The NZX Ltd (NZE:NZX) today announced the appointment of David Flacks as the independent Chair of NZX’s Regulatory Governance Committee (RGC). Mr Flacks will replace the Committee’s current Chair, Derek Johnston, effective 1 September 2017. The term of the appointment is two years. The RGC assists the NZX Board in fulfilling its governance responsibilities in…
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Brian Quintenz was officially sworn in today, after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, to serve as a Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options and swaps industry. His term expires in April 2020. I’m deeply honored to be sworn…
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Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent, global financial technology company providing advanced, dealer-neutral agency algorithms in Futures and US Cash Treasury markets just announced that Tony Davison has been named Head of Sales for EMEA. Davison moved to QB in July from his role as Chief Strategy Officer at Celer Technologies. Prior to that, he worked…
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On 15 August 2017, Alina Sychova joined Otkritie Capital as Head of Debt and Equity Capital Markets. This is a new area for the company – its further development will make the Russian and international capital markets accessible for clients and issuers, both through public equity (ECM) and debt securities (DCM) offerings. Alina Sychova has…
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LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated MTF for FX, has announced the appointment of Scott Moffat as Managing Director for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Part of the LMAX Exchange founding team and former Chief Operating Officer, Scott Moffat will be instrumental in strengthening the company’s position in the region and building upon the existing presence,…
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TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) announced executive changes, including new strategic and expanded responsibilities for several members of the company's senior management team. Today marks an important milestone for TMX Group as we continue to position our organization to achieve sustainable, long-term success," said Lou Eccleston, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group. "Over the past two years,…
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Leverate just announced that it has hired Yasha Polyakov as its new CEO, replacing the recently departed Kobi Gur. For the past year and a half, Mr. Polyakov ran Rynat Trading Ltd., a CySEC-regulated company which runs the XHorns.com retail forex brand. XHorns runs on Leverate's SIRIX platform. Before running XHorns, Mr. Polyakov - an accountant…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FX liquidity solutions provider PrimeXM has hired FX industry veteran Mukrram Ali as its Director of Business Development. Mr. Ali joins PrimeXM after three years in FX sales at MahiFX. He has also worked in FX Sales at Valbury Capital and at FXCM. PrimeXM is a technology provider to…
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The U.S. Senate has voted unanimously to confirm the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo as Chairman for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In addition, Brian D. Quintenz and Rostin Behnam were unanimously confirmed as Commissioners. Giancarlo has served as Acting Chairman since January. Giancarlo issued the following statement regarding his confirmation: I am humbled…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that David W. Grim, Director of the Division of Investment Management, will leave the agency next month after more than 20 years of public service. Mr. Grim, who joined the Division directly from law school and rose to become its leader, has left a legacy of regulatory policy…
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