Tradeweb brings RFQ trading to the options industry LeapRate

August 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tradeweb brings RFQ trading to the options industry

Trading platform Tradeweb has announced the launch of the Tradeweb U.S. options platform for institutional customer-to-dealer trading. Designed to improve efficiency and access to liquidity in the surging U.S. options market, the Tradeweb U.S. equity options platform allows institutional investors to directly source full-size price quotes from multiple market makers using the request for quote…

Data intelligence firm Thasos adds Chris Metaxas to its team as CRO

August 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TABB Group adds two capital markets industry veterans to its team

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…

Non-Zero lists its NZO token on the LATOKEN Exchange

August 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Non-Zero's Hadi Kabalan on the next-generation FX brokerage and Ethereum tokens

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... One thing seems certain nowadays - the advent of blockchain and cryptocurrencies is going to change the world of finance in general, and the FX trading industry in particular. How that will happen, however, isn't quite as clear. One group which seems to have a vision is 180 Capital, which is launching…

August 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank 2018 first half Revenues decrease to $230 million

Copenhagen based Retail FX and CFDs broker Saxo Bank has reported its results for the first half of 2018, indicating an overall slowdown in business. On the top line, in what the company said was a period with low market volatility and the introduction of a new competitive pricing structure, Revenue for the Group reached…

August 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spot Trading's Stephen A. Brodsky joins R.J. O’Brien as Chief Strategy Officer

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…

August 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX and crypto affiliate group Investoo hires Worldpay VP James Beale as CFO

Fast-growing FX and cryptocurrency affiliate company Investoo Group has announced the appointment of James Beale as Chief Finance Officer. James Beale joins Investoo from Worldpay Group Plc, a global leader in payments processing, where he was Vice President of Divisional Finance. Before joining Worldpay in 2015, the University of Leeds educated Mr. Beale also worked…

August 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ADSS London adds Chris Andrews and Steve Whittet to head Institutional Sales

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…

August 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ActivTrades is awarded ISO 27001 certification

FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has announced that it has received ISO 27001 certification, relating to its information security management systems (ISMS). ISO 27001 is an international industry standard governing how organisations establish, implement and monitor systems. A global symbol of reliability and trust, the certification recognises ActivTrades' ability to proactively manage its ISMS…

August 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge hires Alastair McGill as General Manager MRC Solutions Business

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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August 14, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 hires Google veteran Ari Shotland as CTO

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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