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CMC Markets has launched a FX Active account which it hopes will put it at the forefront of an increasingly competitive forex trading space where customers can save between 5% to 28.6% on spreads. What is CMC Markets FX Active? CMC Markets’ new FX account is called FX Active or Forex Active Trader, and it’s

The UK’s financial regulator is clamping down on the use of a refer-a-friend bonuses. Financial regulators have been refining the rules about what constitutes an acceptable retail financial promotion since the introduction of MiFID II and the subsequent crackdown on leverage and suitability, in margin trading and spread betting accounts. The FCA, the UK’s retail

One of the most well-known and respected figures in the D2C investing market is stepping down from the firm that bears his name. Andy Bell has somewhat unexpectedly decided to step down as CEO of AJ Bell, the business he co-founded in 1995, and which grew into one of the largest retail investment platforms in

City Index, one of the most established spread betting and margin trading brokers, has revamped its branding and services. The new-look moves the firm away from its distinctive yellow and black colour scheme and logo, to something more subtle. However, it’s the new services that accompany the re-branding that are likely to be of most

CMC Markets has published results for the year ending 31 March 2022 What did the CMC Markets earnings release tell us about the company’s performance? The full-year numbers show a sharp decline in net operating income, which fell by -31.0% to £281.90 million. Down from last year’s £409.80 million, reflecting the slowdown in activity that

Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s largest investment and savings platform, has added Santander International to its Active Savings lineup. Santander International is the trading name for the Jersey and Isle of Man branches of Santander Financial Services plc, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Santander UK Group Holdings plc, which itself is part of

Interactive Brokers, one of America’s leading online brokerages has launched fractional trading in European stocks and ETFs. The latest service to be introduced to Interactive Brokers’ UK and European customers is fractional share trading over European stocks and ETFs. Which are being added to the existing US fractional share trading facilities offered by the broker.

D2C investment platform operator AJ Bell published its interim results for the period ending the 31st of March 2022, this week. Total customer numbers rose to just over 418,000 the firm added +35,555 new clients in the period and had a customer retention rate of 95.40%, which is just ahead of the comparable number for

Interactive Brokers founded in 1977 as one of the pioneers of online trading, is now available on TradingView having become a partner of the charting and market information service that’s used by more than 30 million traders around the globe each month, and which by some measures is the world’s most used financial website. Interactive

Interactive Brokers the US-based online trading giant is extending its carbon offsetting service outside of the US. Interactive Brokers carbon offset facility Interactive Brokers is launching its carbon offset facility in Western Europe and Asia. As we reported in early April see this link the carbon offset facility allows individual investors to calculate and offset their

Last week we reported on the departure of Jon Squires from Capital.com and speculated that his replacement would a financial service insider, somebody with plenty of operational and hands-on experience in the sector, on their CV. We were spot on as Capital.com has signed Peter Hetherington as their new Group CEO. Mr Hetherington is best

Markets.com, the retail arm of prime broking, clearing and liquidity provider Finlato, will no longer offer its Investment Strategy Builder service to its customers. The strategy builder tool allowed clients to design and build their own bespoke investing and trading strategies, or to select from a series of pre-built portfolios that offered exposure to a

Capital.com the FCA, ASIC, and CYSEC regulated, forex trading platform, which was founded by Belarusian entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya, has unexpectedly lost a key member of staff. Capital.com’s CEO Jon Squires has resigned from the broker and its sister company, crypto exchange Currency.com. The resignation comes as something of a surprise given that Capital.com had been

Back in April 2015 online trading giant Interactive Brokers acquired a Boston-based startup called Covestor. And after seven years of incubation and development, it’s been reincarnated under the brand of Interactive Advisors. What is Interactive Advisors? Interactive Advisors is a Roboadvisor that uses modern technology to help clients meet their investing goals. The investment platform

StoneX Group, the owner of Gain Capital and forex broker City Index, updated the market on its recent performance this week, with the release of its Q2 2022 results, a period which ended on March 31st. Quarterly operating revenues rose by +16.0% to $544.70 million whilst net income for the quarter came in at $64.0

IG Group, one of the UK’s largest CFD trding platforms and Spread Betting brokers, is to start offering single stock options on its MyIG dealing platform. The broker will initially offer options with weekly and monthly expires, over a range of 12 US equities, that includes Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Tesla and Nvidia. IG has a

Israeli based and London listed CFD trading platform, Plus500 experienced some turbulence at its recent AGM. What happened at the AGM? Plus500 held its AGM or Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, and the group provided investors with a trading update ahead of the meeting. The statement was upbeat, with management saying that the firm was