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Pepperstone is an online forex and CFD broker and maintains an interbank network utilizing Equinix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinix). It is an Australian online (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet) retail foreign exchange (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_foreign_exchange_trading) broker specializing in foreign exchange (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_market) ("forex") trading. The company is headquartered in Melbourne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne), Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia) and maintains offices in Dallas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas) and Shanghai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai). It provides forex trading on 72 currency pairs, metals and commodities through various online trading platforms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_trading_platform), such as MetaTrader 4 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaTrader_4), cTrader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTrader), and a range of mobile apps.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-Metatrader-1)[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-2)
History[edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pepperstone&action=edit§ion=1)]
Pepperstone was founded in 2010 by CEO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer) Owen Kerr and director Joe Davenport.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-3)[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-4)
In 2013, media coverage in the Australian Financial Review and the Wall Street Journal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal) suggested a potential initial public offering (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-5)[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-6) and estimated the company to be worth $900m with revenues of A$60 million per year.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-7)
In 2013, Pepperstone helped the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Securities_and_Investments_Commission) and Australian Federal Police (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Federal_Police) uncover Australia's largest insider trading case in history.[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-8) Another media report claimed that a senior employee was sacked after tipping off the regulator.[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-9)
As of 2016, based on the company's own figures, it had an annual customer growth rate of 20% and a monthly foreign exchange transaction volume of A$100 billion.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-10) Pepperstone was also ranked #1 on BRW Fast Starters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRW_Fast_Starters) 2014, with reported revenues of $60m and 66% growth.[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-11)
In October 2014, Pepperstone ceased accepting Japanese clients after an inquiry by ASIC regarding the lack of a license from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Financial_Services_Agency).[1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-12)
Pepperstone is an online forex and CFD broker and maintains an interbank network utilizing Equinix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinix). It is an Australian online (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet) retail foreign exchange (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_foreign_exchange_trading) broker specializing in foreign exchange (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_market) ("forex") trading. The company is headquartered in Melbourne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne), Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia) and maintains offices in Dallas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas) and Shanghai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai). It provides forex trading on 72 currency pairs, metals and commodities through various online trading platforms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_trading_platform), such as MetaTrader 4 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaTrader_4), cTrader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTrader), and a range of mobile apps.[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-Metatrader-1)[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-2)
History[edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pepperstone&action=edit§ion=1)]
Pepperstone was founded in 2010 by CEO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer) Owen Kerr and director Joe Davenport.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-3)[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-4)
In 2013, media coverage in the Australian Financial Review and the Wall Street Journal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal) suggested a potential initial public offering (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-5)[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-6) and estimated the company to be worth $900m with revenues of A$60 million per year.[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-7)
In 2013, Pepperstone helped the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Securities_and_Investments_Commission) and Australian Federal Police (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Federal_Police) uncover Australia's largest insider trading case in history.[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-8) Another media report claimed that a senior employee was sacked after tipping off the regulator.[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-9)
As of 2016, based on the company's own figures, it had an annual customer growth rate of 20% and a monthly foreign exchange transaction volume of A$100 billion.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-10) Pepperstone was also ranked #1 on BRW Fast Starters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRW_Fast_Starters) 2014, with reported revenues of $60m and 66% growth.[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-11)
In October 2014, Pepperstone ceased accepting Japanese clients after an inquiry by ASIC regarding the lack of a license from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Financial_Services_Agency).[1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperstone#cite_note-12)
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