retail forex
IG CEO Buys Shares Twice Within a Week After Revenue Outlook Cut; CFO Also Purchases
- The company's CEO and CFO bought a combined 80K shares worth approximately £756K according to regulatory filings.
- The broker’s shares fell as much as 27% on 2 October after a cut to its 2026 revenue growth outlook.
Tuesday, 27/10/2026 | 14:07 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
FCA Says Only 12% of CFD Firms Changed Charges: How Does Overnight Financing Fees Work?
- The fee combines a benchmark rate with a broker mark-up on the full position value. Charging both legs of a hedge can cost twice the mark-up despite zero net exposure.
- Pricing and compliance teams face a regulator that calls mark-ups opaque, points firms to annual rates on deal tickets and questions charging both legs of a hedge.
Tuesday, 27/10/2026 | 05:30 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
NAGA Adds Match2Pay Crypto Deposits and Binance Pay Funding for Non-EEA Clients
- The firm introduces crypto deposits of $50 to $100,000 per transaction through Match2Pay.
- Eightcap reported stablecoins accounted for 10% to 20% of global deposits, rising to 40% in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
Monday, 26/10/2026 | 17:02 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Why One Russian-Language Strategy Failed in Two of Three CIS Forex Markets
- Stanislav Galandzovskyi highlights that Russian-language campaigns can miss younger and Uzbek-speaking audiences outside Tashkent, limiting the potential reach of brokers in Uzbekistan.
- Uzbekistan’s CPA fell from about $650 to around $380 after the campaign switched to Uzbek-language creative and added Click and Payme.
Monday, 26/10/2026 | 04:06 GMT by
Stanislav Galandzovskyi
Weekly Review: IG Seeks UK Gambling Licence; Plus500 to Acquire Brazilian Broker
- Capital.com UAE clients traded $1.1 trillion, but only 18.3% of trades had stop-losses set.
- Google lifts its Danish ban on CFD and forex ads and allows them in Chile for authorised advertisers.
Saturday, 24/10/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
FXOpen UK Closes Client Accounts and Seeks to Cancel FCA Licence
- The firm stopped accepting new UK clients after setting September deadlines for existing customers to exit.
- The FCA has yet to approve FXOpen UK's application to cancel its regulatory permissions.
Thursday, 22/10/2026 | 17:41 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
CFD Brokers Changed Their Marketing Teams, but Did They Fix the Wrong Problem?
- NAGA's Alexandru Badea highlights the gap between the client information brokers collect and what marketing teams actually use.
- Linking marketing data with deposits, onboarding and retention can help brokers identify where conversions are falling.
Thursday, 22/10/2026 | 05:23 GMT by
Badea Alexandru Gabriel
The CPA Arms Race: How Can Brokers Compete Without Running Permanent Losses?
- Anish Lal, Chief Business Development Officer at BlackBull Markets, highlights how faster reporting, reliable monthly payments and dedicated support can help brokers attract introducers without matching the highest CPA rates.
- Brokers tolerating CPA abuse may struggle as competition increases and client quality declines.
Wednesday, 21/10/2026 | 15:00 GMT by
Anish Lal
IQ Option Traders Gain Financial Commission Access with €20K Protection
- The Financial Commission recently added MBX PRO, RA Prime, FP Markets, OneRoyal, FXON, GTCFX and Neex.
- VerifyMyTrade’s 5,000-order audit met execution standards, with results on IQ Option’s profile.
Monday, 19/10/2026 | 13:55 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Weekly Roundup: FxPro Agrees EU Client Sale to Capital.com; Trade Nation Enters Poland
- CXM Group agreed to acquire TD Markets, which serves more than 50,000 clients across Africa.
- CMC Markets renamed its institutional business following the expansion of its Prime Services offering.
Saturday, 17/10/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
FCA Flags High Overnight Fees as Only 12% of CFD Firms Change Charges
- The regulator surveyed 81 CFD firms and found limited pricing changes, opaque funding mark-ups and inadequate client disclosures.
- CFD firms are expected to make fee information more prominent and clearer across websites, apps and deal entry screens.
Friday, 16/10/2026 | 12:14 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
MFSA Bans Trive Shareholder for 10 Years, Freezes Client Transactions
- The FCA also banned Kasim Garipoglu over a lack of “honesty and integrity” and deliberately misleading regulators.
- Garipoglu must divest his qualifying Trive shareholding within six months under the MFSA’s decision.
Thursday, 15/10/2026 | 15:07 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Weekly Review: AvaTrade and Trade Nation Acquire FXCM; Nasdaq Backs 24/7 Trading
- Trading 212 invested £44 million in overseas subsidiaries in 2025, including £21.1 million in Germany.
- Prop firm Vest Labs raised $13 million in pre-seed funding to expand its trading business.
Saturday, 10/10/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Match-Trade Adds Retail Traders to MCP After Brokers and Prop Firms
- Traders can query positions, swap costs, portfolio exposure and trading history through natural language.
- The service can identify losing trade patterns and positions without stop-loss orders.
Monday, 05/10/2026 | 14:32 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Weekly Review: MyForexFunds Brand Assets Sold; IG’s OTC Revenue Retention Slips
- The top 1% of winning retail trading accounts captured 66.5% of client profits over the past year.
- The FCA opened a five-month window for crypto firms to apply for UK authorisation ahead of next year’s new framework.
Saturday, 03/10/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
The Broker-Backed Prop Firm: Why Vertical Integration, Not Capital, Is the Real Advantage
- Shervin Arian, CEO of OmegaRatio Advisors, highlights risk literacy as a key gap between smaller prop firms and established brokers entering the same business model.
- Vertical integration can align a prop firm’s revenue with trader activity instead of making successful traders a growing payout cost.
Tuesday, 29/09/2026 | 05:03 GMT by
Shervin Arian
Weekly Recap: Inside LCG’s Three-Year Buyout; CMC Markets Plans Prop Trading Launch
- BlackBull Markets has postponed its planned IPO until 2027 as its board focuses on business growth.
- iFOREX reported a $2.5 million first-half loss and plans to cut monthly operating costs by $500K.
Saturday, 26/09/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Weekly Review: Trustpilot Flags One in Five Retail Brokers; iFOREX Cuts H1 EBITDA to $1.4m
- In an interview with Finance Magnates, NAGA’s CEO detailed its return to profitability, regional growth and increasing use of AI.
- The US Senate blocked the CLARITY Act in a 50-49 cloture vote.
Saturday, 19/09/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
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