new appointment
January 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daniel Sale joins Ziglu as marketing director

Mark Hipperson, Chief Executive Officer at Ziglu said: I am delighted to welcome Daniel Sale to the Ziglu leadership team. His pedigree as an industry trailblazer, successfully building companies, will be invaluable as we build our brand internationally. The fact that we have been able to attract someone of Daniel’s calibre is a great endorsement…

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CMC Markets
January 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CMC Markets rebrands B2B unit as CMC Markets Connect

The new brand will shift focus for the business as CMC Connect becomes a true liquidity provider in their own right. This will be backed-up by a series of innovations which will be coming through over the next year, year and a half. Richard Elston, Group Head of Institutional added: Part of our new brand…

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Broadridge
January 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Broadridge appoints David Ingleson as APAC COO

Samir Pandiri, President of Broadridge International commented: Clients are facing an extraordinarily complex operating environment and David’s deep industry and regional knowledge are key assets as Broadridge helps clients adopt and apply next-generation technologies to drive business. We are very excited to have David join Broadridge as we expand our regional capabilities and we look…

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January 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ThinkMarkets offers 24/7 crypto CFD trading

CEO and Co-Founder of ThinkMarkets, Nauman Anees commented: The cryptocurrency market is revolutionary and is naturally growing to become an established asset class. This is the best time to bring our offering in-line with the 24/7 nature of the market and empower our clients to trade cryptocurrencies on our innovative mobile app, ThinkTrader. Bitcoin’s recent…

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Gate.io launches start-up incubator Gate.io Labs
January 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Gate.io launches start-up accelerator Gate.io Labs

The crypto market cap has reached $ 1 Trillion, with the leading digital currencies, BTC and ETH, accomplishing all-time-highs. The global blockchain market size is expected to grow from USD 3.0 billion in 2020 to USD 39.7 billion by 2025, at 67.3% CAGR. Marie Tatibouet, CMO at Gate.io, commented: Understandably, there are a multitude of…

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January 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ThinkMarkets sues former employee for taking sensitive information

The lawsuit said: ThinkMarkets is highly concerned that, among other things, Sorenson has disclosed or will disclose it to his new employer in order to, among other benefits, secure his new employment and otherwise harm ThinkMarkets. Soreson worked at the IT Department of ThinkMarkets almost 5 years until 2 October 2020. The lawsuit says that…

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Forex Weekly Look Back
January 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: Swissqute revenue expectations rise 5%, ActivTrades adds commission-free equities trading

CLS, a market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has announced that Alfa-Bank and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) have agreed to initiate onboarding to CLSNet, a standardized, automated bilateral payment netting calculation service for more than 120 currencies. The CLSNet service standardizes and increases the levels of payment netting in the FX market. By…

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Whistleblower
January 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC awards almost $600K to a whistleblower

So far, the agency has awarded over $738 million to total of 134 individuals since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible for…

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January 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

24 Exchange names Julie Ros marketing & business development consultant

Galinov continued: We look forward to benefitting from Julie's strategic marketing skills, extensive contacts and business building insights as we work to enhance 24 Exchange's position as one of the world's leading FX brands. Most recently, Ros established and provided strategic counsel to Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA), a trade association that represents the $6.6…

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