opening its Edinburgh office 12 months ago.

Short selling positions on retail shares have almost doubled between November and January, as investors bet on further gloom for the sector…

Shorting was banned by the Financial Services Authority last September on 34 UK financial stocks after short selling was blamed for wiping millions off the value of bank shares…

IG Index don’t seem to have lost much time reviewing their risk exposure and are changing the deposit rates on a large number of shares…

U.K-based financial derivatives and sports betting company IG Group Holdings PLC (IGG.LN) Tuesday revealed a jump in first-half revenue and profit as the market collapse prompted customers to switch to short-term trading of indices and currencies from trading in individual shares.

It has been reported on the Financial Times that Monday will see the launch of Victor Chandler Financials, a joint venture with Worldspreads, the Dublin-based spread betting company, and he plans to initially start offering the service to the UK portion of Victor Chandler’s 1.7m global clients.

Knowledge and education are two of the most crucial parts to being a successful spread bettor. Paddy has today launched a learning tool called a trader report…

Britain’s Financial Services Authority said on Monday that its ban on short-selling financial stocks would expire on Jan 16…

I just read a message from IG Index warning that, from the quarterly rollovers on 16 December, it will alter margin requirements.

Unlike the wider financial sector, London Capital Group (LCG), the owner of Capital Spreads, continues to grow.

Spread bettors have been diving into Irish shares since the beginning of 2008. Unfortunately the ISEQ Index has lost 66.31% of its value year to date…