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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ASIC regulated Australia-based multi-asset trading provider, ACY Securities, has hired Ashley Jessen as their new Head of Marketing. Jessen has almost 20 years’ experience in the financial markets and will be in charge of developing the digital marketing strategy, implementing performance-based marketing campaigns and identifying market opportunities. Prior to ACY Securities, Jessen was CEO of…
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GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, FCA-regulated and an affiliated company of retail forex provider GMO CLICK Securities Inc., just announced that it has added industry expert Ramy Soliman to its team as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Prior to GMO-Z.com Trade UK Limited, Ramy Soliman was CEO and founder of Stater Global Markets, and has extensive experience in…
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CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, just announced that it has added Masami Johnstone to its team as Head of Information Services. Johnstone joins CLS from Euronext, where she was Head of Buy Side Sales, responsible for advanced data sales and development. Previously she was Head of Institutional Quant Research.…
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Volante Technologies Inc., a global provider of technology and software as a service to accelerate digital transformation and payments modernization, announced that they have added two more names to their team. Executive in Residence and Non-Executive Board Director Harp Grewal has now been appointed COO with responsibility for managing and delivering on the Company’s growth.…
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Multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics company, OANDA Global Corporation, announced that it has appointed Gavin Bambury as Chief Executive Officer, effective Monday 26 August 2019. LeapRate reminds that the CEO of OANDA Global Corporation Vatsa Narasimha stepped down from its position for personal reasons back in February 2019. Bambury has more than…
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AcadiaSoft Inc. just announced that its longtime Board Chairman Howard Edelstein will step down later this year. AcadiaSoft has already started a search for a replacement. Howard Edelstein has been in the company since its very beginning, either as the independent director or Board Chairman. AcadiaSoft CEO Chris Walsh commented on the news: Howard Edelstein…
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On-chain payments for financial markets company, Fnality International, announced that it has added key additions to the senior management and advisory team. Gary Chu joins as General Counsel and Adam Clarke as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with Daniel Heller joining as Head of Regulatory Affairs. Gary Chu was previously a Legal Counsel and an Executive…
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