industry financial services founded 1999 1999 headquarters london united kingdom key people mike hodges chairman clem chambers ceo website www.advfn.com advfn lse afn 1 is a financial market website . 2 it provides online data and services to private investors such as stock quotes charts news forex futures & options and stock screeners . 3 the site currently covers in excess of 70 stock exchanges from across the globe . it is known for its active 4 bulletin boards internet forums . 5 6 contents 1 history 2 data provision 3 references 4 external links history edit advfn was established in the last quarter of 1999 and floated on aim 7 in march 2000 . it now has over 2 000 000 registered users . 8 in february 2006 advfn bought equity holdings limited the owner of research brand equity development . in september 2006 advfn acquired investorshub.com an online investment community website in the north american market . in recent years advfn has expanded from the uk to brazil canada france germany india italy japan mexico and united states with geo and language targeted financial sites in these territories . data provision edit advfn provides real time stocks and shares prices . 9 in february 2011 advfn launched level 2 montage 10 a system combining four level 2 order books trading simultaneously . it includes the order books of chi x global turquoise and plus as well as the london stock exchange . advfn operates both free and premium bulletin boards which receive between 10 000 12 000 posts a day . 11 12 the bulletin boards have often been a springboard for shareholder activism . 13 references edit advfn plc afn lse summary ft.com . markets.ft.com . 2013 09 19 . retrieved 2013 10 02 . it s not smart to try and predict dollar s future . gulfnews.com . 2011 08 27 . retrieved 2013 10 02 . best stock screening products . investors chronicle . 2008 06 16 . retrieved 2013 10 02 . advfn reviews . trade2win.com . retrieved 2013 10 02 . bulletin board posters sued for defamation . telegraph . 2008 01 13 . retrieved 2013 10 02 . from dotcom survivor to facebook of finance clem chambers discusses advfn s future in social investing online edward croft . stockopedia.co.uk . retrieved 2013 10 02 . aim . https web.archive.org web 20120922070758 http www.londonstockexchange.com exchange news market news market news detail.html announcementid 10678066 . archived from the original on september 22 2012 . retrieved july 6 2011 . missing or empty title help advfn share price afn share price quotes charts rns & stock market news . stockopedia.co.uk . retrieved 2013 10 02 . advfn plc afn new product announcement . bloomberg . 2011 02 22 . retrieved 2013 10 02 . johnson miles 2010 08 09 . online chatroom rumours under scrutiny . ft.com . retrieved 2013 10 02 . o brien rosalba . special report the stock the web the ceo and his lawyers . reuters . retrieved 2013 10 02 . https web.archive.org web 20110725072443 http www.investorschronicle.co.uk investmentguides shares article 20080402 5657c004 fff0 11dc b9f5 0015171400aa small shareholders advice case studies.jsp . archived from the original on july 25 2011 . retrieved april 6 2011 . missing or empty title help external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title advfn & oldid 739272498 categories financial services companies of the united kingdomfinancial services companies established in 1999financial data vendorshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 19 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view