Tag: Goran Drapac

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October 17, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FIXI plc CEO Jason Gibson departs, sets up 888markets.com

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Jason Gibson has left London based institutional FX broker FIXI plc, to set up a new Retail FX brokerage brand called 888 Markets, at website 888markets.com. The new business, formally incorporated as Triple Eight Markets Group Ltd, is acting as an Appointed Representative of FCA-regulated FIXI. The new company is a…

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September 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FIXI plc adds Tom Tragett as Chief Market Analyst, David Freeman as Head of Retail FX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated institutional FX broker FIXI plc has appointed Tom Tragett as Chief Market Analyst. FIXI is controlled by Goran Drapac, also the founder and shareholder of Australia based Retail FX broker AxiCorp, which operates the AxiTrader brand. Tom Tragett has been involved in the FX markets for nearly 40…

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May 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FIXI plc raises £2.2M from shareholders, hires executives ahead of Retail FX expansion

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated, London based institutional FX broker FIXI plc has raised an additional £2.2 million (USD $3.0 million) in capital from its shareholders, and hired a number of senior executives, ahead of a planned expansion into Retail FX. First, regarding the fundraising.... FIXI shareholders led by Goran Drapac -…

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June 10, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

AxiTrader Chairman Goran Drapac on new CEO Rajesh Yohannan - who he's replacing, Goran's own new role...

Leading Australia-based retail forex broker AxiTrader quietly let it slip out that it has hired a new CEO, former OANDA Head of APAC Rajesh Yohannan (pictured at left). Yohannan will actually act as CEO of AxiTrader's parent company AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd, which incorporates both its retail and institutional trading arms that operate mainly under the…

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October 12, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

An insider's view of Australia's pending trade reporting legislation from AxiTrader - LeapRate Exclusive

A lot of information (and misinformation) has been circulating lately regarding pending legislation in Australia, which will require both large and small financial institutions to report all derivatives trades - reporting which will also cover most of the retail forex brokers in the country. The implementation of the Australia OTC derivatives reform act has been moved…

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February 08, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Forex Weekly Look Back: More details on Alpari and Liquid Markets bankruptcy emerge as FX trading innovation progresses

A look back at the most intriguing and popular Forex industry news stories from the past week at LeapRate. To make sure that you receive timely access to all LeapRate articles sign up to our Daily Forex Industry Newsletter on the right. → Forex Weekly Look Back: Week of February 2nd FXDD | https://www.leaprate.com/yQMZK AxiTrader CEO…

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