Spotex, a developer of foreign exchange technology systems and institutional ECN operator, has just announced that it has promoted John Miesner to its new Chief Executive Officer. Miesner joined the company less than a year ago as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sales and Distribution. Ritesh Agrawal, the firm’s co-founder and long-time CEO,…
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ULTUMUS, the global provider of data creation, management and distribution services for index benchmark and ETF products, has just announced that it has added Jonathan Addy to its team. Addy joins from DeltaOne part of IHS Markit, where he spent over 5 years as Senior Technical Architect overseeing the web-enabled release of the complete DeltaOne Solutions…
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Muinmos is an automated regulatory compliance specialist that has recently appointed industry veteran Conor Ringland as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Ringland will be based in London and will focus his work on speeding up the global growth of the company's PASS (a SaaS solution that uses AI to deliver real-time checks for compliance for variety…
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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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