Category: Institutional

WFE launches new website & members’ portal
April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

World Federation of Exchanges publishes Cyber Resilience Standards

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published a set of cyber resilience standards designed to be used by WFE members, and other market infrastructure providers, to ensure alignment and common minimum standards across the global system. The standards cover eight key areas:…

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Bank of China (UK) Limited joins LCH’s SwapClear
April 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daniel Maguire appointed LCH Group Chief Operating Officer

LCH, a global clearing house, announced that Daniel Maguire as LCH Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. He assumes this role in addition to his current responsibilities as Global Head of Rates & FX Derivatives. As COO, Daniel will be responsible for achieving new business growth, maintaining existing customer relationships and driving innovation and…

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April 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet strengtens EMEA team appointing Sterne Agee's Simon Gilbert as Sales Director

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Simon Gilbert as Sales Director, based in the firm’s London office. Simon Gilbert brings more than 10 years of experience in US equity sales for Europe and will be responsible for helping Liquidnet’s European Members source institutional liquidity in US equities. Commenting on Gilbert’s…

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April 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MahiFX's Nick Mortimer speaks about the Forex solutions provider's new FCA license, and more

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Following our exclusive coverage of Forex broker solutions provider MahiFX becoming the latest FX sector company to receive an FCA license, we are pleased to present to LeapRate readers our conversation on the topic with Nick Mortimer, Head of MFX Retail Sales for MahiFX. Does the FCA license change the way MahiFX does business?…

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xceptor data automation
April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Xceptor appoints Marco Sablone as Director of Sales following recent NY office opening

Xceptor, a provider of process automation and data management services for the financial sector, today announced the appointment of Marco Sablone as Director of Sales & Business Development for North America. Reporting directly to Andrew Kouloumbrides, Chief Executive Officer, Sablone will be working closely with existing clients and driving new business as part of the company’s…

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April 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Axioma selected by asset management firm Quoniam

Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio analytics solutions, has extended its relationship with Quoniam, a quantitative asset management firm headquartered in Frankfurt, with more than €26 bn in assets under management. Now with the implementation of Axioma Risk, Quoniam will be able to improve the quality of their daily risk reporting across…

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April 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex broker solutions provider MahiFX receives FCA license

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex brokerage solutions provider MahiFX has received its FCA license in the UK as a matched principal broker. The license was officially granted to MahiFX on March 16, 2017. MahiFX is also licensed by ASIC in Australia and the FMA in New Zealand (holding a Derivatives Dealer license, something that the…

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