In this week’s executive move roundup: Ron Hammond joined Wintermute in the U.S. expansion, Plus500 hired a new CEO for Australia, B2PRIME onboarded an Executive Sales Trader. At the same time, ABN AMRO brought in the BUX CEO as Innovation Head. Ron Hammond joined Wintermute in the U.S. expansion This week, algorithmic trading firm Wintermute […]
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appointed Katherine Reilly as Acting Inspector General (IG), filling a crucial oversight role at the federal financial regulator, the agency announced this week. SEC Names Katherine Reilly as Acting Inspector General in Key Oversight Role Reilly, who currently serves as Deputy Inspector General, will replace Deborah Jeffrey, who is […]
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Sergei Riabov announced his departure from Revolut on LinkedIn today (Friday). He served at the company for almost three years, most recently as the Head of Wealth & Trading. “After almost 3 incredible years at Revolut, it’s time for me to step away. I’m proud of what we’ve built—a fast-scaling, international brokerage business that now […]
Publicly listed retail trading company Plus500 (LSE: PLUS) has appointed Nick Scarf as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Australian entity, effective this month, as the company continues to strengthen its presence in the Australian market. Plus500 Appoints Marex Executive as CEO of Australian Operations Scarf joins Plus500 from Marex, where he most recently served […]
FXIFY, the oldest broker-backed prop firm, is proud to celebrate its second anniversary, marking two years of industry-defining innovation, trader-first policies, and rapid global growth. Since its inception, FXIFY has paid out over $30 million to its traders and now serves a global community of more than 200,000 active users. In the first quarter of […]
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Torrell Fernandes has joined Fusion Markets as Head of Sales. He shared the update today (Wednesday) on LinkedIn. In his post, Fernandes said he had taken some time away from the brokerage industry to focus on family and reset. He added that he is returning to the sector with a new perspective. Fusion Markets Hires […]
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Crypto.com has appointed former IG Group CEO Kevin Algeo as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Capital Markets. The announcement comes just one day after the cryptocurrency platform revealed its acquisition of a CySEC-regulated broker and expressed its intention to launch a CFD offering beyond its core products in the second half of the year. FX […]
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Algorithmic trading firm Wintermute has established its U.S. headquarters in New York City and appointed Ron Hammond, former Senior Director at the Blockchain Association, as Head of Policy and Advocacy, the company announced today (Thursday). Wintermute Establishes New York Headquarters Wintermute’s expansion into the U.S. market comes as the firm cites improved regulatory conditions for […]
“We entered this space not to be another broker—but to question why the system looks the way it does,” Tajinder Virk, the CEO and co-founder of Finvasia Group, told FinanceMagnates.com as he believes that “the job of a broker is to give you clean access to the market; not bombard you with tools you don’t […]
This week: London’s financial regulator, the FCA, onboarded David Geale as Executive Director for Payments and Digital Finance, and the Managing Director of the Payment Systems Regulator, Former LSEG Director, joined Michael Suppa at TraditionData, while Saxo now has a new UK Head of Compliance. Elsewhere, Tickmill’s Loukas Priovolos moved to Deriv, Cor Prime appointed […]