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Primed for hedge funds

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

Fake CFD regulators

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.

How much does it cost to make an FCA license work?

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.

Do 1x CFDs reduce client losses?

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.

Average Swissquote salary hits $160k

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

Capital.com gets REQ’d

Capital.com have probably been told by the FCA to stop providing some services. Also we look at ASIC and the surge in popularity of US options trading.

Brokers in Brazil

There are more and and more FX/CFD brokers in Brazil. So what is it like to start a broker in Brazil and how can you make the business work?

MT4 & MT5 removed from India Play Store

MT4 and MT5 have been taken off the play store. MT4 demos are done. And are props breaking trade reporting rules? Also Startrader and a new liquidity provider.

The Exness rebrand

We speak to CMO Alfonso Cardalda about the company's rebrand, marketing strategies, and his own background.

MetaQuotes attacks prop firms

FPFX ends Funded Engineer

IG to launch investment app in Singapore

5 facts from IG Group's latest financial results

Labuan license drama

We look at changes to the Labuan Money Broker license and then examine a MetaQuotes warning to a prop firm.

4 ways CFD brokers can use trade data

Trade data can help you manage risk and trade flows. Also we look at IC Markets shutting out UK clients.

CMC Markets is (still) undervalued

It's all in the stock brokerage business

Can brokers start prop firms?

And we speak to Chariton Christou about how AI can improve your dealing desk

What liquidity is good liquidity?

Also we look at AI articles and the future of marketing

Multibrand mystery

We look at the mystery of multibrand brokers and also look at two new hires at IG and Capital.com

Can you gamify trading?

XM's masseuse, Thai expo shut down and the outlook for crypto

IC Markets may launch prop firm

And we take a return trip to the Turkish Gold Bazaar

FA or FCA

Should you sponsor a Premier League team or get FCA regulated?

Do low valuations help brokers?

Also we learn that Capital.com owns another URL

What it’s like to be an eToro popular investor

We speak to Heloise Greeff about how she became a popular investor and what it's like to be one

Is Tom Sosnoff an intangible asset?

Sosnoff's success may pose a longer term risk to IG Group

Exness and the PokerStars

Also we look at what has been going on in the world of cryptocurrency

How is XM so big in Japan?

Thai police raid forex event

Less than zero

Is your broker actually worth anything?

What next for prop firms?

Some tips and tricks for the iFX Expo

Surviving low volatility

Some CFD providers are gonna have to hope things get worse

My Forex Funds is toast

Did brokers get scammed by a fake regulator in the Comoros Islands?

Can CFD brokers still outsource to Eastern Europe?

Poland is becoming more expensive and other countries are off-limits

CFD brokers in Saudi Arabia

chop chop

Did Intertrader take Ovalx’s best clients?

Also we look at Plus500, Robinhood, Eurotrader and Doo Prime

Do CFD brokers need sales people?

Just order online

Will IG become a US firm?

New podcast + more retail at AGMs?

Fineco, eToro and the €1.3m fine

It's the spirt of friendly competition

Spain’s CFD ban

Roll out the prop shops

LATAM payment problems

¡Ay, caramba!

Exness added 1,340 employees in two years

CFD providers have averaged 16% employee growth since mid-2021

Do hedge funds use prime of prime?

Swimming in a sea of Tier-1 PB liquidity

Crypto’s CFD moment

Plus an emergency crypto podcast

AI CFD Clickbait

Korean stock pumps

Ambulance chasers chase IG

Can brokers IPO?

XM made €554m in 2020

Also we look at ThinkMarkets, Revolut and have a new podcast

XM is the eToro of ASEAN

The never ending ads, the horror...

CFD brokers are going to Dubai

It's all going down with the Khalijis

EverFX and the Georgian Defence Minister

Copy trading and Saxo Bank

ESMA is mad about copy trading

And IG Group buys the Small Exchange

IG is launching an investing app

It's going to be delightful

Swissquote interest revenue rose by 364.7% last year

Diversification pays off

What happens if you do nothing in St Vincent & the Grenadines?

Also we look at Webull's fine and options trading

What happened in St Vincent & the Grenadines?

Mystery in the Caribbean

CFD brokers are going to Africa

Lots of Google searching is afoot

3 facts from IG’s latest results

It's an SEO-friendly, clickbait-y Monday morning

Capital.com buys OvalX client book

Grifters in hoodies

Interest hits 5% of revenue at IG – will brokers add a cash product?

Plus500 and does NAGA read CFDs Weekly?

Match-Trade doubles revenue in 2022, onboards 175 new customers

Are there alternatives to St Vincent and the Grenadines?

The curious incident of the total output on the NAGA income statement

Or how to include software investment as revenue

Is it over for brokers in St Vincent?

Why didn't Saxo SPAC? And Microsoft + the LSE

Are Binance toast?

We take a lighthearted start to 2023 and look at compliance problems

IC Markets is setting up a UK entity

Capital.com removes share dealing and a loophole on ESMA leverage restrictions

What should start up brokers do in 2023?

Also more hires at Capital.com from IG Group

Make FX Great again, with Drew Niv

Will Capital.com run out of people to hire from IG?

Scam Bankrupt-Fraud

The end of crypto and a discussion about prop shops

Public.com is going to launch in the UK

Also Webull hired another T212 exec and we look at Plus500 shares

Vantage may lose their Vanuatu licence

Also we look at XTB, Wise and Telegram usernames

IG are getting sued

MetaQuotes are going after brokers using TradingView

Spaxo Bank

Plus crypto and M&A

What next for white label providers?

Also we look at copy trading

MetaQuotes stopped issuing white labels

Also we look at Public's proposed takeover of BUX

MetaQuotes got cancelled

Deriv is in Vanuatu

How do brokers choose their liquidity provider?

So much choice, so many similarities

Plus500 has bad PR

Lots of money, little fanfare

Webull hired Trading 212’s CEO to launch in Europe

Also we look at eToro's Gatsby acquisition and FTX PR in CNBC

Can anyone beat IG on turbos?

Or anything?

Binance is heading to Cyprus

Plus we look at some start-up shenanigans

Halal headaches

Islamic CFD accounts can create problems for brokers

Why don’t investors like Plus500?

The company continues to have a low valuation despite solid performance

Is MetaQuotes blocking access to MetaTrader white labels?

Unregulated entities are finding it much harder to access MT4 and MT5

CMC Markets and the £1.31m margin call

Or why Robert Tchenguiz is a bad loser

Will FTX add CFD trading?

The crypto exchange is hiring lots of people in Cyprus

IS Prime vs ThinkMarkets 2.0

The saga continues

LMAX owns 20% of Tools for Brokers

Also Trading 212 is coming back and equities can be a regulatory arbitrage

INFINOX and the world’s worst affiliate

Also eToro probably won't SPAC

Will Plus500 make money from equities?

Lost in a world of Saxo Bank white labels

Does Exness fake its trading volumes?

Living in a world of infinite leverage

Is eToro worth $8.8bn?

With valuations falling, the company may struggle to hold on to its IPO valuation

ESMA is mad about gamification

And is probably going to ban payment for order flow

Should CFD providers bother getting EU regulated?

There seems to be no point if you can go offshore

IS Prime vs ThinkMarkets

The battle for Hong Kong index swaps

Are CFD affiliates going to get banned?

Instagram influencers aren't a great way to do business

CMC Markets is sitting on a gold mine

And a brief review of Peter Cruddas's new book

Should CFD providers add equities?

The difference between milk and beef

Prime-of-prime-of-prime-of-prime

And why the same market maker might give you a different price to a competitor

Latest Interviews

Tickmill Co-Founder: Prop regulations are coming

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