A reader has asked: Do currency brokers give better exchange rates? The quick answer here is yes they do. It is possible to save a huge amount of money on foreign exchange and international money transfers by using a currency broker. Currency brokers really only exist for two reasons: Bank account exchange rates are still …
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Hargreaves Lansdown is one of the largest investment platforms in the UK. They offer investing, savings, ISAs and SIPP account to over 1.7 million clients with 123bn in assets under management. The company was founded by Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown in 1981 and is now listed on the London Stock Exchange. In this review …
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Beanstalk is an investment app that helps you invest for your children through a Junior ISA. It was founded by the team behind Kidstart (a cashback site for children’s shopping) and won our 2022 award for Best Junior Stocks & Shares ISA as they make setting up an account to invest for your children’s future …
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In our latest CEO interview, I sit down with Charlie White-Thompson the CEO of Saxo Markets UK. We discuss where Saxo sits within in the brokerage landscape and what type of clients they can best service. We also talk about, whether free investing is sustainable, the biggest mistakes traders make, the best thing about working …
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Saxo Markets is one of the largest CFD brokers worldwide and provides direct market access to equities, bonds, forex, futures and options as well as being a major liquidity and infrastructure provider to wealth managers, banks and smaller brokers. In this review we: Give our ratings based on Saxo Markets nearest peers Tell you what …
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Negative balance protection was put in place by the FCA to stop reatil trading accounts going into negative equity. It was introduced after the CHF cap removal debacle in 2015. Because the CHF moved with such speed and to such a degree, traders and brokers did not have a chance to close off leverage positions. …
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On the surface, CFD trading and spread betting may seem similar, but there are some quite significant differences. In this guide, we will explain in greater detail the differences between CFD trading vs spread betting and why the two products that seem quite similar are actually very different. Spread betting vs CFD trading The key …
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The G10 currencies are the top ten most popular traded and liquid traded currencies across the world. The G10 currencies are: Australian Dollar (AUD) Canadian Dollar (CAD) European Union Euro (EUR) Japanese Yen (JPY) New Zealand Dollar (NZD) Norwegian Krone (NOK) United Kingdom Pound Sterling (GBP) Swedish Krona (SEK) Swiss Franc (CHF) United States Dollar …
If you want direct access to FX liquidity pools you may need an ECP or STP forex trading platform. An ECN (ECN stands for Electronic Communications Network) forex trading platform is an electronic communications network, and in FX trading, that network is made up of trading counterparties. These trading counterparties are also known as liquidity …
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Currencies Direct is a specialist currency broker that can help you send large amounts of money abroad. They were founded in 1996 and are no part of a group that processes around £9.5bn in international money transfers per year. In this review we: Give our ratings based on their nearest peers Tell you what we …
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