Deutsche Börse appoints capital market veteran Paul Hilgers as managing director of cash market LeapRate

June 16, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse appoints capital market veteran Paul Hilgers as managing director of cash market

Book continued: By bundling all asset classes, our customers will also benefit from further synergies on our trading and clearing platforms. Together, we will focus even more on finding innovative answers to the structural changes in the markets. Paul Hilgers said: I am really looking forward to my new role at Deutsche Börse, which I…

ACY Securities makes senior appointments as part of an expansion strategy in the MENA region

June 12, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ACY Securities names Ashraf Sherif Head of Egypt and Ahmed Fahim Head of Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Fahim stated: ACY Securities delivers a gold standard in client experience, service and support and it is an absolute honour to lead the ACY desk in Saudi Arabia. Fahim continued: ACY Securities have the best track record for client money security, they have Islamic accounts with full Arabic support, extremely quick execution speed and…

June 09, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Industry veteran Daniel Ciment joins IEX Exchange as chief operating officer

IEX President and Co-Founder Ronan Ryan commented: Daniel has spent his career providing best-in-class service and product innovation to all market participants, developing deep expertise, knowledge and earning the respect of the industry. As COO of IEX Exchange, this experience will be invaluable. I’m thrilled Daniel has joined the team and look forward to working…

Frankfurt Stock Exchange announces that Paul Hilgers was appointed as a member of the Management Board

June 09, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

David Quinlan joins board of directors of trading technology company oneZero

David Quinlan commented: I’m excited to join the board of oneZero and support their mission to provide financial institutions with technology for FX execution, distribution and data insights. “My goal is to help the company accelerate the growth of its share in the FX marketplace. Andrew Ralich, CEO of oneZero Financial Systems said: We are…

May 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS adds three new board directors

Naoto Nakamura is currently Managing Director, Global Head of FX & Local Markets Trading, and Co-Head of Global Markets Sales and Trading Division at MUFG. He is also Chair of the Tokyo FX Market Committee and Forex Club, Japan. The CLS Board now comprises 20 directors in total, eight of whom are designated as Outside…

May 20, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse elects Martin Jetter as Chairman

Jetter has held a number of leading positions at IBM in Germany and abroad. He currently serves as a Senior Vice President & Chairman IBM Europe, based in Madrid, and a member of the IBM Corporation Management Board at the top management level. Jetter’s predecessor, Faber has been a member of the Supervisory Board of…

May 19, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Bloomberg Tradebook veteran Paul Beatty joins FlexTrade

Paul Beatty, Director of FX Business Development at FlexTrade, said: I am truly excited to join a global leader within the trading technology space”, said Beatty. Beatty added, “I am proud to be part of a successful global company and I am looking forward to work with the global FX team and contribute to FlexTrade’s…

May 14, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Swissquote appoints Chris Thomas as Head of Digital Assets

With 20 years of professional experience in the financial industry, Thomas has previously worked in in sales and trading for European banks in London and Geneva, such as UBS, Societe Generale and BNP Parisbas. He has led European Innovation fir Fidelity investments and built several successful startups. In 2013, Thomas also co-founded Monito, Lausanne based…

Ben Hemington becomes IG Group’s first ESG Manager

May 14, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Ben Hemington joins IG Group as the company's first ESG Manager

Hemington is based in London and reports directly to Joanna Nayler, Chief Legal and Governance Officer, who joined the company in March. Before joining IG Group, Hemington worked for Teach First since 2017. There he managed many of the charity’s most important private sector partnerships. Hemington is a qualified lawyer, he began his career at…

May 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Financial industry veteran Thomas Barkhuff joins CLS as Chief Information Officer

Before joining CLS, Barkhuf served as a Chief Technology Officer of the Finance and Insurance Group at the IT and business consulting services firm CGI. There he was head of the global software engineering team and overseeing the company’s finance and insurance products. Barkhuf has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry.…

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