Worldspreads Group Plc, the specialist spread betting provider is currently considering expansion into South America as part of its international rollout plan after the sale of its Irish business.

GFT UK have just announced new pricing and extended trading hours for several of their existing markets.

CityIndex have updated their margin policy and introduced ‘Margin Close Out’, a new risk and margin management feature which they claim puts clients firmly in charge of their available margin and replaces margin calls…

From 21 September, IG Index has announced that they will be cutting their deposits on a range of FTSE 100 and major global shares, with many starting at just 5%.

CMC Markets is reviewing (mostly upping) margin requirement levels for many of their share instruments…

The FSA has taken measures against 11 companies who it claims have used pressure sales techniques to sell penny shares to older people.

Former England star Matthew Le Tissier has admitted his role in an attempted betting coup while playing for Southampton 14 years ago.

Strong overseas growth helped spread betting specialist IG Group lift revenue by 28% in its first quarter to £68m from £53m. Excluding the impact of FXOnline Japan KK, organic revenue growth was 17%.

Capital Spreads have extended market dealing times which means that they will quote more markets around the clock for you to trade.

Fantasy spread betting mania has become widespread all due to Paddy Power’s latest craze…