Plus500 launched futures trading in the US in earnest this year. The broker revealed several interesting bits of information in its most recent annual report.

The deal reflects the fact that the XTB MENA entity has been the fastest-growing branch in the brokerage group's history over the last few years.

Alkhaldi announced he is leaving Tickmill after a decade at the firm as Regional Manager. He is the second exec to leave the broker in the last two months.

The funded trader firm has big growth plans and is in the process of setting up a CFD brokerage business. FTMO also seems to have operations in Cyprus.

Notional trading volume at Capital.com also rose to $725bn in H1, with the broker increasing its tech and engineering headcount across the EU and UK.