smartTrade Technologies promotes Annalisa Sarasini to Chief Business Development Officer LeapRate

March 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

smartTrade Technologies promotes Annalisa Sarasini to Chief Business Development Officer

smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading pioneer, has announced the promotion of Annalisa Sarasini from Global Head of Sales to Chief Business Development Officer. Sarasini joined the company in July 2012 and has since been driving smartTrade’s sales growth worldwide while building a Global Sales team with a geographical presence in all main financial hubs.…

BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland

March 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange Board re-elects CEO Alexander Afanasiev

The Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board has announced that, on its 23 March 2018 meeting, has re-elected Alexander Afanasiev as Chairman of the Moscow Exchange Executive Board for a new term of office. The current employment contract of Alexander Afanasiev expires in late April 2018. Alexey Kudrin, Chairman of the Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board, said: Alexander…

March 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Joe Rundle leaves ThinkMarkets to become Markets.com CEO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime Retail FX executive Joe Rundle has left his position as Director of Trading and Partnerships at ThinkMarkets, and joined Markets.com as its new CEO. Markets.com is the Retail FX brand name of CySEC licensed Safecap Investments Ltd., owned ultimately by Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). Joe Rundle has been in the…

Crude oil prices could bounce as Coronavirus panic settles

March 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICAP re-establishes oil business, appoints Joe Hutchinson

ICAP, part of TP ICAP group, has announced the re-establishment of its oil business. The firm has appointed Joe Hutchinson to lead ICAP’s new Oil business. The team plans to offer a full suite of Oil products globally. Joe Hutchinson returns to ICAP where he was co-head of Oil between 2000 and 2013. Joe brings…

March 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext names Alain Courbebaisse as Chairman of Forex ECN FastMatch

Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has announced that the Supervisory Board has approved unanimously the following appointments: Paul Humphrey, Head of Fixed Income, Rates and FX (FICC), is appointed in addition to his current position and subject to regulatory approvals, interim CEO of Euronext London, interim Head of Global Sales, and interim member…

March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

JPMorgan Chase names Mellody Hobson to Board of Directors

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) announced that its Board of Directors has elected Mellody Hobson, 48, a director of the company, effective tomorrow. Ms. Hobson will also join the boards of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Chase Bank USA, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC. The company also announced today that Crandall C. Bowles, 70, has decided…

RegTek.Solutions hires IHS Markit's Chris Cornish as Consultant Business Analyst

March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

RegTek.Solutions appoints Heads of Sales for Europe and North America

RegTek.Solutions, the global provider of regulatory reporting solutions, has announced two senior sales appointments to support its growth in the core markets of North America and Europe. Tom Morris has been appointed Head of Sales for Europe, based in London. Tom Morris joins from NEX Group, where he was Head of Regulatory Reporting Solutions and…

WFE launches new website & members’ portal

March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

World Federation of Exchanges hires BNY Mellon's Richard Metcalfe

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has confirmed the appointment of Richard Metcalfe as the Head of Regulatory Affairs for the WFE. Metcalfe joins following a consulting project at BNY Mellon, where he has been providing advice on the practical implementation of MiFID II and other pieces…

March 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Leverate hires Wix.com veteran Yaara Rozenblat as Head of Marketing

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex broker technology and solutions provider Leverate has hired Yaara Rozenblat as its new Head of Marketing. She replaces Nicc Lewis, who recently left Leverate to start his own online marketing consulting firm. She will formally take up her duties at Leverate next week. Yaara Rozenblat has spent the past…

March 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

TradingScreen hires longtime FlexTrade exec Surika Vosloo as European Product Manager

Electronic trading solutions provider TradingScreen has announced that Surika Vosloo has joined the company as the European Product Manager for the company's flagship OEMS Platform. In this role, Surika will focus on strengthening and extending TradingScreen's product offering in Trading and Analytics. Surika Vosloo brings nearly a decade of industry experience to TradingScreen and a proven…

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