Financial spread betting giant IG Index is reporting positive results following its launch of its innovative Custom Bets, which give traders the chance to stipulate their own terms for financial betting. The market leading spread betting brand announced it was to offer clients the chance to set their own boundaries [...]
Spread betting broker CMC Markets has been recognised at the Shares Magazine Shares Awards 2010 as the 'Best Spread Betting Service' in a prize awarded by industry analysts and magazine readers. CMC Markets, which also provides CFD trading, was awarded the prize after a successful year of expansion, which saw [...]
Online contracts for difference (CFD) brokerage giant IG Markets has today announced a further reduction in its spreads on CFD prices, which sees the FTSE 100 down to just 1 PIP as it vies to compete with the ever-increasing competition for new accounts. While the FTSE and some European markets [...]
Leading journalism wire Reuters has been rocked by the resignation of one of its most well-known City correspondents, in an affair relating to a potential conflict of interest in share dealing. Having brought the matter to the attention of editor Hugo Dixon, commentator Neil Collins resigned his post, after what [...]
Online bookmaker and spread betting broker Betfair has successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange, at a market cap of £1.4bn after early optimism amongst industry analysts and speculators alike drove prices skyward on its launch last week. The transaction has seen Betfair offer up a substantial proportion of its [...]
Market analysts have forecast a growth in CFD trading and strong market performance, in the run up to the bulk of third-quarter corporate trading announcements, which it is thought will point towards the effectiveness of current levels of UK growth while highlighting the short-term outlook for many of the world's [...]
Market leading spread betting and CFD broker IG has remained buoyant off the back of its recent success at the 2010 FX Traders' Choice Awards, which analysts have forecast could lead to a rise in new regional trading accounts. The CFD and spread betting giant was awarded the Falcon award [...]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning to the global economic community, publicly decrying the global financial system as the persevering weak link in the global recovery. The IMF, the body responsible for international oversight of the financial system, suggested that although the steps taken throughout Europe [...]
ETX Capital, one of the world's foremost spread betting and CFD brokers, has followed in the footsteps of the market leaders, launching its own proprietary iPhone trading app to enable remote trading for its clients. Established in 1965, London-based ETX Capital has launched the iPhone app at a time when [...]
There has been a lot of fuzz on the internet about the new offer from financial spread betting company WorldSpreads. In the latest wave of spread cutting, WorldSpreads managed to undo the competitors by introducing zero spread on 10 popular markets: FTSE100, DAX, CAC, EURO STOXX, GILT, BUND, EUR/USD, AUD/USD, [...]
