Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), the parent company of Retail FX broker Forex.com and institutional FX platform GTX, looks to be gearing up for more acquisitions as the company has announced plans to raise an additional $80 million in a convertible note offering. LeapRate readers will recall that this isn't the first time that GAIN…
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Barclays (LON:BARC) announced it has appointed Barry Rodrigues as Chief Executive Officer of Barclaycard International. Mr. Rodrigues will be based in New York and join the Barclays International Executive Committee, reporting directly to Tim Throsby, President, Barclays International and CEO, Corporate and Investment Bank. Mr. Rodrigues joined Barclays following six years at Citi where he…
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UK capital markets technology outfit Options just announced a significant investment by Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based private equity firm focused on growth-oriented investments. The transaction, which sees Bregal Sagemount invest nearly $100 million in Options, will enable the firm’s executive team to pursue strategic growth initiatives, invest further in platform innovations, and expand Options’…
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Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, has launched the first of its kind Foundations regime in support of more effective structures for wealth preservation and wealth management. The ADGM Foundations regime provides a strategic platform for financial planning and structuring, serving as an alternative to trusts and corporate vehicles.…
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The NZX Ltd (NZE:NZX) today announced the appointment of David Flacks as the independent Chair of NZX’s Regulatory Governance Committee (RGC). Mr Flacks will replace the Committee’s current Chair, Derek Johnston, effective 1 September 2017. The term of the appointment is two years. The RGC assists the NZX Board in fulfilling its governance responsibilities in…
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Brian Quintenz was officially sworn in today, after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, to serve as a Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options and swaps industry. His term expires in April 2020. I’m deeply honored to be sworn…
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Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent, global financial technology company providing advanced, dealer-neutral agency algorithms in Futures and US Cash Treasury markets just announced that Tony Davison has been named Head of Sales for EMEA. Davison moved to QB in July from his role as Chief Strategy Officer at Celer Technologies. Prior to that, he worked…
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On 15 August 2017, Alina Sychova joined Otkritie Capital as Head of Debt and Equity Capital Markets. This is a new area for the company – its further development will make the Russian and international capital markets accessible for clients and issuers, both through public equity (ECM) and debt securities (DCM) offerings. Alina Sychova has…
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AgriClear, North America's premier online cattle transaction and payment platform, together with United Producers Inc. (UPI), one of North America's largest farmer owned and operated livestock marketing cooperative, today announced a collaborative agreement to benefit livestock farmers across the Midwest. UPI will now utilize AgriClear as its digital marketing solution for online cattle transactions, which…
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LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated MTF for FX, has announced the appointment of Scott Moffat as Managing Director for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Part of the LMAX Exchange founding team and former Chief Operating Officer, Scott Moffat will be instrumental in strengthening the company’s position in the region and building upon the existing presence,…
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