It’s plausible investors were expecting better earnings from the deal CMC Markets formed with Revolut, as well as higher Q4 volatility.
Author: David Kimberley
IG Group saw higher revenue in the half year period, despite a slight drop in the number of active clients in its CFD and spread betting business.
Lahkwani has previously held sales roles at CPT Markets, IG Group, and CAPEX.com. He was also Head of Sales for the MENA region at Axi.
We speak to cTrader CEO Ilia Iarovitcyn about cTrader 5.0, its new features, and how Spotware thinks about adding new products and services.
Anucauskas joins Markets.com from easyMarkets, where he spent just under two years. Previously he worked at JFD Brokers for five years.
BUX clients can invest in the ETFs via one of the broker’s investment plans. The broker will also provide educational content to clients.
iSAM Securities has recently started acting as market maker and has launched several new products, including swaps on indices.
We talk to Weems Chan, Global Head of Marketing at ATFX about why the brokerage group decided to drive growth through investment in brand.
XTX Markets Chief Technology Officer Joshua Leahy said the investment would mean the market maker can “build ahead of its needs.”
Nasos Topakas has a wealth of experience, having worked in San Francisco for over two decades, including long stints as CTO at leading firms.
Deriv said that its teams across compliance, marketing, and engineering are already regularly using AI to boost productivity.
Plus500 is providing synthetic execution to Topstep via its US-regulated entity. The company can also be used to trade Topstep’s live accounts.
Sky Links Capital was launched last year by Daniel Takieddine. The broker offers trading in CFDs and futures, with a license in Mauritius.
In response to its growth mandate, the Financial Conduct Authority has said firms don’t need an internal ‘Consumer Duty Board Champion’.
Capital.com has made YouTube and TikTok a core part of its strategy. The company has focused on shorter form content with the former.
Spotware celebrates a successful iFX Expo Dubai 2025, highlighted by winning the prestigious UF AWARDS MEA 2025 for Best Trading Platform MEA
Vincent Germyns has been CEO for the Saxo Bank Mid-European Hub since 2019, the same year the company acquired BinckBank.
eToro added the meme coin to its platform in response to customer demand. The Trump coin soared over the weekend but has since crashed.
Skianis was most recently at IC Markets, where he was Head of Partners. He has also worked at M4Markets, IronFX, and HF Markets.
Gary Stevenson’s claims point to a wider set of stereotypes about what it means to be a trader. But do traders even exist?
The Seychelles Financial Services Authority has given CFD brokers until mid-2026 to make the necessary changes and stay compliant.
Swissquote said the 23% uplift to total revenues were in part due to an increase in crypto trading which took place at the end of the year.
eToro has been trying to go public for years. Its most recent attempt to list via a SPAC in 2021 saw the firm valued at more than $10bn.
ATFX Connect was the Diamond Sponsor at the iFX Expo in Dubai this week, with a number of senior executives attending the event.
Kudotrade was launched earlier this year and was originally based in St Lucia. The broker has employees in Cyprus, the UK, and Dubai.
Revolut has sponsored football teams before, including Danish club FC Copenhagen, but this is the first women’s team.
Lots of brokers are starting to offer prop trading. But will they be able to compete with pure play prop trading firms?
Despite a still low valuation, Plus500 has delivered total returns in excess of 5,000% since going public on the London Stock Exchange in 2013.
Freetrade was one of the first companies to come to market in the UK with a simple app and no dealing fee offering for retail investors.
The crypto exchange also said that options volumes totalled $140bn for the year and that Nitro Spreads volumes rose more than seven-fold.
Police in the Southeast Asian country have also said that they will look to ban prediction markets website Polymarket.
FP Markets is not the only firm using the technology. Rival brand YaMarkets has also started using TradeMedic, but as a white label.
Humphreys previously worked alongside Deus X Markets CEO Tim Plummer at Capital.com. He joins the firm from Onyx Markets.
Robinhood breached more than 10 SEC rules over the course of several years. One incident impacted the private data of millions of customers.
Plus500 held a seminar over the weekend, with more than 300 local traders attending. The broker held the event with several local educators.
Equiti Wealth has received approval to offer a fund called ‘Equiti Global Balanced Fund’ from the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority.
Horacek joined IG Group at the start of the pandemic in 2020, initially as Head of Poland. He went on to lead the firm’s India and SA offices too.
Swissquote smashed it after Trump’s election – just one sign that investing in brand marketing is worth it for online trading firms.
Popivoda joins Centroid Solutions from rival firm PrimeXM, where he worked for over seven years and was Global Head of Relationship Management.
Capital.com said it saw a 20% increase in the number of trades placed in 2024 as well, with most volume coming from MENA and Europe.
Trading 212 acquired FXFlat in August of 2024. The new offering is likely designed for branding and to help smooth out its Invest product.
Exness is getting huge amounts of traffic from India. We look at how Exness is so big in India and the methods they used to achieve that.
Plus500 was historically offering services in the UAE via a Category 4 license. It can now provide clients in the UAE with higher leverage.
Deus X Markets will provide a ‘brokerage as a service’ offering, providing everything a company needs to start a brokerage business.
Yavuz Karadeniz was with My Forex Funds for over three years, initially as a customer support specialist and ultimately as a director at the firm.
We talk to Anton Sokolov from Brokeree about how brokers and other firms can make the most out of adding copy trading as a product.
Capital.com is in the process of expanding substantially. The company is hiring upwards of 300 new employees in technology roles.
ATFX has changed its tagline for the new year. But what does it actually mean and what does the broker have planned for 2025?
Century Financial tends to sponsor higher end events for marketing purposes. The firm is one of the oldest brokers in the UAE.
moomoo clients who sign up to Seeking Alpha’s Alpha Picks service will be eligible for $250 in account credit.
TIOmarkets is operated by Malaysian businessman Manmohan Singh. The company is targeting clients in Asia and Latin America.
Popivoda has been with PrimeXM since 2018. He previously worked for now-defunct brokerage firm 24Option in a sales role.
Spotware will be at iFX EXPO Dubai 2025, the world’s largest FX/CFDtrading event, from January 14-16 at the Dubai World Trade Center.
Prop regulations will kill the industry, not make it better. If we do need regulations, wouldn’t it be better if they were under gaming rules?
Andreou was one of several senior executives that left BDSwiss in the last 6 months. He will be based in INGOT Brokers’ Dubai office.
HiddenRoad is one of the first firms to have received approval from the Dutch regulator for the license, which came into play this year.
Twort has been with iSAM for a decade, having helped launch its prime broker division. More recently he’s worked on the firm’s funds.
Brokers using Devexa can now access different buttons and rich content sharing capabilities to improve different client interactions.
Sim joins MH Markets as Director of Global Sales. He has spent the bulk of his career working with Fullerton Markets Founder Mario Singh.
ATFX now has analysts from across the globe, covering the broker’s key markets. Heres what they think traders should look out for in 2025.
Maggie Lighezzolo oversaw changes to the IG Group website and market research tools, including the integration of tech provider TipRanks.
The FCA’s recent ‘Dear CEO’ letter got some negative feedback from industry execs. But does the regulator really want to kill CFDs?
Brokers that use cTrader can now use the Brokeree product as a plug in and be up and running with copy trading within a few hours.
Aston Martin released a new video, featuring driver Fernando Alonso and Pepperstone branding, to promote the new partnership.
Coinbase has hired a former XTB exec as local CEO. The company appears to be launching perpetual futures trading via its Cypriot entity.
Owen has been Head of Trading for BUX – who APM acquired in July – since 2020. He was previously a senior trader at rival broker Ayondo.
ATFX hit lots of key milestones in 2024, from new licences and offices to record trading volume numbers. We look at 9 key moments for the firm.
Crypto.com plans on adding CFDs. Bybit already has them. Others could do the same. Should regular FX/CFD brokers be worried?
Dubai is becoming a major hub for the online trading industry, something Devexperts said was behind its decision to open the office.
MetaQuotes has forced brokers to link their prop arm with the broker arm. Hantec Trader has thus changed the URL for its homepage.
Vladimir Syrov has launched a new brand called Zetradex, alongside a prop firm named Zefundex, and a broker technology provider.
Scope Markets appears to be making more of an effort to expand in Asia. The company has focused heavily on Africa in the last couple of years.
Deriv is already one of the largest broker businesses – by headcount – in the world, with 20 offices globally an more than 1,400 employees.
Swissquote now offers payments, banking, trading, investing, and investment plans all in one mobile application, something many firms want to do.
XTB will sponsor Fury for his fight in Saudi Arabia later this week. XTB has already partnered with a boxing organisation in the UAE.
The cTrader Store lets users sell their algo bots, signals, and other plugins to any of the 8m traders using the cTrader trading platform.
Brokers can find it hard to access certain markets due to regulatory restrictions. So how do you work around those pesky regulators?
APAC Premier is a new service from ATFX Connect. The new service will give pro traders access to range of exclusive insights.
Vladimir Shmidt is working as Marketing Director at Shares.com – a new brand by Capital.com that is targeting emerging markets.
Turkey has blocked the URLs for several leading crypto and prop trading firms, including HTX, Storm Gain, and BrightFunded.
Michael Healy has been Commercial Director at Ryanair for almost five years. He previously worked with IG CEO Breon Corcoran at Paddy Power.
Demosthenous joined the broker operator in the middle of last year. She has held senior marketing roles at XM, LCG, and easyMarkets.
BITA makes custom indices, where the exposure can be hedged. The company already has partnerships with XM and other firms.
Onyx Markets is owned by Onyx Capital, an oil broking business. The company has hired execs from several rivals, including IG and CMC Markets.
Brief was with IG Group for almost 25 years and was the company’s Head of UK. Several long-time execs have left over the last 12 months.
Capital.com has owned the Shares.com URL for years. The company seems to be using it now to target faster growing emerging markets.
FundedNext will set up operational hubs for its brokerage offering in Malaysia and Cyprus, with a view to acquiring multiple licenses.
Eryk Kopan will work as Chief Revenue Officer at Finyard. He has held senior sales roles previously at Exness, XTB, and ThinkMarkets.
Vassiliou joins Colmex Pro from FINVASIA, the company that owns Zulutrade and AAAfx. He has held senior roles at other brokers.
Sotiriou was previously at IC Markets for over three years in dealing and risk roles. He joins the firm from liquidity provider 26 Degrees.
The agreement between the firms means that Nullpoint clients can now access copy trading and PAMM solutions offered by Brokeree.
This is the third major partnership that Centroid Solutions has made over the last few months, looking to tap into the Gulf region.
Exness and XM are smashing North Africa. But so too are other players in the region – most notably Olymptrade and ExpertOption.
Malaysian brokers regularly get raided by police. This time seems more unusual as one local broker was targeted by authorities.
Click injections, URL hijacking, ad copying, and more. Brokers regularly get hit by affiliate fraud. What can they do to combat it?
The agreement between the two companies means brokers using DXtrade can now easily access Track360’s marketing tools.
ATFX saw the largest increase in trading volume in indices in Q3. Trading volume also rose across FX pairs, cryptos, and commodities.
Snir Ahiel has launched Fund Your FX. Ahiel was one of the two co-founders of The 5%ers back in 2016. He left the firm in August of 2022.
We speak to Dana Massey – Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Capital.com – to learn about why the company is looking to grow so much.
The integration means that brokers using Centroid Solutions’ technology will be able to offer FMP’s range of data to their end clients.
