WorldSpreads CEO resigns

March 14, 2012Peter No Comments »

WorldSpreads Group Plc announced Wednesday that CEO Conor Foley has resigned from the Board of WorldSpreads with immediate effect to pursue other interests.

FSA Accuses Seven Individuals of Insider Trading

March 7, 2012Janice 1 Comment »

On Monday several individuals were accused in London’s Southwark Crown court of having been participant in a one million pound fraud scheme while having access to private bank documents in one of the largest insider dealing cases ever brought forward by the FSA.

CMC Markets launches Android trading app

March 3, 2012Andy No Comments »

CMC Markets has launched a dedicated Android spread betting application to compliment its existing iPhone and iPad trading platforms.

Capital Spreads slashes Forex Spreads

February 28, 2012Peter No Comments »

Capital Spreads has tightened the spreads on over 30 of the spread betting provider’s currency pairs meaning that ‘clients now have tighter fixed spreads for longer’.

WorldSpreads Trading Update

February 28, 2012Andy No Comments »

WorldSpreads Group anticipates that it will be registering a loss for the full year ending 31 March 2012 and has this morning announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer and director Niall O’Kelly after eight years with the group.

London Capital reports profit in 2011‎

February 22, 2012Janice No Comments »

Online trading and derivatives company London Capital Group bounced back from a somewhat difficult 2010, with market turbulence having helped the financial spread betting and CFDs provider post record trade volumes in the second half of the year and a 9% increase in underlying full-year operating profit.

FSA gains injunction against Churchgate traders

February 21, 2012Janice No Comments »

The FSA has filed an interim injunction at the High Court against the Churchgate Trading Syndicate. Regulator says there is evidence to suggest two traders have accepted approximately £5m from UK investors.

Spreadex Acquires MF Global’s Client List

February 21, 2012Tony Loton No Comments »

Following the collapse of brokerage firm MF Global, we now know that as part of the winding down process the UK client list of MF Global has been passed on to a former rival spread betting form: Spreadex.

From Cantor Index to Cantor Capital

February 10, 2012Tony Loton No Comments »

I don’t remember receiving an email about this,, but I got a call yesterday from a pleasant lady at Cantor Index to tell me about the new trading platform they had been working on.

Trading has started in Facebook Stock at IG Index and Spreadex

February 8, 2012Peter No Comments »

Facebook’s upcoming IPO is causing some excitement in IG Index and Spreadex’s grey market trading after the spread betting providers started a market in the stock.

IG Index Launches Marketing Campaign

February 7, 2012Janice No Comments »

IG Index has launched a new major advertising marketing campaign designed by the company’s in-house team to promote the financial spread betting company.

Ex-Directors at MarketSpreads Sued for €1.4m ‎

February 1, 2012Janice No Comments »

Irish based spread betting provider Marketspreads is suing former company executives Brian O’Neill and Fergus Rice for an amount equivalent to €1.4 million that they routed from the enterprise to another company in which they were involved.

CMC Markets Wins Best CFD Broker and Best Spread Betting Broker for 2011 in Trade2Win Members Choice Awards

January 26, 2012Andy No Comments »

CMC Markets has been announced as the winner of best CFD provider and best spread betting company categories by members of the Trade2Win trading community.

InterTrader New Course – “The Building Blocks of Trading”

January 22, 2012Andy No Comments »

InterTrader has launched a online training course targeted to traders of all levels. Hosted by expert trader Steve Ruffley The Building Blocks of Trading consists of five two-hour sessions every Tuesday, beginning on 17th January and finalising on February 14th

Cash for Clients of MF Global

January 21, 2012Tony Loton No Comments »

When brokerage firm MF Global collapsed on 31 October 2011, many of its UK spread betting clients were left wondering when — or even “if” — they would get their deposited funds returned.