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CMC Markets Takes Centre Stage at Shares Awards 2010

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 [...]

IG Markets Cuts CFD Trading Costs

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 [...]

IG Markets Buoyant After Industry Recognition

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 [...]

ETX Capital Joins Growing Band of iPhone Brokers

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 [...]

Westcore Capital Latest Entry To CFD Market

Luxembourg-based Westcore Capital Ltd has become the latest broker to enter the increasingly competitive CFD market, offering its investment clients the opportunity to trade contracts for difference through its current brokerage platform. Specialising in brokering derivative trades across futures and options, Westcote Capital also offer clients managed fund opportunities, allowing [...]

CMC Markets New Platform Opens To Rave Reviews

The new spread betting platform from CMC Markets has launched to a widespread positive reception, with traders and analysts in equal measure responding positively to the newly developed application which boasts a 'revolutionary' new trading mechanism. The much anticipated trading platform, which combines a completely new visual with improved trading [...]

Spread Betting Set For A Resurgence

Spread betting could be set to become an even more popular alternative to traditional trading channels with volatile equities markets and consistently low interest rates, according to a senior industry analyst, as traders seeks additional ways to generate a return on their money. Patrick Connolly of AWD Chase de Vere [...]

LCG Plays Down Fears of LMAX

As Betfair prepares to launch its new contracts for difference exchange LMAX to a buzz of industry hype and activity, and with the backing of global investment house Goldman Sachs, London Capital Group have suggested the impact on their operations will not be significant as it continues to build on [...]

LCG See Soaring Profits As UK Spread Betting Gains More Traction

Further good news from the City for spread betting platforms – London Capital Group have announced positive second quarter results, showing a year-on-year rise in profits to around £4 million, with an equally strong balance sheet reflecting a solid trading position for the spread betting giant. Along with several other [...]

Spread Co Review

Spread Co is a leading global provider of spread trading, CFD and Forex trading on the world’s financial markets. Whether you are new to online trading or an experienced investor, Spread Co should be the choice for you. With educational guides, online tutorials and demo accounts along with a sophisticated, [...]

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