Australian Stock Exchange operator ASX Group stopped market trading last week due to technical problems, leaving brokers and CFD traders furious during a period of extreme market turbulence.

MF Global Holdings Ltd., a broker-dealer based in New York that provides stock market trading and hedging solutions has just announced that it has acquired Chicago-based Strategy Runner Trading Ltd

IG Markets has developed a new trading application specifically for the iPad which is now available for download from the App Store.