Exclusive: AFX Group hires FXCM and Alpari veteran Lisa Murphy as COO of its Quantic Prime unit LeapRate

August 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: AFX Group hires FXCM and Alpari veteran Lisa Murphy as COO of its Quantic Prime unit

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that global investment services provider AFX Group has hired seasoned FX industry executive Lisa Murphy to be the COO of its soon-to-be-launched FX Prime brokerage unit, Quantic Prime. Lisa Murphy spent the past year as an operations consultant to a variety of Retail FX industry firms. She began her FX…

Good news for Bitcoin investors: Israel might cut tax on profit by half

July 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Israel Binary Options law implementation to be delayed into 2018

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Israel's new Binary Options law, banning the operation of any part of a Binary Options brokerage in the country, will not be passed by the country's Knesset parliament in time for the plenary's summer vacation. The Knesset begins its summer break today, July 30. The earliest that the bill…

July 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

China FX, MT4 bridges and the FCA: Conversation with GMI CEO Ashraf Ebid

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Just over a year ago LeapRate reported exclusively on China-focused B2B Forex broker GMI (short for Global Market Index Limited) hiring experienced FX industry executive Ashraf Ebid as CEO, with a mandate to build the company's FCA regulated operations in London. Well, we thought that now might be a good time to…

July 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Spreadex 2017 Revenue flat at £50.3 million, profits up to £23.2 million

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated financial and sports spread betting company Spreadex saw no growth in its latest Fiscal year ended May 31, 2017. However Spreadex continued to generate healthy profits, up slightly from the previous year. Overall, Spreadex brought in £50.276 million in Revenue in 2017, virtually identical to last…

July 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Pepperstone adds Zack Ioannou from GCM Prime to head UK Compliance

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Australia based Retail FX and CFDs broker Pepperstone has taken another major step in re-opening its FCA regulated UK arm, Pepperstone Limited, hiring a new Head of UK Compliance in the person of Zack Ioannou. Zack Ioannou joins Pepperstone from GCM Prime, where he has also been the designated compliance…

July 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Payoneer hiring 140 tech and sales personnel to deal with growth

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned from sources in Israel that digital cross-border payments provider Payoneer is on an official hiring spree, looking to add 140 employees in its home base of Israel, plus personnel in other locations abroad including New York and Tokyo. According to sources, Payoneer is looking to add mainly experienced sales personnel and…

July 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Vistabrokers launches second Retail FX brand, TRADEiAM

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated Retail Forex broker Vistabrokers CIF Ltd, which operates the vistabrokers.com MT4 brand, has launched second website and brand called TRADEiAM, at tradeiam.com. The company has also launched an Affiliate Marketing website I AM AFFILIATES at iamaffiliates.com, to market TRADEiAM as well as other brands. Vistabrokers registered the tradeiam.com…

July 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Capital.com raises $25 million, pays $1.5 million for URL, launches trading app

LeapRate Exclusive... Following our earlier exclusive reports that mobile trading focused online CFDs broker Capital Com SV Investments Limited had received a CIF license from CySEC back in April, and that the Capital.com website had gone live in June alongside the company's trading apps (in beta mode), we have now learned that Capital.com has raised a staggering…

July 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Rod Martenstyn jumps from spreadbetting broker Core Spreads to GKFX as CFO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker GKFX has added Rod Martenstyn as its new CFO. Rod Martenstyn joins GKFX from Finsa Europe Ltd, the parent company of spread betting and CFD trading brokerage Core Spreads, where he held a similar role. Mr. Martenstyn has also resigned from the board of…

July 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Former ADS and Saxo Bank exec Valery Bartashevich joins Malta prime broker Exante

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that former ADS Securities and Saxo Bank executive Valery Bartashevich has joined Malta based FX and multi asset prime broker Exante. Based in London, Mr. Bartashevich will have a senior business development role with Exante, covering mainly South Europe, Latin America, the UK, the MENA region, as well as South East Asia.…

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