Tag: IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG)

forex industry news update
March 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: China FX broker warnings, LCG goes private, Playtech ownership change, and lots more…

What warnings are Chinese authorities now posting for foreign Retail FX brokers operating in the country? Who is taking London Capital Group private? Who has replaced Teddy Sagi as Playtech's largest shareholder? Why did Exness inject $2 million into its FCA regulated UK sub? What FX sector executive moves were made involving Pepperstone, Saxo Bank, IG…

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Ariel Lao Saxo Bank marketing
March 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Saxo Bank Australia hires Ariel Lao from IG as Marketing Manager / CXO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd, the ASIC-licensed Australia arm of Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank, has hired Ariel Lao as its new Marketing Manager and Chief Experience Officer (CXO). Ms. Lao, a University of Melbourne graduate, joins Saxo Bank in Sydney from IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), where she…

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Chris Weston Pepperstone
March 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Pepperstone hires noted IG Australia analyst Chris Weston

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime IG Australia research analyst and market strategist Chris Weston is following in the footsteps of his former boss Tamas Szabo, and has agreed to join rival FX broker Pepperstone. As was exclusively reported by LeapRate back in October, Pepperstone hired Tamas Szabo, former Australia office head of UK online…

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TigerWit China fx broker
March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX broker TigerWit gets $5 million investment from VC firm Susquehanna

China based Retail FX brokerage company TigerWit Group has announced that it has secured a USD $5 million investment from US technology investment and venture capital firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG).  The company stated that this capital will enable TigerWit to further advance its mobile-focused trading technology and invest in new innovative technologies to enhance the…

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Diego Rotsztain Gain Capital
February 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital's Diego Rotsztain replaces IG-bound Thomas Leyhane on board of UK CFD and FX Association

Regulatory filings in the UK have disclosed that New York-based Diego Rotsztain (pictured above), EVP, Head of Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary at Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has become GAIN Capital's representative on UK online trading industry body CFD & FX Association Limited. Mr. Rotsztain's appointment to the Association board effectively takes the place of Thomas…

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Tim Hughes TigerWit
February 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

China FX broker TigerWit appoints IG Group's Tim Hughes as CEO

The TigerWit Group has announced that following the acquisition of Mercor Index it has changed the business name to TigerWit Limited and appointed Tim Hughes as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), with Mercor founder Simon Denham becoming Chief Risk Officer (CRO). The move brings together two former competitors, with Tim Hughes having been a longtime senior…

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