Equiti Group just announced that Arik Oslerne has parted ways with the company by mutual agreement. Mr. Oslerne has been the Group's COO in the UK for over 4 years and more recently the Chief Business Development Officer for the Middle East & Africa region. It is reported that he is leaving the Group to…
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Pico, a connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the financial services industry, just announced that they have appointed Emma Wheeler as their Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) starting this July. She now will be a member of the global senior executive team, reporting directly to Pico…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate recently sat down with Mr. Matus Bajko, CEO of Bel air s.r.o., owners of the social trading network FX Junction. This is the second time we sat down with Matus, this time for a free-flowing discussion on several topics, such as what it takes to run FX Junction and where the future…
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The company has appointed new Heads of BrokerTec, EBS and optimization businesses Derivatives marketplace CME Group just announced that it has made a number of senior management changes as part of the integration of the NEX Group businesses. CME completed the acquisition last November. New appointments effective this week include: John Edwards has been named…
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Integral, banks, brokers and asset managers' tech partner, just announced that it has added Mr. Sanjay Madgavkar to its executive team as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Development. Madgavkar has spent much of his career at Citi and brings more than 20 years of experience in every aspect of foreign exchange to Integral.…
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CLS announced today that it has appointed Marc Bayle de Jessé as its new CEO, effective 2 December. Bayle de Jessé joins CLS from the European Central Bank (ECB) where he is currently Director General, Market Infrastructure and Payments and Chairperson of the Market Infrastructure Board. As Chairman of the European System of Central Banks…
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Chicago-based futures brokerage and clearing firm R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO) announced several promotions in the company today, giving new responsibilities to key executives. Daniel Staniford will now be RJO's Chief Sales Officer; Terry Gilhooly - Chief Operating Officer, North America; and Karen Northup - Global Solutions Officer. RJO Chairman and CEO Gerald Corcoran commented…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX)’s Supervisory Board has just confirmed that Yury Denisov is the new Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, effective immediately. Former CEO Alexander Afanasiev announced that he will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer back in April 2019. Yury Denisov has been already recommended by the Board as CEO, pending…
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FX liquidity provider and prime of prime brokerage CFH Clearing, part of the TradeTech Group, financial unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), just announced that it has added Turkish financial markets expert, Ayhan Gurcuoglu, to its team as VP International Sales. Ayhan Gurcuoglu joins the FCA regulated company with over 18 years’ experience in the industry. Prior…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Global Market Index ltd (GMIUK) announced a number of changes to the management of the firm. Chris Hossain-Nelson, who had joined last summer as Global Head of Sales, is in now in the process of being appointed to the Board of Directors of GMIUK. Before joining GMIUK, Hossain-Nelson was the Global Head of…
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