Compagnie Financière Tradition (SWX: CFT), an inter-dealer broker and operator of a Japanese retail forex trading platform, ended the first six months of 2025 with a consolidated revenue of CHF 632.1 million, a growth of 12.3 per cent at constant exchange rates.
Japanese Business Is Growing
While the inter-dealer broking (IDB) business’ revenue jumped by 11.2 per cent to CHF 607.6 million, its Japanese online retail forex trading business, under the brand Gaitame, brought in CHF 24.5 million, a yearly jump of 47.6 per cent.
For context, Gaitame generated CHF 35 million in revenue for the whole of 2024, when its annual business increased by 22.6 per cent.
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“This performance was supported by elevated market volatility driven by ongoing uncertainty surrounding monetary policy, new trade barriers, and heightened geopolitical tensions,” the company’s announcement today (Friday) noted.
The consolidated operating profit of the Swiss company came in at CHF 103.5 million, a jump of 32.5 per cent. The operating margin also improved to 16.4 per cent from 13.8 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Consolidated net profit was CHF 74 million compared with CHF 63.9 million in the first half of 2024, with a Group share of CHF 70.2 million against CHF 60 million in 2024, an increase of 20.4 per cent.
Outlook Remains Strong
“Compagnie Financière Tradition’s activity continued its growth momentum at the beginning of the second half of the year,” the company noted, adding that it intends to pursue its “primarily organic growth trajectory by leveraging its global presence and the depth of its brokerage offering across various asset classes.”
It further highlighted that it will continue its targeted investments in developing a hybrid brokerage solution and expanding its data and analytics services.
This article was written by Arnab Shome at www.financemagnates.com.
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