Exclusive: former GKFX exec Jacob Plattner lands as CEO at Belize forex broker Scope Markets LeapRate

May 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: former GKFX exec Jacob Plattner lands as CEO at Belize forex broker Scope Markets

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Jacob Plattner has joined Belize based FX broker Scope Markets as its new CEO. As was exclusively reported at LeapRate last summer, Mr. Plattner resigned his position as Managing Director at FCA licensed broker GKFX, one year after joining the company following five years at Alpari UK, where Mr. Plattner…

May 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA regulated retail forex and CFDs broker GKFX adds fixed spread betting accounts

FCA regulated Retail Forex and CFDs broker and official online FX partner of AC Milan FC GKFX has launched an improved spread bet offering for UK traders, focusing on providing competitive fixed spreads on a wide range of asset classes. The change came as a result of continued focus on product development, with the new…

March 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Binary options P2P exchange shut, InstaForex Russia license, Ireland CFD ban, and lots more…

Platforms shut down, offices opened and closed, executive hirings, regulator bans, joint ventures, new licenses, results good and bad... this week's Forex Industry News had it all. And once again, you read about the key stories exclusively or first at LeapRate. With that in mind, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank you, our readers.…

March 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GKFX hires Forex marketing executive Hannah Hill from eToro as Head of PR and Brand

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated retail forex broker GKFX has hired Hannah Hill as its new Head of Public Relations and Brand. Ms. Hill is a well known Forex industry figure. She worked most recently in the London office of Israel-based retail forex broker eToro as Head of Brand Marketing, helping eToro…

November 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: GKFX raises $8M, executive moves at Oanda, Gain Capital and Walbrook, and lots more…

Lots of interesting executive moves in Forex Industry News this week, with most of them exclusively reported at LeapRate. Oanda loses its charismatic CMO, Gain Capital reassigns its COO, Walbrook Capital (formerly FXCM Securities) replaces its CEO... On the financial front, fast growing GKFX now has even more dry powder to work with after getting an…

November 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

GKFX raises $8 million looking at expansion and retail forex acquisitions - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail Forex and CFDs broker GKFX has raised £6.54 million (USD $8 million) in a series of transactions during the months of September and October. The money, most of which was formally raised late last week, was invested into GKFX by controlling shareholder Kasim Garipoglu, a 31-year-old Turkish investor…

September 16, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

TradersClub24 provides its SwissBox MT4 trading tool to retail forex brokers Musashi FX and Charles FX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Switzerland-based Forex training and technologies provider TradersClub24 has signed agreements to provide its SwissBox MT4 trading tool to Germany-focused retail forex brokers Musashi FX and Charles FX. Musashi FX is the German brand of CySEC regulated retail forex broker GBE Brokers. Charles FX is similarly the German language division…

September 09, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Joe Rundle lands at ThinkMarkets as Director of Trading - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime ETX Capital executive Joe Rundle has joined FCA regulated online broker ThinkMarkets as its new Director of Trading. LeapRate had exclusively reported that Rundle had left ETX back in July after being with the firm for more than 12 years, in search of a new challenge - and the…

August 21, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Belgium ban, EZTrader's rough quarter, GKFX management switch, and lots more…

It was a wild week in the world of Forex Industry News, with stories hitting from all corners of the globe. Regulator bans. Corporate results. Fraud. Fines. Executive moves. Even frequent flyer miles. This week had it all. And most of it appeared first or exclusively on LeapRate! Our most popular guest post this week - and one…

August 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Joe Rundle in, Jacob Plattner out as Managing Director of GKFX - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated broker GKFX has made a change in senior management, with Managing Director Jacob Plattner leaving the company in favor of hiring Joe Rundle (pictured at left) for the position. LeapRate had reported exclusively at the beginning of the summer that Rundle had left ETX Capital (as Head of Trading)…

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