Tag: Advanced Markets

October 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Nidal Abdel Hadi joins Advanced Markets and Fortex as Managing Director MENA region

Former Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) Head of Institutional Sales Nidal Adbel Hadi has joined US-based Advanced Markets and Fortex as the companies' new Managing Director of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations and business development. Advanced Markets LLC is an institutional liquidity and prime of prime provider, while sister technology company Fortex Inc. has developed a leading ECN trading…

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June 25, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex trader's survival guide for Brexit

This article was written by Richard Perona, VP of Institutional FX at Advanced Markets. Major market events are generally accompanied by periods of massive uncertainty, volatility and downright fear. It doesn’t matter whether these events are expected, like the Brexit vote, or unexpected like the SNB move last year, the outcome is the same. Many…

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April 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Advanced Markets and Fortex welcome Bjorn Enqvist as Managing Director

Advanced Markets LLC, the leading institutional liquidity provider and prime of prime, and Fortex Inc., the pace-setting FX technology company, have today announced the appointment of  Bjorn Enqvist to the role of Managing Director. Bjorn will be responsible for  driving business growth in Europe and worldwide through his vast expertise and institutional insight. Bjorn joins…

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March 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Why are top FX keywords suddenly expensive on Google AdWords?

Starting February 19, Google made a not-so-subtle change to the way AdWords ads are displayed following a search. Gone are the ads on the right side of the page. Google will now only show ads at the top and bottom of the SERP (search engine results page). What does this mean for online marketing dependent companies? We…

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January 23, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

How did the SNB reshape the FX industry?

The following guest post is courtesy of Natallia Hunik, Global Head of Sales at Advanced Markets and Fortex. [divide] In my opinion, last year’s SNB decision to remove the 1.20 floor on EURCHF acted as a catalyst, reshaping how we now view and approach the FX industry. As we observed throughout 2015, the SNB move radically altered…

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