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Leading spread betting firm the London Capital Group has today been ordered to pay up to £7.7m by the financial ombudsman, as a result of a series of administration errors effected throughout the management of client investment accounts, following an unexpected decision at the hands of the financial services regulator.
London Capital Group, one of the world’s largest spread betting and market operations, has today lost an action taken to the financial ombudsmen, resulting in the forced repayment of £100,000 to one client and the potential repayment of up to £7.6m …

We urge traders to be wary of guaranteed stop losses, and to use guaranteed stops sparingly in their day-to-day trading.
Guaranteed stop losses, which automatically settle open positions upon reaching a certain pre-defined price limit, are designed to help prevent runaway losses and protect trading capital, and have proven to be a popular innovation across the spread betting platforms on which they are currently available.
However, with guaranteed stops costing extra on top of the cost of placing a transaction it is contended that their inclusion should be limited to use on …

Spread betting and CFD broker London Capital Group has published strong results for the second half of 2010, pointing towards increased trading activity and account growth as playing an instrumental role in their recent success.
London Capital Group, one of the country’s largest financial spread betting and CFD brokerage groups, has announced strong results over the latter half of 2010, accounted for by an increase in trading volume and new accounts.
Trades per day were up 22% to 29,256, while revenue per client rose to just under £1,300, helping to reassure investors …

It was inevitable and at long last London Capital Group, owner of Capital Spreads and Capital CFDs, released iPhone App.
Capital Spreads provide very tight and competitive spreads and one of the best spread betting platforms available. It has been quite some time from the time when IG Index released their iPhone app and it was inevitable that all the spread betting companies were going to follow the suit.
We, at IndependentInvestor.co.uk, are proud to be the first to make this announcement and welcome this move as from the recent feedback about …

Spread betting broker Capital Spreads has now launched CFD trading through its spread betting platform, opening up the gates for new and existing clients to trade CFDs through the same familiar spread betting portal.
Owned by the London Capital Group, Capital Spreads is one of the UK’s largest spread betting brokers, and has made the move into CFD trading to diversify the range of tradable instruments open to its private and institutional clients.
An on-trend move from the broker, the CFD offering comes at a time when a spate of new CFD …