LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that retail FX broker Markets.com will be launching a new product soon - the MarketsX platform. CEO Joe Rundle joins us today to tell us all about it. Joe Rundle has been in the Retail FX and CFDs business for 15 years. He began his career at ETX Capital in 2004,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that experienced FX industry marketing executive Vincenzo Roselli has joined Markets.com as the company's new Head of Business. Vincenzo Roselli is joining Markets.com, the retail FX arm of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), from FX and crypto affiliate group Investoo.com, where he had spent just over a year in charge of growing Investoo’s relationships with…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Markets.com, the Retail FX and CFD brokerage arm of online gaming and financial giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), is planning on launching a new branded service targeting the high end of the retail client spectrum. The new service will be called MarketsX. Looking to break out of its long-term core area…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) is continuing to reshape the management team at its financial division TradeTech Group. Most recently, Playtech has replaced the CEO at its FCA regulated arm TradeTech Alpha Limited. Leaving the company is Stephen Williams, CEO of TradeTech Alpha since the company's…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime Retail FX executive Joe Rundle has left his position as Director of Trading and Partnerships at ThinkMarkets, and joined Markets.com as its new CEO. Markets.com is the Retail FX brand name of CySEC licensed Safecap Investments Ltd., owned ultimately by Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). Joe Rundle has been in the…
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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…
Read moreLeapRate 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)…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that longtime ETX Capital executive Joe Rundle has resigned from the company. Rundle had been with the FCA-regulated ETX for more than 12 years, and along with ETX CEO Andrew Edwards was one of the few remaining employees at ETX dating back to before the company's takeover by an investor…
Read moreETX Capital is on a roll, and apparently isn't afraid of shaking things up a little in the M&A market. The London-based online Forex broker acquired Ireland-based financial spreadbetting company Shelbourne Markets in June, bringing on board about 10,000 new clients. In 2012 ETX acquired certain assets of bankrupt WorldSpreads. But this deal is different.…
Read moreFollowing last week's purchase by ETX Capital of Shelbourne Markets, Head of Trading Joe Rundle elaborates on the firm's recent expansion success and future plans.
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