Author: David Kimberley

Swissquote is the latest large broker to be added to the platform, which has increasingly become the ‘go to’ place for retail traders.

Kevin Algeo will work for Crypto.com as SVP, Capital Markets. He worked at IG Group for over a decade and was CEO for APAC and Africa.

CMC Markets has spent substantial sums updating its pricing systems over the last decade, something O’Donoghue played a key role in.

Called Statecraft, the project is completely separate from Exness and allows users to create their own online governance system using blockchain tech.

Trading 212 has reached a higher level of AUA in 8 years than rival platform AJ Bell managed in over two decades.

LegacyFX still has a license in Vanuatu. Crypto.com has been expanding aggressively via M&A over the last six months.

Fernandes was most recently at IG Group, managing their premium desk in Australia. Fusion Markets has grown headcount by over 62% in the last two years.

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Sigma-One Capital was operating in Dubai using a firm called Gulf First Commercial Brokers. The firm targeted Indian traders in the UAE.

FNmarkets has a ‘license’ in the Comoros and is registered in St Lucia. FundedNext is one of several props to have added a broker division.

We talk to Ken Soh, an independent trader based in London, about how legit technical analysis is and how he uses it to trade the markets.

Zabłocki has been selling off his stake in XTB in large tranches over the last two years. The latest sale was at PLN 78 per share.

Hastings joins INFINOX from rival B2B liquidity provider Praxis Digital. He has held other institutional sales roles at Finalto and IG Group.

DeltaStock is the latest in a series of brokers to launch a prop product. DeltaFunded is not available to US clients at the moment.

iFOREX wants to hold an IPO in London later this year. The broker’s activity is a lot more representative of the CFD industry than eToro.

Halim has worked in the brokerage industry for close to two decades. He joins new broker Markets Act from Trade.com, after 12 months at the firm.

eToro has also set up a new company in France to offer the accounts. The broker has been localising its products more over the last two years.

Houtri was Global Head of Marketing at BDSwiss before joining Key to Markets. She also spent over a decade in the HFM marketing team.

The Fuze Traders brand will be retired as a result of the merger. Kubera Markets has historically acted as a B2B providers in the CFD space.

Skorupinski has worked as an IB for props like FTMO and FundedNext. His new prop firm Campus Fund only offers instant funding accounts.

My Forex Funds got lucky that the CFTC was so incompetent. But it means we still don’t really know what’s going to happen in the US for props.

Massey joined Capital.com three years ago and was responsible for both marketing and product initiatives. He previously worked at King.

Seliverstov worked at Alpari for almost 15 years and was at one point Global Head of Sales. GTCFX has licenses in three different regions.

XM is big in Japan. Trading 212 and Crypto.com dominated growth in the UK. Trade Republic and the crypto apps smashed it in Germany.

Capital.com said clients placed 48m trades in the first three months of the year, with MENA traders responsible for 53% of overall volumes.

Prior to joining Tickmill, Wallis held marketing roles at Saxo Bank, City Index, and ADSS. He has worked in online trading for a decade.

The CFTC lied and misled the court about an asset freeze it requested, related a bank transfer the My Forex Funds owner made.

Scarf is likely replacing Sean Murphy, who has been Plus500 CEO for a decade. He was previously Marex COO for Australia and New Zealand.

NAGA said that its partnership with Borussia Dortmund and affiliate marketing efforts had yielded better ROI for the firm in Q1.

FXPRIMUS is not the only broker to use AI tools for marketing. eToro, Capital.com, and Deriv have all used the technology for advertising efforts.

ATFX is the latest in a series of big name brokers to partner with Swiset. The tech firm has mainly helped brokers get clients in LATAM.

Trading 212 made over £160m from the UK market last year. This is more than any other retail CFD broker operating in the country, bar IG Group.

Only half the proceeds of the eToro IPO will go towards newly issued shares. The broker’s owners will also retain control of the company.

NAGA made almost 40% of its total revenues in the GCC region last year. The broker has made several sports deals already in the last 12 months.

Finance firms were just 3% of affiliate-led transactions, suggesting there is still a lot of room for potential growth in the sector.

The deal will give Robinhood easy access to the Canadian crypto market. WonderFi owns Buybit, Coinsquare, SmartPay, and Bitcoin.ca.

Broker Trading 212 continues to attempt to build up its payments offering. The company sent a promotional offer to customers on Monday, with the Bulgarian firm offering the ability to receive 1% cash back on purchases made with its debit card. The promotion runs until July 15th. Clients can get a maximum of £20 back until June 15th. In the following month it will be £15. This is in addition to another promotion that the company is currently running for payments. Clients with a card can now get up to 1.5% cash back on card payments and withdrawals, if they…

Goldfarb joins B2PRIME from Edgewater Markets. He is the second major hire that the liquidity provider has made in the last month.

Hantec Markets said it went live with 24/7 crypto trading earlier this month and has seen a ‘surge’ in trading volume since then.

Xenophontos will relocate to Dubai for his new role at Equiti Group. Prior to the move, he spent almost 15 years at rival broker FxPro.

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IG Group now has access to a £600m RCF and has also said it will issue a new unsecured bond, with suggestions the two will be used for growth.

iFOREX is set to go public in the UK and the brokerage group’s new investor relations documents provide some interesting insights.

The 8.5% interest offer from IG Group is an interesting way of getting new clients. But how does it work and why did the company do it?

Karamanis has held senior roles at several brokers, including TopFX and SquaredFinancial. Axon Markets is regulated in the Seychelles.

Petsa will work from the Trading 212 office in Cyprus. The broker has set up three new entities in Germany, Ireland, and Australia in the last 18 months.

Padhani worked at INFINOX for over a decade, holding roles across sales and operations. The broker was recently acquired by a group of investors.

Props face a lot of problems with managing outflows. More and more firms are doing a-book accounts. It’s expensive but it may be the only solution.

The acquisition will see a strategic shift at Enigma Strategy, with a renewed focus on its brokerage and investment management business.

Trade Nation appears to be going for a local license but it’s also plausible the firm will use its office in the country to target clients in Brazil.

ATFX was the seventh-largest broker globally in the first quarter of the year, based on trading volume across its MT4 and MT5 platforms.

Onyx Markets launched in January and is tapping into demand for OTC oil products. But will there be more to come from the broker in the future?

Goat Funded Trader just got MetaTrader back by starting a broker in St Lucia, a sign that MetaQuotes is changing its tune about prop trading.

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We speak to the former FXGlobe COO about why he decided to launch prop firm Funded7 and what the prop’s plans are for the future.

IG Group France director Ambroise Lion said the ban was put in place back in 2018, after Google said one of the broker’s ads was ‘too aggressive’.

Plus500 said revenue from its US futures business made up 12% of total revenues for the first quarter, implying total revenues of approximately $25m.

Abu Qoura has held trading roles at INGOT Brokers, Admirals, and MultiBank. IC Markets is making Dubai its new global headquarters.

Ratford is the second senior marketing executive to make the move from IG Group to Crypto.com in the last six months.

The assumptions of mean reversion strategies means that brokers can be like a tail risk hedge by warehousing their flow.

Webull will add the new contracts to its platform via an integration with events contracts exchange operator Kalshi.

The new product means that traders using the Trading 212 app can set an order based on whatever cash value they want to trade in.

Wladdimiro joins B2PRIME after two decades working on the institutional side of the business, with stints at Barclays, 360t, and Deutsche Bank.

Chang joins Hantec Markets from INFINOX. She has worked in trading industry for over a decade, with stints at IronFX, FXPrimus, and Tradeview.

The best instant funding prop firms are smashing it for a simple reason – traders want instant funding, and they want it now.

Revolut attributed the huge increase to a surge in crypto trading. The fintech has seen big upswings in revenue from crypto in the past.

The partnership between the two firms will see Centroid clients able to access pricing from more than 300 liquidity providers.

We talk to Filip Kaczmarzyk about how XTB has changed, what clients are trading, and how the dealing desk has shifted in the last two decades.

Paganini joined ActivTrades at the end of 2023 and was made CEO of the group’s Mauritius entity in November of last year.

Wilson was previously Chief Market Analyst at Markets.com. His move fits with a wider effort at Saxo Bank to reposition the company as an investment platform.

Facebook is being spammed with fake forex trading Telegram advertisers. So how does it work and who are they working with?

The integration will mean Centroid Solutions can offer wider access to US listed products and get more efficient trade execution.

TraderEvolution clients can now offer investors simplified access to long-term strategies, via automated investments.

News feeds and sites are inventing fake stories and then demanding payment from props to take them down.

ATFX has sponsored the golfing tournament for almost a decade now, with the latest event held at Steyn City in South Africa.

INGOT Brokers has made key changes to its website UX, branding, and logo. It also appears to have put several licences under one URL.

Forex University provides courses and education to retail traders, with two different programmes currently accessible on the site.

IC Markets has regrouped over the last 12 months, with changes to operations and personnel that reflect big growth plans lying ahead.

Panagiotou has worked in CFDs for a decade and held Africa Regional Manager roles at Doo Prime, Fxview, and Tickmill.

StoneX got an ok valuation that will allow it to grow, plus it gets access to all of the RJ O’Brien business that it would otherwise struggle to acquire.

Centroid Solutions will be provide market data access from more than 300 exchanges worldwide, along with FICC pricing data.

Lane was taken off the FCA register for Trade Nation last month. Noble’s appointment is likely pending regulatory approval.

The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, with potential cost synergies of $50m.

Alkhaldi, who joins after a brief stint at HFM, will be tasked with expanding Scope Markets’ presence in the MENA region.

Eightcap is running the channel with a local IB. YouTube has become a popular medium for brokers to localise their offering and enter new markets.

SpiceProp is the latest in a series of props to have added the cTrader platform, which is becoming increasingly popular among retail traders.

Trading 212 is also hiring for a Chief Risk Officer in its new Irish company. It is unclear why the company has decided to establish the new entity.

Some brokers have probably had their best day of business ever in April. But is that bad or good for the long-term?

24 Exchange will be able to offer companies access to CobaltFX’s more cost effective credit mechanism.

Zodia Markets will now be able to price clients via the Finery Markets ECN, using request for quote pricing.

We speak to Deriv execs Geo Nicolaidis and Andreas Potamitis about what the company has planned for its offices in Cyprus.

ATFX has launched its newest edition of the Trader Magazine, with insights from its team of global analysts.

Crone spent almost three years working at eToro and was ultimately overseeing the broker’s PR and comms for the UK and Australia.

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The partnership means traders and brokers using BlackArrow can now benefit from Centroid’s liquidity connections and risk management solutions.

Capital.com flew more than 650 staff members to Dubai for two days of networking, pitching, and celebration.

Clients can now use Prop Pulse to easily launch a prop trading firm and offer clients the cTrader platform.

Neidenbach has over three decades of experience in financial technology roles, including time at LSEG, NASDAQ, and Citi.

Global demand for speculative financial products continues to grow but European regulators seem determined to push clients offshore.

Shir Shalom joined eToro almost four years ago and oversaw several key initiatives during her time at the brokerage group.