Author: David Kimberley

The integration means traders can access TradingView charting within the MatchTrader platform, at no extra cost to brokers or prop using it.

Rostian joins from Maybank’s prime broker team and is the second major hire that Scope Prime has made in the last two months for Asia region.

The new partnership means that Finalto will have access to the Centroid Bridge Risk Engine via a server in the LD4 Data Centre.

Lee joins SquaredFinancial from ADSS, where he spent almost a decade heading up the broker’s Asia-Pacific division. He has also had stints at FXCM and Saxo Bank.

In October 2023, Hormoz Faryar joined ATFX as the Managing Director of Institutional Sales inMENA. With over 23 years of invaluable experience in FX trading and sales, Hormoz brings awealth of knowledge and expertise to his new role. Today, Hormoz will share insights into theopportunities in the MENA region and how he will help expand the brand in upcoming projects. Hi Hormoz, as the Managing Director of Institutional Sales in MENA, please tell us why youjoined ATFX. Can you provide an overview of your role as the Managing Director at ATFXConnect, the institutional brand of ATFX group? Hormoz Faryar: “There…

ESMA could make the CFD industry work better by stopping passporting, meaning states capture more tax revenue and can hold companies in the sector accountable.

The partnership means that Trive SA can use Finalto’s ODP license to offer trading in OTC products to retail clients and use their liquidity.

We speak Hantec Markets Chief Strategy Officer Norayr Djerrahian about investment banking, new product launches, and what a Chief Strategy Officer really does.

New technology, smarter traders, and more experience all suggest there could be change on the horizon for retail brokers’ dealing desks.

Forex brokers in Malaysia are being targeted by local police, even if they have the legal set up in place to do business there.

Abbott has been with OANDA for almost six years and has been promoted on several occasions since then. The company’s UK entity did £16m in sales in 2022.

Razan Jawabreh was most recently Deputy CEO Business Development at CFI Financial. Daman Markets is the CFD division of UAE broker Daman Securities.

BUX had ceased to be active in the UK for some time. The broker switched focus to commission-free equities and was recently acquired by Dutch bank ABN AMRO.

eToro US CEO Lule Demmissie has stepped down from her role at the broker. She will be replaced by Andrew McCormick, who has been with the firm for almost 3 years.

Long-time industry executive Mohammad Mokhtar has joined ADSS as a Senior Relationship Manager. Mokhtar joins ADSS from Amana, where he spent almost six years as Senior Vice President of Sales. As noted, Mokhtar has a wealth of experience in the industry, having started his career in the retail brokerage sector in 2010. In that year he joined the sales team at HYCM, where he spent almost four years. After leaving HYCM, Mokhtar joined Amana’s Dubai office, where he spent over three years. He then had a two year stint at ActiveTrades before rejoining Amana just under six years ago.

Cicci de Moura joins MAS Markets from Valutrades, where he spent over four years, primarily on the LATAM sales desk.

FunderPro is a prop trading company based in Malta, with a B2C and B2B arm. Kalaitzis has worked at tech providers, brokers and a prop.

The CFD industry has grown massively and is active globally. So is there no growth left for the sector or is there actually plenty of left on the table?

Scope Markets non-leveraged CFDs on equities have proven an initial success, with uptake on both the B2B and B2C side.

The ATFX team met Luo Wenjun, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Jordan. The Levant region is a major growth area for ATFX and the broker has expanded substantially in Jordan.

The company has yet to go live but has set up a dormant website. Daniel Takieddine was most recently BDSwiss MENA CEO and also spent 6 years at ADSS.

Exness Team Pro has added Adrian Nardelli and Bran Desalcedo to its ranks. The pair are based in Argentina and Colombia respectively.

The new product means 26 Degrees customers can let their clients trade two underlying assets, like stocks or indices, against one another.

Asia is the growth market for CFD brokers today. So what marketing strategies are forex brokers using to target clients in Asia (and lots of the rest of the world?)

CMC Markets Capx provides broking services to public and unlisted businesses. The new division seems to primarily work with UK small caps.

Tarek Mahassen will work in the Capital.com office in Dubai, alongside the broker’s regional CEO Tarik Chebib.

The partnership means that Centroid clients can access the order routing network, providing better tools to manage risk and broaden product sets.

The partnership means Capital.com clients can trade directly through TradingView charts, within the broker’s proprietary trading platform.

PrimeXBT has a good product, good mix of assets and has a good team. So it may be that they become the next big broker in the industry.

Singh was previously at Capital.com but began his career at Spread Co over a decade ago and spent close to six years with the firm.

Getting people to trade more is what all brokers want to do. In this short how to guide we look at ways that brokers can achieve that.

Olymp Trade has almost 90m users. But who owns Olymp Trade? How do they make their money? We reveal all in this new edition of our ongoing miniseries.

In this episode of the TradeInformer Podcast we speak to PipFarm Founder James Glyde. We ask if props hedge, marketing costs, and more.

Prop trading firms can make a lot of money from challenge fees. This means they probably don’t actually have to make any real trades.

Convrs supplies a messaging platform that will IronFX employees to talk to clients on apps like WhatsApp and Telegram via one channel and in a compliant manner.

Williams joins Capital.com from IG Group, where he spent almost six years working on the broker’s premium client management desk.

IG Group’s US offering – IG US – has rebranded to tastyfx. The rebrand means that the group’s FX offering fits with the wider tastytrade brand.

The ex-NatWest prime sales executive is the latest in a string of senior hires by brokerage group ATFX.

Revolut has a new partnership with CMC Markets. We look at what happens if they go on to launch a CFD product and whether they’ll conquer the market.

Brokers using Centroid Solutions technology will be able to access CROSSx, the crypto ECN that Crossover operates.

We speak to Joy Dabeet, Chief Marketing Officer at Amana, about her background, life at Amana, and what makes traders in MENA tick.

PrimeXBT is a huge broker. We look at who runs the company, their product, and how they managed to get so big.

Naik will work from the Hantec Markets office in Dubai. He is the latest in a string of senior executives to have joined from rival broker Infinox.

We speak to XTB CEO Omar Aranout on product expansion, new licenses, UAE and LATAM, and whether he’d pay Roaring Kitty money to tweet.

Trading 212 has acquired a Crypto Asset Services Provider license in Cyprus, allowing them to add physical crypto trading in the European Union.

Revolut has partnered with CMC Connect to offer CFD products, as well as the other securities that the broker offers to institutional clients.

ATFX will use PriceOn to manage its mix of retail and institutional liquidity, with the goal of improving pricing and execution quality.

Trade reporting company TRAction Fintech announced on Monday that it has integrated its technology with iSAM Securities’ liquidity bridge, APEX. The partnership means that brokers using APEX can now use TRAction’s technology to report trades automatically and meet trade reporting standards. TRAction’s technology covers trade reporting under EMIR, MIFIR, ASIC, MAS, CFTC and Canadian regulations. “To meet regulatory obligations, it is now crucial for firms to work with specialised technology partners to share the burden of implementing complex requirements,” said TRAction Co-CEO Quinn Perrott. “If you’re considering outsourcing your transaction reporting to TRAction, you may be wondering if they can…

Taylor will set up the Scope Prime office in Sydney and be responsible for driving business for the LP in the Asia-Pacific region.

The CFD industry plays an outsized role in the local economy, employing a huge number of people but also bringing a lot of cash relative to Cyprus’s GDP.

The headline ‘funded account’ figure that prop firms offer is less relevant than the drawdown rules the prop imposes on its clients.

The new product launch includes the addition of around 250 single stock CFDs, which can be traded in the Scope Markets non-leveraged accounts.

The Taiwanese brokerage group will use TraderEvolution technology to offer OTC and exchange-traded instruments in one platform.

More than 1,700 ETFs can now be traded on Spectrum Markets, with German firm ICF Bank acting as market maker for the new products.

Wale will lead the iSAM Securities sales team’s efforts in EMEA, expanding the group’s existing offering and driving new business.

IG Group has launched a trading tournament for French clients, which is set for late June. The challenge has prizes and will take place on demo accounts.

Trade.com has become the latest broker to offer a funded trader programme. The offering is via a Cypriot-based entity.

Baker was previously Head of Premium Clients at Capital.com. He also spent close to seven years at OvalX, which collapsed in early 2023.

FTMO and the Funding Pips both appear to be getting brokerage licences. Alpha Capital already has one. We look at why funded trader firms are doing this.

FX/CFD broker ThinkMarkets is launching a prop firm or funded trader programme. The broker previously provided services to other props using a gray label.

ATFX Chief Commercial Offficer Siju Daniel discusses why he joined the firm and what the brokerage group’s plans are for expansion.

Funded trader companies are shutting shop because they can’t sell enough challenges to cover their liabilities. We explain how it all works here.

ATFX saw a surge in year on year trading volume in the first quarter of 2024. The broker said precious metals trading was a big part of that growth.

tastytrade is holding an event in London in early June with Cboe and CME Group, meaning the launch will align with that.

Cboe data shows that net exposure in derivatives trading is low. So it probably doesn’t matter that much if you send trades to market or not.

Restrepo has a decade of experience in the FX/CFD industry, including a six year stint at ETX and three years at Eurotrader.

Personal branding is one part of a wider change in the media landscape. The question is whether this actually achieves anything or not from a business perspective.

The broker has applied to cancel its license with the UK regulator. The UK is an increasingly operationally and financially burdensome market for brokers.

FTMO has big plans to expand into the retail broker space. Kamerman was previously CEO of Skilling and spent over 15 years at FXCM.

James Gavin joins the London office from Standard Chartered, with Richie Westerlind and Nathalie Bijlsma both working on the company’s Florida desk

Michael Nichols will become Chief Commercial Officer at Match-Prime Liquidity and Przemysław Wojtyna is now Head of Sales at Match-Trade Technologies.

Capital.com CEO Kypros Zoumidou has stepped down from his role at the retail broker. He replaced outgoing ex-CEO Peter Hetherington at the end of 2023.

True Forex Funds has shut down, just three months after its license was revoked by MetaQuotes. The firm had relaunched subsequently.

Crypto won’t die. But is it making brokers money. And is it worth adding physical crypto as a product?

Andy Francos was formerly Head of SEO at IG Group and Commercial Marketing Director at Capital.com. His new firm – Be Franc – provides a range of services.

XTB revenues increased by over $160m from 2021 to 2022. How did they manage to do that when other firms were shrinking?

AvaTrade has launched a new futures offering called AvaFutures, becoming the latest CFD broker to branch out into offering exchange-traded derivatives.

We speak to Axi CEO Rajesh Yohannan on the group’s management buyout, Axi Select, revenue growth, and more.

ATFX has made several major hires since the start of the year, with combined experience in the FX/CFD industry that exceeds 100 years.

Discord is very popular among prop firm traders. But can brokers add it as an option. Also we look at WhatsApp channels and marketing lines.

We speak to Tickmill and The Trading Pit Co-Founder Illimar Mattus about prop firms, private equity investments, scaling strategies, and plans for Tickmill.

Prime of prime providers are expanding away from the retail broker space. But who are they targeting and what do those people need?

Tickmill Founder Ingmar Mattus has Co-Founded a new options and futures broker called MetroTrade, which targets retail clients in the US.

ATFX has hired Siju Daniel from FXCM. He is the latest in a string of high profile hires that ATFX has made over the last six months.

Exness plans on launching a crypto product, which involves the trading of physical crypto. The company already has a stake in crypto ECN Crossover Markets.

We look at fake CFD regulators in Nauru and the Comoros. Also we have a podcast with Dianah Igati, Regional Head of Compliance at Pepperstone.

Exness has formed a partnership in LATAM. But why does Exness need La Liga? And why does La Liga need Exness? It comes down to expansion and marketing deals.

Match-Trade has launched a prop trading CRM, to complement its trading platform. Companies can now get a full prop tech stack from Match-Trade.

Andrew Budzinski has relocated to Dubai. The IC Markets founder and CEO was previously a Cypriot resident.

How much does an FCA license cost and would you be a able to start a broker in the UK and make money easily? We reveal all in this article.

Trading 212 plans to launch options trading in 2024, although there is no clear date as to when the product will go live. The company will also be unable to do payment for order flow to monetise the product.

Plus500 average deposits reached an all time high in 2023. The company saw record revenues per user last year as well.

XTB just hit 1 million users and the broker wants to expand its product range, enter new markets, and onboard more clients.

1x CFDs may help to boost a broker’s loss ratio. Also we look at Deriv synthetic indices and ask how you can hedge the exposure that they create.

IC Markets has soft launched its prop trading arm – IC Funded. The site is currently in Beta mode but TradeInformer understands it has already seen a substantial number of sign ups.

In this guide we look at the question you always want to know – how do prop firms make money? The answer is more complicated than you might expect.

Five facts from the Swissquote annual report. Also we do a podcast with FPFX CEO and Co-Founder Justin Hertzberg.

There is lots of misinformation about STP vs A-book brokers on the internet today. In this guide we clear things up and explain the difference between the two.

Prime of primes play a crucial role in the FX/CFD industry. But what is a prime of prime and what do they do? We explain all in this guide.

In this guide we tell you everything you need about how to start a prop firm or funded trader company. It’s more complicated than you think.