Deutsche Börse AG has just announced that its shareholders gave their approval to increase the number of Supervisory Board members from 12 to 16. In addition, the following new members were elected for three leaving members of the shareholder representatives: During his professional career in Germany and abroad, Martin Jetter has held various senior roles…
Read moreSaxo Capital Markets, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has just announced the appointment of Eleanor Creagh to the newly-created role of Australia Markets Strategist. Ms Creagh will support Saxo’s expert Global Sales Trading team with trading ideas and financial market insights, reporting to Saxo Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Chief Investment Strategist, Steen…
Read moreIn a fairly rare occurrence in today's corporate world, online gaming and financial technologies provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has seen its shareholders reject the company's proposed Annual Report on Remuneration at the company Annual Meeting held yesterday in the Isle of Man. Except in rare circumstances, annual meeting board resolutions are usually adopted (by wide margins) at…
Read moreCFH Clearing, the FX liquidity and risk management services arm of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), has announced that it has appointed Andy Biggs as Head of Liquidity in a newly created role. Andy Biggs joins CFH Clearing from FCA regulated rival firm IS Prime, where he was Head of Liquidity for the last three years and…
Read moreRisk Focus Inc., the Specialist Provider of Financial and DevOps Services, announced today that it has expanded its footprint in Europe by launching business operations in Frankfurt, Germany, to be run by Alexander Malkmus, an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in highly-visible client engagements. Having previously worked at Accenture and the Deutsche…
Read morePayments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that the Chairman of the company's Board of Directors, Roger Withers, will step down from his position and from the board at the end of 2018. Mr. Withers will be replaced as Chairman by current SafeCharge board member and longtime Visa and MasterCard…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... The revolving door which has seen senior management members of Saxo Bank both come and go over the past few months continues to swing.... LeapRate has learned that the latest member of senior management to depart Saxo Bank is Claus Nielsen, one of the longest tenured employees at the Copenhagen based Retail FX…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that the management makeover at Forex broker platform and technology provider Leverate is continuing. The latest executive to leave Leverate is Costas Michael, who had been General Manager and head of Leverate's Cyprus based entity, CySEC licensed Leverate Financial Services Ltd, for the past four years. He had actually been…
Read moreThe Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ashley Alder, has been reappointed as Chair of the new Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at IOSCO’s annual conference in Budapest. The SFC’s Chairman, Mr Carlson Tong said: I am delighted with Ashley’s reappointment to chair…
Read more
LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that recently-launched Cyprus based Retail FX and CFDs broker Capital.com has hired a very recognizable name and face in the Forex world as its new Chief Market Strategist, David Jones. David Jones was the senior market analyst and 'face of the firm' for nearly a decade at two of London's premier online…
Read more