Category: Forex

May 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Anthony Mazzarese jumps from FXCM to Jefferies as SVP FX Prime Brokerage

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Anthony Mazzarese has made the jump from the FXCM Pro division of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) to investment bank Jefferies LLC, joining Jefferies as SVP FX Prime Brokerage. Mr. Mazzarese rejoined FXCM in 2015 following FXCM's acquisition of CitiFX's mid-market FX margin business. He helped successfully transitioned the CitiFX margin business to FXCM post…

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May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tradovate integrates Collective2 copy trading into its automated trade sharing offering

Tradovate, LLC, an online brokerage firm for active, self-directed futures traders, and Collective2 (C2), the online platform which connects investors with traders, announced today that Tradovate has now integrated C2 into its offering, providing the first commission-free brokerage access to C2 futures trading systems. Collective2 is a marketplace where independent traders and investors can choose,…

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Blackwell Global office
May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blackwell Global adds Tung Shing veteran Gary Cheung as Hong Kong CEO

SFC regulated multi-asset brokerage Blackwell Global Hong Kong has today announced that it has appointed finance veteran Gary Cheung Wai Kwok as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Mr Cheung’s leadership appointment is part of a rigorous and comprehensive nomination that was made in alignment with the company’s mission and direction. He has been in…

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May 10, 2017 BY admin

Match-Trade's Imran Firoz on winning Forex broker technology

This week LeapRate caught up with Imran Firoz, Managing Director (pictured above) of US-headquartered Match-Trade Technologies, a global Forex brokerage software provider. His early experience in the FX industry was as the Chief Financial Officer of a brokerage firm where he provided financial oversight to accounting & finance departments of the company and advised the…

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May 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Prime Broker and Clearing firm GPP announced rebrand

Prime Broker and Clearing firm GPP announced that it relocates to larger offices to accommodate growing business lines and coincides move with a rebrand and new website. So far GPP's number of clients is up 14% compared to last year. In February GPP launched Structured Products Business and is set to launch new business lines…

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LCG trading floor
May 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG hires Emilio Lobo as Head of Business Development

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that UK online brokerage London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has continued to build its management team, hiring forex industry veteran Emilio Lobo as its new Head of Business Development. Mr. Lobo spent the last year consulting on MiFID II product development and compliance. From 2013-2016 he ran the IronFX representative…

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May 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters and S&P Global enter strategic transcript data agreement

A strategic data agreement between Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) and S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) will deliver the industry’s most comprehensive transcript data service to financial services professionals, Thomson Reuters reported earlier today. Under the agreement, S&P Global Market Intelligence (a division of S&P Global) will become a major provider of transcript coverage on both public and…

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