FX liquidity and prime brokerage services provider IS Prime has announced that it has hired Shuyi Yang to its Hong Kong office. Ms. Yang has been appointed Vice President Sales, North Asia for IS Prime Hong Kong, part of the ISAM Capital Markets group. She will report directly to Will Robbins, Head of Asia. The…
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LeapRate has learned that Aetos Capital Group, a company controlled by Chinese online entrepreneur Yongqiang Lu, has launched a new institutional FX unit in its London-based FCA regulated arm Aetos Capital Group (UK) Limited, to be called AETOS Direct. To head up AETOS Direct, the company has hired Ross Newell (pictured above) from AxiCorp. Mr. Newell was one…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that London based, FCA regulated institutional FX broker FIXI plc has posted a loss of £2 million USD ($2.6 million) for fiscal 2017, ahead of a planned expansion of services to the UK retail trading market. FIXI has a March 31 fiscal year end. FIXI's revenues during the year were…
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Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp continues its global expansion and has appointed Filippo De Rosa to head its Middle East operations. De Rosa brings more than 12 years of experience in retail and institutional sales in the global CFD and FX markets to his new role, which will see…
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has announced that AxiCorp, a provider of margin foreign exchange trading services for the retail and institutional markets, has selected Broadridge’s reconciliation solution for the automation of reconciliations and investigations for its global operations. The Broadridge solution supports front- to back-office reconciliations across the trade lifecycle and will connect AxiCorp’s…
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Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp has appointed Torsten Gellert as head of its operations in Germany as it continues its global expansion. Gellert, a seasoned executive in the CFD and FX industry, has managed and expanded similar operations for CMC Markets and FXCM in his previous roles. Louis Cooper,…
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Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp has appointed Ivan Rojas as Head of Latin America and Spain as it continues to expand its global footprint. Rojas, who will be responsible for growing AxiCorp’s presence in the burgeoning Latin American market, has more than 10 years of experience operating and growing…
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Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp, through its flagship AxiTrader brand, has become the first broker to offer Margin exotic FX contracts on MT4 based on prices derived from a rolling Non-Deliverable Forward (NDF). From today, traders will be able to access 10 new exotic Margin FX currency pairs from…
Read moreLeading Australia-based Retail Forex and CFDs broker AxiTrader has announced the appointment of Louis Cooper as Head of Global Retail Sales. Cooper, a seasoned executive in the CFD and FX industry, will spearhead AxiCorp’s efforts in capturing new markets as the company solidifies its global footprint. The move came on the heels of the company’s…
Read moreIt was a mix of corporate reports and regulatory events in Forex Industry News at LeapRate this week. LeapRate broke the story of the latest regulated Forex broker to launch, Australia's Blueberry Markets. We were also first to bring you news and analysis of AxiTrader's large private equity capital raise, France's ban on advertising highly…
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