Category: Executives

Ally Financial management
December 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Ally Financial hires PNC's Jenn LaClair as CFO

Online trading and banking company Ally Financial Inc (NYSE: ALLY) has announced that Jenn LaClair will be joining the company as chief financial officer designate, effective December 18, 2017, with the intent that she be appointed to succeed Ally's CFO Chris Halmy. Halmy will retire as chief financial officer after eight years of dedicated service with Ally, effective March 1,…

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December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

R.J. O’Brien Limited hires veteran UK institutional brokerage team

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, today announced that veteran institutional brokers Barry Marnane and Neil Tesi have joined its London-based affiliate, R.J. O’Brien Limited (RJO Limited). Operating as a team for 16 years, Marnane and Tesi specialize in global macro fixed income futures…

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Arman Tahmassebi ETX Capital
December 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ETX Capital promotes Arman Tahmassebi to CEO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that London based FX and CFDs broker ETX Capital has stayed internal to replace its recently departed longtime CEO Andrew Edwards, promoting COO Arman Tahmassebi to the CEO position at the company. As was exclusively reported at LeapRate at the beginning of November, Andrew Edwards surprised a lot of people…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
December 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daniel Michael named Chief of SEC Enforcement Division’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Daniel Michael has been named chief of the Enforcement Division’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit. In his new role, Mr. Michael will lead a specialized unit of attorneys and industry experts who are located in offices across the country and investigate potential misconduct related to complex financial products…

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December 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Susan Swart to leave as Chief Information Officer of the International Monetary Fund

Susan Swart, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Chief Information Officer and Director of its Information Technology Department (ITD), has decided to leave the Fund in early 2018 for personal reasons. Ms. Swart joined the IMF in June 2012, following a distinguished career at the U.S. State Department. Susan brought with her the expertise and international…

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Ralf Roth Quantitative Brokers
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Quantitative Brokers hires IHS Markit's Ralf Roth as CEO

Quantitative Brokers, an independent global provider of advanced agency algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, has appointed Ralf Roth as Chief Executive Officer. The company also named Thomas Ascher as Executive Chairman. Ralf Roth brings a wealth of experience to Quantitative Brokers, recently serving as Equities Division CTO…

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December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Martin Adams joins CloudMargin as Head of Client Operations

CloudMargin, the creator of the world's first web-based collateral and margin management solution, announced that Martin Adams has joined the firm's senior leadership team as Head of Client Operations. Adams is a 26-year veteran of derivatives operations, with extensive experience in over-the-counter (OTC) and listed derivatives, as well as fixed income and foreign exchange (FX)…

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