Pepperstone is a Melbourne-based broker that specializes in providing markets with access to financial instruments, including CFDs on currencies, indices, stocks, commodities and cryptocurrencies. CHAMP Private Equity sold its stake in Pepperstone 2.5 years after investing in the online investment platform. The company was bought by its senior management team led by CEO Tamas Szabo and the managing director of CHAMP, Fiona Lock. Pepperstone maintains an interbank network that uses Equinix.
Pepperstone uses several third-party currency trading tools and infrastructures, such as MetaTrader 4 and 5 and Zoho CRM. Like many MT4 brokers, the company offers the MT4 Percent Allocation Management Module (PAMM) tool for money managers. Pepperstone offers a standard account type, aimed at smaller accounts, and a Razor account with tighter spreads for more advanced algorithmic and Expert Advisor (EA) traders. Pepperstone accepts customers from all over the world, with a few notable exceptions, such as the U.S.
USA, Canada, New Zealand and Japan.
