Category: Executives

May 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Playtech shareholders reject CEO and Directors' pay policy at Annual Meeting

In a fairly rare occurrence in today's corporate world, online gaming and financial technologies provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has seen its shareholders reject the company's proposed Annual Report on Remuneration at the company Annual Meeting held yesterday in the Isle of Man. Except in rare circumstances, annual meeting board resolutions are usually adopted (by wide margins) at…

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May 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CFH Clearing hires IS Prime's Andy Biggs as Head of Liquidity

CFH Clearing, the FX liquidity and risk management services arm of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), has announced that it has appointed Andy Biggs as Head of Liquidity in a newly created role. Andy Biggs joins CFH Clearing from FCA regulated rival firm IS Prime, where he was Head of Liquidity for the last three years and…

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May 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Risk Focus launches Frankfurt operations, hires Deutsche Börse's Alexander Malkmus

Risk Focus Inc., the Specialist Provider of Financial and DevOps Services, announced today that it has expanded its footprint in Europe by launching business operations in Frankfurt, Germany, to be run by Alexander Malkmus, an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in highly-visible client engagements. Having previously worked at Accenture and the Deutsche…

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May 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC CEO reappointed Chair of IOSCO Board

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ashley Alder, has been reappointed as Chair of the new Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at IOSCO’s annual conference in Budapest. The SFC’s Chairman, Mr Carlson Tong said: I am delighted with Ashley’s reappointment to chair…

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May 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Evidence based investing platform Alpima hires Goldman Sachs veteran Anastasia Bikou as MD Sales

Alpima, the specialist front-office platform for institutional and professional investors, just announced the appointment of Anastasia Bikou as Managing Director of Sales. In this newly created role, Anastasia Bikou will report to Ilan Heimann, Head of Sales and Partnerships. Bikou joins Alpima from Goldman Sachs in London where she spent nine years and was most…

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