Eddie Astanin, Chairman of the Executive Board of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of SWIFT, the global system of interbank transfers. Mr. Astanin has held this post since 2015, when Russia’s representative joined the Board of Directors of SWIFT for the first time. The…
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Maurya C. Keating has been named an Associate Regional Director for the Investment Adviser and Investment Company examination program in the agency's New York Regional Office. She will join the agency later this month. Ms. Keating most recently served as a Lead Director/Vice President & Associate General…
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FCA regulated FX prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that it has hired Mark Chesterman, former COO of the IG Institutional division of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG). He has joined Stater Global Markets in a newly created COO role. Stater Global Markets offers institutional clients direct access to Tier 1 bank and non-bank liquidity, clearing and institutional…
Read moreASX has just announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Mr Ramy Aziz, will retire in September 2018, after 18 years of service with the Group, including eight years as CFO. ASX Managing Director and CEO, Dominic Stevens, commented: Ramy has made a very significant contribution to ASX over many years and has been an important…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FX and multi-asset liquidity provider and prime broker INFLYX has hired FX industry veteran Paul Orford as the company's new Head of Institutional Sales. Based in Cyprus, INFLYX is a trade name of CySEC-licensed ICC Intercertus Capital Limited. ICC also operates Retail FX brokerage brand EVERFX. LeapRate reported exclusively…
Read moreThe Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has announced the appointment of Samir Sabharwal as General Counsel, effective immediately. Mr. Sabharwal has been serving as Acting General Counsel since the May 2018 appointment of Kari Horn to the role of Vice-Chair. Samir is highly qualified for this role, having served as the ASC’s Associate General Counsel for…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that automated regulatory compliance specialist muinmos has appointed Jonas Nielsen, former CEO of FX platform, data and charting provider NetDania Markets, as its new Business Development Director. Jonas Nielsen was CEO of Copenhagen based NetDania Markets for the past eight years. He brings a wealth of experience to muinmos in…
Read moreAbu Dhabi based financial services firm ADS Securities (ADSS) has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Coulon as its new Head of IT, reporting into CTO Philippe Velay. Mr. Coulon will work out of the ADSS head office in Abu Dhabi with a remit to continue the development of the firms market leading trading applications. Emmanuel…
Read moreThe attorney Giulia Bertezzolo has been appointed as general secretary of Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), the Government agency announced earlier today. The new general secretary is an administrative attorney, specialised in financial regulation and administrative management. With high level education, which includes post-doctoral studies at the School of Law of…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that London based Retail FX group GKFX has gone outside the company to hire a new CEO, to replace its recently departed chief executive Brian Myers. Joining GKFX as its new CEO is Rob Woolfe, formerly a co-founder and CEO of UK/Cyprus spreadbetting firm Capital Index. We expect the company…
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