The balance of the equity markets is set to tip in favour of CFDs over cash trades in 2011 as the demand for CFDs as a tax-efficient, highly-leveraged alternative to cash trades continues to swell. Contracts for difference, or CFDs, have become a popular instrument of choice for institutional traders [...]
A further growth has been forecast for spread betting brokers venturing into the mobile era with dedicated trading apps and mobile platforms, suggesting that these emerging technologies could help tap potential market share amongst both existing and new trading clients. With many leading spread betting providers already moving in to [...]
The rise of financial spread betting is down in no small part to a significant tax advantage and comparatively lower trading costs. Spread betting has been seen as a major growth sector of the financial services industry, with an unprecedented explosion in popularity over the first part of the 21st [...]
We urge traders to be wary of guaranteed stop losses, and to use guaranteed stops sparingly in their day-to-day trading. Guaranteed stop losses, which automatically settle open positions upon reaching a certain pre-defined price limit, are designed to help prevent runaway losses and protect trading capital, and have proven to [...]
Contracts for difference are increasingly being used as a means of avoiding stamp duty liability on share transactions, according to a report from think-tank Tabb Group, with as many as a half of UK equities in 2010 being traded indirectly via contracts for difference. A new research reported conducted by [...]
Financial spread betting firm City Index has been fined around £0.5m for incomplete transaction reporting, prompting a widespread realignment of the importance of accurate record keeping across the spread betting industry. Leading financial spread betting broker City Index has been fined £0.5m by the Financial Services Authority after widespread inaccurate [...]
Spread betting company Tradefair Spreads is now offering clients the ability to use Autochartist, an automated application designed to help with technical analysis and making investment decisions. Spread betting broker Tradefair Spreads has announced that its clients can now access Autochartist, an automated technical analysis application which helps pinpoint investment [...]
The Financial Services Authority has fined a former derivatives trader £750,000 after allegations of deliberate deception and financial conduct were discovered over his period of employment at Canadian investment outfit Toronto-Dominion. The FSA, which has responsibility for regulating the behaviour of individual traders and institutions was alerted to concerns over [...]
A former director of a City contracts for difference broker has been charged on suspicion of insider dealing, amidst allegations that he abused his position to gain an advantage over other investors and his own clients ahead of several key takeover moves. Following FSA investigations into the conduct of James [...]
Leading CFD broker IG Markets has scooped the prestigious Best CFD Provider award, at the Shares Awards 2010, underlining its firm foothold in the increasingly competitive CFD marketplace. Voted by readers of Shares magazine, the award recognised IG Markets' innovative, customer-orientated approach to CFD trading, which has led to IG [...]
