IS Prime hires Tickstarter COO Daniel Crane as Deputy Head of Electronic Trading Solutions LeapRate

February 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IS Prime hires Tickstarter COO Daniel Crane as Deputy Head of Electronic Trading Solutions

IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, just announced that it has appointed Daniel Crane, former Tickstarter COO, as Deputy Head of Electronic Trading Solutions (ETS). In this newly created role, Daniel Crane will report directly to IS Prime’s Head of ETS, Barry Flanigan. His remit includes a specific focus on advanced technical client integrations.…

February 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Digital Currency Exchange Independent Reserve adds two new executives

Independent Reserve, the Australian Digital Currency exchange, has announced that has added two executives to its senior management team as the company turns its attention to its growing stable of institutional and SMSF clients. Roman Stefanidi joined Independent Reserve as Chief Technology Officer in August, and Lasanka Perera as Head of Strategy in October. CEO…

February 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Calypso hires Steve Tucker as new Chief Sales Officer

Calypso Technology Inc., a provider of cloud-enabled capital markets and investment management software and services, today announced that Steve Tucker has joined Calypso Technology as Chief Sales Officer and member of the Executive Committee. Based in the London office but with global coverage, Steve will oversee all Sales, Marketing, Presales and Sales Operations activity for…

February 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Blueberry Markets hires AxiTrader and Royal Financial FX sales exec Ben Clay

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Australian Retail FX broker Blueberry Markets has added to its business development team, recruiting Ben Clay, a senior executive from Royal Financial Trading’s Australian operation. He had also spent seven years as a senior sales trader at AxiTrader. Ben Clay joins Dean Hyde and Tim Mansell as the latest high…

FlexTrade integrates ipushpull platform into FlexNOW EMS

February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FlexTrade hires State Street FX Connect veteran Paul Alves as SVP Business Development

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade today announced the appointment of Paul Alves as Senior Vice President, Global FX Business Development, with a focus on expanding the company’s buy-side trading solutions to asset managers. According to Alves, automation efficiency, execution flexibility and cost conciseness for both the asset manager and their bank partners, are…

February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Divisa Capital-Equiti Group founder Mushegh Tovmasyan joins institutional crypto startup XTRADE.io as a strategic advisor

Institutional cryptocurrency startup XTRADE.io has announced that Divisa Capital / Equiti Group founder Mushegh Tovmasyan has joined the company as a strategic advisor. XTRADE.io is a technology company founded by veteran Wall Street trading specialists. The company plans to introduce a new infrastructure that would allow banks, hedge funds, and large institutional traders to easily access…

February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Invast Global adds KPMG partner and risk expert Michael Cunningham as non-executive Director

Australia based boutique multi-asset prime broker Invast Global has announced the appointment of ex-Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Treasurer and former KPMG Partner Michael Cunningham as a Non-Executive Director to its Board of Directors. ASIC licensed Invast Global is a subsidiary of Jasdaq-listed Invast Securities Co. Ltd. (TYO:8709), and has grown over the past few years to…

January 31, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Management changes at FXCM, Juan Cafe promoted to COO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FXCM Group has made some senior management changes, as the company continues to shift its operating focus to London, under FXCM CEO Brendan Callan. The primary change involves the promotion of longtime FXCM US employee Juan Cafe to the #2 position in the company. Mr. Cafe will be COO…

January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

JPMorgan Chase appoints new Co-Presidents and Co-Chief Operating Officers

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced that Daniel Pinto (55), Chief Executive Officer of its Corporate & Investment Bank, and Gordon Smith (59), Chief Executive Officer of Consumer & Community Banking, have been appointed Co-Presidents and Co-Chief Operating Officers of the company, effective immediately, continuing to report to Jamie Dimon (61), Chairman and Chief…

January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

RBC Investor & Treasury Services appoints Erik Morgan as Head of Global Due Diligence

RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS), part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), today announced the appointment of Erik Morgan as Managing Director, Head of Global Due Diligence. Morgan joins RBC I&TS from J.P. Morgan where he was most recently Executive Director, Wholesale Client Onboarding, and helped to establish the firm’s…

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