Theodor Weimer has been appointed for three years as new Chief Executive Officer at today's meeting of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG. In January, 57-year-old Weimer will take over from CEO Carsten Kengeter who leaves the company at the end of 2017. Weimer is currently spokesman of the Management Board of HypoVereinsbank –…
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Rod Giffen named President, CQG APAC; Ryan Moroney appointed President, CQG Europe and the Americas CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, market data, and technical analysis tools, informed that it has had a focused effort to add China to its global network of data and execution. With the imminent launch of this initiative,…
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Options, the provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has today announced the appointment of John Gracey to its executive team. John joins the team as VP, Cybersecurity where he will be responsible for leading internal cybersecurity initiatives and the development of the Options Managed Security solution. Gracey brings over 15 years…
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Agustín Carstens, Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), has formally resigned, effective December 1, 2017, as he steps down as Governor of the Banco de Mexico and assumes the position of General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). I am grateful for Agustín’s service to the IMF and its membership,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that emerging markets focused institutional FX broker R5FX has hired Chris de Sibert as its new Global Head of Business Development. Mr. de Sibert joins R5FX after eight years at HSBC in London. For the past four years he has been Managing Director - Foreign Exchange and Commodities Sales at HSBC's Global Banking…
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The Board of Directors of Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group announced strategic and organizational changes so as to strengthen the competitiveness of SIX and the Swiss financial centre in a changing business environment. SIX will focus on infrastructure services for its shareholders and the financial centre in securities, payments services and financial information. SIX will…
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Multi-asset brokerage Blackwell Global informed that its Hong Kong CEO Gary Cheung was inaugurated on 2 November 2017 as the 20th Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities Association (HKSA) at the association’s 38th anniversary dinner. Mr. Cheung’s appointment will last for two years, from November 2017 to October 2019. He has taken over this role…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the formation and first members of its Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. The committee, whose initial focus will be on the corporate bond and municipal securities markets, will provide advice to the Commission on the efficiency and resiliency of these markets and identify opportunities for regulatory improvements.…
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Following expressions of interest from leaders in the financial services and consumer credit industry to become members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP), ASIC announced that it has selected for appointment the following people: Annette Spencer Gaye Simpson Brad Fox Gayle Cilfone Bruce Debenham Jennifer Diggle Calvert Duffy Johanna Turner Christine McArthur Naomi…
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FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE: GCAP) has announced that Alastair Hine was appointed Chief Operating Officer effective November 6, 2017. Mr. Hine will be based in GAIN Capital's London office and report directly to Chief Executive Officer, Glenn Stevens. Alastair Hine joins GAIN Capital from IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), where he spent the last 18 years in senior leadership…
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