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June 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

AxiTrader hires GBST executive Patrick Salis as CFO, Simon Hodgkiss becomes CRO

Australia based Retail FX brokerage group AxiCorp, which operates the AxiTrader brand, has announced a management shakeup which has seen the company hire Patrick Salis as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, replacing longtime CFO Simon Hodgkiss. Mr. Hodgkiss will remain at AxiTrader, taking on the newly created regulatory-focused role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Patrick…

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June 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

French PE firm Capzanine buys control of trading platform provider Horizon Software

Paris based private equity firm Capzanine has announced that it has invested in Horizon Software, becoming a majority shareholder alongside Horizon’s CEO, Sylvain Thieullent, and its management team, to support organic and global growth. From its inception in 1998, Horizon has worked with investment banks in the design of its first electronic trading platform. Today,…

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June 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SocGen fined $750 million for LIBOR manipulation

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has issued an Order today filing and settling charges against French banking giant Societe Generale SA (EPA:GLE) for attempted manipulation of and false reporting in connection with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for U.S. Dollar, Yen and Euro, and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate…

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June 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM selects Ingenico for payment processing solution

Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group SA (EPA:ING), today announced that Retail FX broker FXCM Group, LLC has selected Ingenico as its payment processing partner, providing customers worldwide with a highly secure and simple platform to deposit and trade foreign exchange (FX). FXCM offers global traders access to the world’s…

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June 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FOREX.com Head of Research James Chen jumps to Investopedia

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular FX research analyst and longtime Head of Research at FOREX.com, James Chen, has moved to Investopedia.com. Mr. Chen will become Investopedia's Director of Trading & Investing, taking a major role in the direction of the website's research and education products. James Chen has been Head of Research at…

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