ASX CFD Seminars

ASX is running series of free seminars commencing in February 2008.
Don’t miss these seminars as they a valuable source of useful information if you are a beginner.

http://asx.com.au/investor/cfds/education/seminar.htm

CMC Markets Starter Pack

Get a CMC markets starter pack worth $1999 when you open an account with CMC by end of February.
The start pack contain 6 CD ROM, a bonus $100 to use as rebate for commissions and financing cost. As part of the pack a 3 month free subscription to daily reports on market research.

Go to www.cmcmarkets.com.au

IG Markets Instructive Programme

IG Markets has introduced a six week training program called Tradesense to introduce new traders into the world of CFD trading.
The program delivered in three parts. The first part gives an overview of the financial markets. The second part introduces trading execution, leverage and margin. The third part delves into the psychology of trading.

http://www.igmarkets.com.au/content/sites/aum/en_GB/ts_whyjoin.html

Macquarie Prime CFD

Macquarie has introduced a new CFD trading platform that brings together potential tax and cost efficiencies for active traders.

One significant cost efficiency is achieved through offsetting funding of long and short positions. For example if you are long 500k and short 250k in Macquarie Prime you will pay interest on the net funding balance of [...]

White Label CFD Providers

Some CFD providers are actually white label providers meaning its underlying trading platform is provided by another CFD provider. Fees and charges of the white label provider may vary to the underlying and other services and features may be layered to distinguish it from the underlying provider.

Check out the following website that indicates which providers [...]

CFD Providers Comparison

This is a useful site comparing CFD Providers in Australia and UK recently updated.

The UK comparison has not been updated for a while. The australian cfd brokers comparison is user friendly and allows rows to be hidden to highlight the features for better comparison.

Website: CFD Brokers