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…
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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…
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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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SaaS-based buy and sell-side trading solutions provider LiquidityBook has announced the addition of Matthew Howard as Head of Asia-Pacific Client Service, to support the growth of its POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) platform grows globally. Based in LiquidityBook's new London office, Matthew Howard will work alongside Nick Thompson, who joined the firm last year…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has seen the departure of longtime Forex.com strategy and operations officer Alexis Webster. The London based Mr. Webster had been with GAIN Capital for seven years, serving as Senior Vice President of both Strategy and Operations for the company. He was responsible for commercial strategy…
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The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG informed that it has resolved to propose three new candidates to the Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2018, for election to the Supervisory Board as shareholder representatives. In addition, due to increased staffing levels, the Supervisory Board will in future be composed in accordance with the provisions…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced the appointment of Vivienne Yu as CEO of Greater China, to further grow Saxo Bank’s retail and wholesale business in the strategically important region. As CEO of Greater China, Vivienne will assume overall responsibility for expanding Saxo Bank’s services and customer base and drive strategic business…
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FAM Clearing, LLC., a joint venture between Advanced Markets Ltd, a wholesale provider of FX liquidity, technology, and credit solutions to banks and brokers and Fortex, Inc., a leading FX ECN trading platform, has announced the appointment of Raphael Ribeaucourt as a Vice President of Institutional Sales. Raphael joins FAM Clearing from PrimeXM where he spent eight…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd, the ASIC-licensed Australia arm of Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank, has hired Ariel Lao as its new Marketing Manager and Chief Experience Officer (CXO). Ms. Lao, a University of Melbourne graduate, joins Saxo Bank in Sydney from IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), where she…
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The independent membership organisation, Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), has announced that publicly quoted companies are actively looking to appoint women to top positions to achieve a better boardroom balance and address concerns about diversity in business, as indicated by its newest research. Among quoted companies that recruited for board positions in 2017, 40% explicitly sought out…
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