Tag: Jefferies

April 26, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Gil Mandelzis' new FX credit switching venture Capitolis goes live with Citi, Jefferies and FXCM

Capitolis, the pioneering technology provider for the capital markets, has just announced it is live with its foreign exchange credit switching service, Capitolis Switch. Capitolis raised $29 million of venture capital funding earlier this year from Silicon Valley VCs Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital ($20 million led by Index Ventures, and a prior $9 million…

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March 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

WhatsApp leaks land Jefferies investment banker FCA fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that has today fined Christopher Niehaus, a former investment banker, £37,198 for sharing client confidential information over WhatsApp. The FCA found that Mr Niehaus failed to act with due skill, care and diligence. The FCA found that Mr Niehaus, who was a managing director in the Investment Banking division…

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April 13, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Forex Weekly Look Back: April 6th – April 12th

A look back at the most intriguing and popular Forex industry news stories from the past week at LeapRate. To make sure that you receive timely access to all LeapRate news, sign up to our Daily Forex Industry Newsletter on the right… → New York and Chicago’s big-hitters go Bitcoin | https://www.leaprate.com/xeRYs Jamie Coleman joins…

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January 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Jefferies Group may provide $200m assistance to FXCM

According to a report by Bloomberg, quoting people with knowledge of the matter, Jefferies Group has entered discussions with FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) to provide the retail FX broker with $200 million in cash assistance. As LeapRate reported earlier, the US retail FX giant has suffered a $225 million hit due to the adverse trading of…

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