LeapRate Exclusive... It is good to be in demand. LeapRate has learned that Simon Bird has joined the board of FCA regulated Monecor (London) Limited. Monecor is the parent company of London-based spreadbetting and CFDs broker ETX Capital. We had just reported earlier today that Simon Bird was named as Non Executive Chairman of one-time…
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China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC), a joint venture (JV) of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) for the development of financial products and related services, announced Peng Zi from SZSE, has joined its Board with effect from today (2 January 2018). Mr Peng replaced…
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CLS, a market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, announced that it has strengthened its product development and sales teams with the appointments of Angus Scott as Head of Product and Lisa Danino-Lewis as Head of Sales EMEA. Following a year in which CLS announced it is developing a broader range of forward-looking solutions,…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced changes in the membership of the boards of its six U.S. securities exchanges: Cboe BZX Exchange, Cboe BYX Exchange, Cboe EDGA Exchange, Cboe EDGX Exchange, Cboe Options Exchange and Cboe C2 Options Exchange. As a result of the changes, Cboe’s six U.S. securities exchanges will have the same…
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The Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board announced that it has approved 25 new members of the Exchange Council. The new Council is comprised of senior executives from Moscow Exchange (MOEX)'s largest market participants by volume traded, as well as heads of industry self-regulatory organisations, asset management companies, investment banks and the Bank of Russia. The newly…
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Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM), a mobile Internet company, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed each of Mr. Michael Jinbo Yao and Mr. Michael Lingye Zuo as an independent director, effective December 28, 2017. Mr. Michael Jinbo Yao will also join the corporate governance and nominating committee of the Board, effective the…
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BTL Group Ltd. (CVE:BTL) announced that it has hired a Head of Marketing, Stella Hall, and Business Development Manager, Jonathan Jones, as the firm commences its sales and marketing drive to bring its proprietary blockchain platform Interbit to market. We are looking for exceptional sales and marketing people to join our team and help build…
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BlockEx just announced that Ronald Martin has just joined the company as COO. Ronald Martin, former Executive in Residence at Bain Capital Ventures, leaves the traditional financial world to bring his financial platform experience to the blockchain. Martin brings years of experience in FinTech and SaaS as former Senior Vice President & General Manager of…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that learned that Simon Henry has resigned his position as Compliance Officer of FCA regulated Goldenway Global Investments (UK) Limited, which operates the GWFX Global retail FX and CFD brokerage brand (at gwfxglobal.com). Simon Henry, GWFX Simon Henry was hired by GWFX just three months ago from London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG), where…
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NZX just announced the appointment of Hugh Stevens to lead the exchange’s funds management business, effective Monday 5 February 2017. Hugh Stevens will oversee NZX’s Auckland based Smartshares exchange traded funds (ETF) business and its superannuation and KiwiSaver business, SuperLife. He will report to NZX CEO Mark Peterson and the Smartshares Board. Stevens is the…
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