Baton Systems, a provider of distributed ledger-based post-trade solutions for capital markets, has announced that it has appointed Alex Knight as Head of EMEA. Knight will help build on the rapid adoption of its payment infrastructure in Europe by several of the world’s leading banks and clearinghouses. Knight brings 18 years of experience at Citi,…
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GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, the affiliated company of retail forex provider GMO CLICK Securities Inc., has just announced that it has appointed Wei Xu as its Head of Operations. Wei Xu has over a decade of experience in IT systems with a focus on FX market technology. Most recently, he was Head of Operations at…
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Equiti Group, the parent company of Equiti Capital UK and EGM Futures, has just announced that it has added Dr Gaafar Saleh to its team as a Global Head of Growth. In this newly created role, Dr Saleh will be responsible for the successful scaling up of growth at Equiti. Dr Saleh will also contribute…
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FX and CFD broker ATFX has just announced that it has added a senior sales head to its new institutional arm, ATFX Connect. Marc Taylor joins the team to bolster leads and partnerships for the company’s brand new institutional venture. ATFX Connect is a transition from retail trading to institutional trading and has been created…
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The Supervisory Board of European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC) has announced today that it has appointed Jens Rick to the Management Board of the clearing house. Jens Rick will assume the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) of ECC effective from 1 November and will be responsible for the operation and development of ECC’s clearing…
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Digital Vega, a FX Options e-trading platform and provider of FX Options trading solutions, has just added three new executives to its ASIA and EMEA team. Simon Nursey will be Digital Vega's new Head of Asia. Prior to Digital Vega, Nursey has worked for Standard Chartered Bank and BNP Paribas. Asa Attwell joins from Nomura…
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James Tolve, Director of Marketing and PR at FlexTrade, announced that he will be leaving the company. Tolve's last day was Friday, September 27. He's been in FlexTrade for 13 years. He shared with LeapRate that he will take a month or two time off before commencing a search for something else. Tolve is a…
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The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Board of executive directors announced on Wednesday that it has approved Kristalina Georgieva to be its next leader effective October 1. The Bulgarian economist will take over from Christine Lagarde, who has been selected as the next president of the European Central Bank. This is what she shared in a…
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Retail FX liquidity and technology solutions firm, oneZero Financial Systems, has just announced that Phil Weisberg will be joining the board as Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Partnerships. The FX industry veteran's role will be to spearhead oneZero’s ongoing investment, growth, business development and expansion through building out its strategy and partnerships. We…
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Michael Zollweg, Head of the Trading Surveillance Office (TSO) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Eurex Germany, announced earlier this week that he will leave this public position at the end of 2019 at his own request. Zollweg has been Head of the TSO for 20 years and leaves Deutsche Börse AG on the best…
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