LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated institutional FX and CFDs broker Global Market Index Limited (or GMI Group) has continued its global hiring spree, adding Richard Bartlett to a senior executive role at the company. Richard Bartlett is the former Head of Sales at leading technology provider PrimeXM, and has agreed to join GMI with…
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LiquidityBook, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based provider of buy- and sell-side trading solutions, has just announced the addition of Ryan Canfield as Lead Product Analyst. Mr. Canfield will lay the foundation for a team that will manage all product enhancements, working closely with the deployment and client services groups to oversee client requests and determine the most…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Jason Gibson has left London based institutional FX broker FIXI plc, to set up a new Retail FX brokerage brand called 888 Markets, at website 888markets.com. The new business, formally incorporated as Triple Eight Markets Group Ltd, is acting as an Appointed Representative of FCA-regulated FIXI. The new company is a…
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Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced the appointment of Alan Docherty as Chief Financial Officer. Mr Docherty has been Acting Chief Financial Officer since May 2018. Prior to this, Mr Docherty was Chief Financial Officer of the Institutional Banking and Markets division and held senior roles in Group Finance, Group Treasury and the Business and Private…
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Related to the announced end of his mandate as Chairman and CEO of EPEX SPOT on 13 October 2018, Jean-François Conil-Lacoste will simultaneously resign from his current role as Europex Board member in which he has served since May 2016. On behalf of Europex and its members, Pieter Schuurs, Europex Chairman, thanked Jean-François Conil- Lacoste…
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), an S&P 500 company, has just announced that Tom Carey has been appointed President of its Global Technology and Operations (GTO) segment. Previously President of Broadridge International, Carey reports directly to Tim Gokey, who will become CEO of Broadridge in January 2019. As President of GTO, Carey will oversee the…
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After last week hiring Sucden's Michael Davies as its new Global Head of Sales, FCA regulated Prime of Prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that Ayhan Gurcuoglu has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager (Turkey). Ayhan Gurcuoglu joins Stater from Sucden Financial, where he was also Regional Manager for Turkey. With over 18 years’ experience…
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Solactive has just announced the appointment of Svend Gerhards as Head of Compliance who started on the 4th of October. In this new role, Gerhards, formerly Vice President at Deutsche Bank, will assume responsibility for Solactive’s compliance function. Christian Vollmuth, Chief Risk Officer at Solactive AG, commented: The European Benchmarks Regulation introduces a sweeping regime…
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CLS Group (CLS), the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has just announced that it has hired Margaret Law as Head of Client Management APAC. Margaret Law will be based in Hong Kong and will report to Joe Ziccarelli, Global Head of Sales. She will be responsible for continuing…
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IFX Payments, a FinTech FX payment firm, has just announced the appointment of Martin Roskott as Non-Executive Director. He brings with him over 30 years of banking experience – he was previously Head of Finance and Brokers at Barclays Bank and spent over 18 years at N M Rothschild where he had responsibility for trading…
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