Exegy Inc. hires Bloomberg’s Karl Dundon as a global FX Product Manager LeapRate

December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exegy Inc. hires Bloomberg's Karl Dundon as a global FX Product Manager

Exegy Inc., a provider of managed services and technology for low-latency financial market data, announced that it has hired Karl Dundon as a global FX Product Manager, reporting directly to chief technology officer David Taylor. In this role, Mr. Dundon is responsible for leading the ideation, technical development, and launch of new Exegy real-time data…

December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC appoints Tim Moseley as Vice-Chair

Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair Maureen Jensen has announced the appointment of Tim Moseley as a Vice-Chair of the OSC, effective November 29, 2017 for a two year term. Prior to his appointment, Tim served as an OSC Commissioner and as Chair of the Adjudicative Committee. Tim brings a unique set of skills to the…

December 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

fscom appoints Payment Services Regulator James Borley as new Head of Assurance

Financial planner company fscom announced that it has appointed James Borley as Director and new Head of Assurance. Prior to joining fscom, Borley spent more than 20 years at the FCA, in a broad range of regulatory roles, where he was responsible for the authorisation, supervision and monitoring of a wide range of regulated firms,…

November 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

London Stock Exchange Group CEO Xavier Rolet steps down

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) just announced that, at the Board's request, Xavier Rolet has agreed to step down as CEO with immediate effect. The Board has asked David Warren, CFO, to assume the additional role of Interim CEO until a successor is appointed. David Warren is well qualified, having been CFO of LSEG…

November 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GKFX adds David Morrison from Spread Co as Senior Market Analyst

After our exclusive report last week that senior market analyst James Hughes had left GKFX for the UK operation of AxiTrader, GKFX hasn't taken much time in naming a replacement for Mr. Hughes in the person of David Morrison. GKFX announced this morning that David Morrison is leaving spread betting firm Spread Co to join GKFX’s…

November 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints Philip Dawes as Head of UK Institutional Sales

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announces the appointment of Philip Dawes as Head of Institutional Sales for the UK & Ireland. He joined on 20 November and is based in London, reporting to Charles Janssen, Head of Institutional Sales for Europe. In this newly-created role, Philip Dawes will be responsible for developing BNPP AM…

November 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: UBS FX executives leave to set up broker consultancy service Finoesis

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that two senior FX sector executives in the London office of global banking giant UBS AG (SWX:UBSN) have left, to form their own consultancy serving brokers and large FX and fixed income trading entities on both the buy and sell side. The two are Richard Longmore, Managing Director and Head…

November 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF appoints Moad Fahmi as Director of Fintech and Innovation

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just announced the appointment of Moad Fahmi to the new position of Director, Fintech and Innovation. This new function will foster the collaboration that is essential to developing Québec's fintech ecosystem," said Louis Morisset, AMF President and Chief Executive Officer. "It is good news for our Fintech Working…

November 23, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Former City Index COO Simon Bird joins Ikon Finance ahead of institutional FX relaunch

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Simon Bird, who was COO of spreadbetting broker City Index for six years ahead of City Index's 2015 acquisition by Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), is "back in the game" joining the board of Ikon Finance Limited, the FCA regulated arm of the global Ikon Group, once one of the…

November 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Todd Ruppert, former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, joins Melonport

Ethereum-based hedge fund innovator Melonport AG has announced that Todd Ruppert, the former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, will be joining the organization as an advisor and serving as a council foundation member for the newly created Melon Foundation, announced last week at the first annual M-0 conference. Ruppert, a 40 year veteran…

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