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…
Read moreCopenhagen based Forex and multi asset broker Saxo Bank today announced the appointment of Eric Krueger to a newly established position as Global Head of Client Services, effective from 2 July 2018. He will report directly to Damian Bunce, CCO of Saxo Bank A/S. Krueger will play a lead role in managing and developing Saxo…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Copenhagen based Retail FX broker Saxo Bank has added another member to its senior management team, hiring longtime Nordea executive Oliver Zecevic as the company's new Head of Operations. Oliver Zecevic had been with Nordea for his entire working career, joining the Danish based banking and financial group out of…
Read moreTokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just announced that the board of directors decided today the following change of President & CEO. The current President & CEO Shozo Ohta has resigned. The name of the new one is Nobuyuki Kinoshita, whose previous position was an Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. Senior Adviser. This change is subject…
Read moreToday's meeting of the Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has informed the public that it has named Lutz Raettig its honorary chairman. Raettig is being recognised for his outstanding accomplishments to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the financial centre of Frankfurt. He has been a member of the Exchange Council since 2001, and…
Read moreAustralia based Retail FX brokerage group AxiCorp, which operates the AxiTrader brand, has announced a management shakeup which has seen the company hire Patrick Salis as the company's new Chief Financial Officer, replacing longtime CFO Simon Hodgkiss. Mr. Hodgkiss will remain at AxiTrader, taking on the newly created regulatory-focused role of Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Patrick…
Read moreCLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has just announced that four new directors were elected to its Board of Directors at the CLS Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 8 May 2018. The new additions to the Board include: Vincent Bonamy: Mr. Bonamy is currently Managing Director, Head of Global Intermediary…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular FX research analyst and longtime Head of Research at FOREX.com, James Chen, has moved to Investopedia.com. Mr. Chen will become Investopedia's Director of Trading & Investing, taking a major role in the direction of the website's research and education products. James Chen has been Head of Research at…
Read moreFCA regulated social trading focused broker Ayondo has announced that Mita Natarajan, former Senior Vice President at SGX, will join the company on 1st June 2018 as the Chief Business Development Officer and will be based in Singapore. With Ms. Natarajan’s extensive industry experience and knowledge, the Board of Directors of ayondo believes that this…
Read moreAfter the high profile head of its Prime Brokerage unit was fired amid allegations of sexual misconduct, Bank of America has apparently seen a slew of other senior and junior personnel jump ship. Omeed Malik, who had joined BofA from MF Global in 2012 and had risen up the ranks to head the bank's successful Prime…
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