ETX Capital Acquires Shelbourne Markets' Business

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

ETX Capital and Shelbourne Markets are excited to announce ETX
Capital's acquisition of the Shelbourne Markets Financial Spread
Betting business.

ETX Capital is a global provider of Financial Spread Betting, CFDs
and Forex based in the City of London. ETX Capital is one of the UK's
leading Financial Spread Betting and CFD firms. ETX Capital already
has a significant presence in Ireland with over one thousand clients
and with the addition of the Shelbourne clients is aiming to become
the largest Financial Spread Betting and CFD provider in the Irish
market in the near future. To support this change and the growing
demands of a larger more diverse client base ETX Capital now offer a
choice of 4 trading platforms.

Open positions and account balances, belonging to clients who do
not object to the transfer, will be transferred over to ETX Capital
on completion assisted by a number of the knowledgeable staff at
Shelbourne Markets. Shelbourne Markets will be in contact with all
affected clients regarding the transfer of their open positions and
balances in due course. Clients of Shelbourne Markets that transfer
will receive an ETX Capital Traderpro account which is the firm's
premium platform, feature rich with free trading tools and advanced
charting.

Enrique Curran, CEO of Shelbourne Markets, commented that 'we are
delighted to be working with ETX Capital who will offer our clients
cutting edge trading technology, global trading experience and are
committed to growing the Irish financial spread betting market'

CEO of ETX Capital, Andrew Edwards said of the new venture;
'Ireland has always been an important part of our expansion plans and
we are excited to have now found the right opportunity and gain a
foothold in the Irish trading community. We are dedicated to
providing the clients of Shelbourne Markets a seamless transition
onto our platform and we hope they benefit from a first class trading
experience at ETX Capital using Traderpro. With three other trading
platforms to choose from I am confident that we have a platform for
every type of trader.'

Shelbourne Markets' clients will become clients of ETX Capital and
as such will fall under FCA regulation, UK Data Protection Rules and
receive the benefit of the UK's Financial Services Compensation
Scheme but will continue to be regulated by the Central Bank for
conduct of business purposes. The deal is subject to all necessary
regulatory and other consents.

Notes to editors:

ETX Capital, a regulated global financial services firm, provides
retails, institutional and high net worth customers with multi-asset
and multi-market derivative dealing capability through financial
spread betting products, leveraged Forex trading and CFD trading. The
firm uses cutting edge technology and delivers unrivalled levels of
customer support from knowledgeable staff and with the utmost client
confidentiality.

Risk Warning: Leveraged products are not appropriate for everyone.
It is possible for you to lose your account balance. Do not trade
with funds you cannot afford to lose and seek advice if you do not
understand the risks.

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Contact:
For further information, please contact: Andrew Edwards, CEO ETX
Capital, +44(0)20-7392-1401, andrew.edwards@etxcapital.com; Enrique
Curran,
CEO Shelbourne Markets, +353-1-863-0414, ecurran@shelbournemarkets.ie