TABB Group has just announced that it has added to its team two capital markets industry veterans, George Bollenbacher as head of fixed income research, and Russell Rhoads, as head of derivatives research. George Bollenbacher, a longtime industry expert and thought leader, has spent twenty years as a bond trader and ten years in the…
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Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, has announced that Stephen A. Brodsky – long-time exchange, trading and capital markets executive – has just joined the firm as Chief Strategy Officer. Brodsky, also Senior Managing Director, reports to Chairman and CEO Gerald Corcoran in the newly created role. Brodsky…
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Abu Dhabi based financial services firm ADSS is continuing to expand its sales presence in its London office, with a further two senior hires in the institutional sales space, following on from its recent diversification into the Sales Trading support function. ADSS has announced the appointment of Chris Andrews as Co-Head of Institutional Sales for its…
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The global fintech company Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has just announced that it has appointed Alastair McGill as General Manager of its Messaging, Reconciliation and Connectivity solutions business (MRC). McGill, who holds over 25 years of experience in the financial technology sector, will now hold responsibility for the strategy and execution of Broadridge’s MRC…
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Leading Retail FX and CFDs broker Plus500 has announced that it has hired Google executive Ari Shotland as the company's new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Ari Shotland had been with Google Israel for the past 11 years, as Senior Staff Software Engineer & Tech Lead Manager. He holds BSc and MSc degrees from Haifa's Technion. In…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker GKFX has continued to reshape is management team, adding noted compliance expert and consultant Mazhar Manzoor as the company's new Compliance Director and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO). Mazhar Manzoor has spent the past 15 years as a compliance consultant to financial institutions in…
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Forex industry introducing broker Forest Park FX has announced the hiring of Alejandra Diaz as part of its renewed focus on the development of custom trading technology. Alejandra Diaz was with FXCM for 10 years until 2017 serving in various sales and technology related roles, including as Programming Services Manager. Most recently she served as…
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Invast Securities Co. Ltd, a leading FX broker in Japan and a JASDAQ-listed entity, has announced that their Australian-based Board Director, Mr. Gavin White, has been promoted to Global Head of Strategic Relationships for Invast. This is another strong indication that the subsidiary run by Mr. White, Invast Global, is growing strongly and achieving successes…
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ANZ has announced the appointment of Jodi West as CEO Vietnam, reporting to Farhan Faruqui, ANZ Group Executive, International. Ms West joined ANZ in 2015 as Head of Institutional FX Sales, Australia. Prior to ANZ, she held roles in the FX & Commodity sales team at both Citigroup and Barclays, and was also Head of…
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Abu Dhabi based financial services firm ADSS has announced the appointment of Ashraf Elgarf as Head of Sales Trading for its UK business, based at the company’s London office. Ashraf Elgarf has over 15 years of experience in multi-asset sales and is recognised as a specialist in trading execution. He joined ADSS to set up a…
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