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- ETF liquidity: what the bid-ask spread tells youTwo ETFs with the same fee can cost very different amounts to trade. The spread is the quick check.
- Why demo fills look better than live fillsPractice accounts are useful but optimistic. Here is where the differences come from.
- Swiss National Bank keeps its policy rate at 0% and flags energy riskThe SNB left its rate unchanged at 0%, saying it will act in the currency market if needed. Swiss inflation edged up to 0.8% in August, mainly on oil products.
- Gain Capital UK applies to cancel its FCA authorisationA StoneX subsidiary that ran the FOREX.com and City Index brands in Britain has asked the FCA to cancel its permissions, months after StoneX signalled the move.
- Belgium's FSMA names 51 more fraudulent trading platformsThe Belgian regulator's latest list brings the 2026 total close to the whole of 2025, while reported losses on fake platforms have been falling.
- Safe funding and withdrawal habits that prevent most problemsMost broker disputes begin with funding or withdrawals. A few habits remove nearly all friction.
- eToro starts moving existing clients to its redesigned AI-centred appThe migration to the app first shown in July begins on 4 October 2026 and will roll out in stages.
- Turkey freezes assets tied to executives of nine financial firmsTurkish authorities froze assets linked to executives of nine firms, three of them brokerages, as a probe into investment funds widened.
- Two-factor authentication for trading accounts: set it up todayYour account is only as safe as your login. App-based codes beat SMS, and passkeys beat both.
- Methodology note: how safety and cost are weighed in our scoresA short reminder of how Brokeli turns research into scores, and what never changes them.
- Bank of Japan lifts its policy rate to 1.25% on a 7-2 voteJapan's central bank raised its rate by a quarter point to the highest level in 31 years. The yen weakened as investors focused on two dissenting votes.
- Bank of England holds Bank Rate at 3.75% with three votes to hikeThe Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-3 to keep Bank Rate unchanged, with the minority preferring a rise to 4%. The Bank also set out a plan to run its gilt holdings down to zero.