Yuval Ziv SafeCharge
February 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SafeCharge COO Yuval Ziv nets $440,000 profit from exercise of options

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has made regulatory filings indicating that longtime employee and current COO Yuval Ziv exercised options over 300,000 ordinary shares in the company. These options were granted under the company's 2011 Global Share Option Plan. Of the 300,000 options exercised, 60,000 were at a price of 121.0 pence per share…

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Blueberry Markets website
February 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Blueberry Markets hires AxiTrader and Royal Financial FX sales exec Ben Clay

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Australian Retail FX broker Blueberry Markets has added to its business development team, recruiting Ben Clay, a senior executive from Royal Financial Trading’s Australian operation. He had also spent seven years as a senior sales trader at AxiTrader. Ben Clay joins Dean Hyde and Tim Mansell as the latest high…

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LMAX Exchange trading floor
February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

LMAX Exchange buys out Paddy Power Betfair stake for £21.9M with Silicon Valley Bank funding

Institutional FX exchange provider LMAX Exchange Group has announced that it has completed an equity purchase of Paddy Power Betfair plc’s remaining stake in the business. The 31.35% stake (or 187,811 shares) was bought from Paddy Power Betfair for £21.945 million, valuing LMAX Exchange at £70 million. The buyback brings 95% of the company under the control…

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FlexTrade integrates ipushpull platform into FlexNOW EMS
February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FlexTrade hires State Street FX Connect veteran Paul Alves as SVP Business Development

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade today announced the appointment of Paul Alves as Senior Vice President, Global FX Business Development, with a focus on expanding the company’s buy-side trading solutions to asset managers. According to Alves, automation efficiency, execution flexibility and cost conciseness for both the asset manager and their bank partners, are…

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Mushegh Tovmasyan Divisa Capital
February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Divisa Capital-Equiti Group founder Mushegh Tovmasyan joins institutional crypto startup XTRADE.io as a strategic advisor

Institutional cryptocurrency startup XTRADE.io has announced that Divisa Capital / Equiti Group founder Mushegh Tovmasyan has joined the company as a strategic advisor. XTRADE.io is a technology company founded by veteran Wall Street trading specialists. The company plans to introduce a new infrastructure that would allow banks, hedge funds, and large institutional traders to easily access…

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