Visual Trading Systems, a New York headquartered provider of trading platforms and BI analytics for the Forex and OTC derivatives trading industry today announced two key executive hires and plans for a restructured product line.
Stephen Leahy appointed new CEO of Visual Trading Systems
Experienced FX industry veteran Stephen Leahy has been appointed new CEO of Visual Trading Systems. He most recently worked as COO of retail forex broker FXPRIMUS from March 2015 to March 2016. Before that, in April of 2013 he was busy finalizing the sale of Capital Markets Access Partners (a company he founded in 2009 and served as managing member) to oneZero Financial Systems.
Stephen also previously worked as an IB and CTA for Back Bay FX Services from 2006 to 2010. Early on in his career he also held the role of CFO of FX clearing firm, United Global Markets Group.
Mr. Leahy made the following comment:
New regulations & market structure changes create fantastic opportunities for a company like Visual Trading. We have seen dramatic growth of new clients and volumes traded at our existing clients, and increased demand for our offerings from prospective clients. I am looking forward to expanding our footprint and rolling out incredible new features and products in the next months.
Also newly appointed is Mr. Adam Grandt, who will serve as Chief Technology Officer.
The company reports it has seen a huge surge in demand for its existing software and hosted services from Asia in the last 6 months and will focus more of its efforts in this important region.
The company further stated today it will be launching a new trading platform in Q1 2017.
Visual Trading Systems operates development teams in New York & St. Petersburg, Russia, and currently serves clients in China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and London.
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