Amidst an outflow of personnel at Morgan Stanley, the group has made a key appointment, tapping Sam Kellie-Smith as the lender’s new global fixed-income head as the bank…
Posts published in January 2016
Was the SNB Crisis the Donald Trump Moment for the Forex Industry?
Having entered the US Presidential race with no political background, Donald Trump’s leading position in GOP polls has been a surprise to many. More surprising…
Talking Thalesians: Ancient Wisdom and Speculation in FX
One of the first things people want to know when they meet Saeed Amen, Co-Founder and Consulting Quant for The Thalesians, is: what does Thalesians…
SNB Crisis Anniversary: A Timeline of Panic
“January 15th 2015 was a morning like any other, until all hell broke loose. The first sign that something out of the ordinary was afoot,…
IG Group Holdings Appoints Deloitte’s Mark Ward as Interim CFO
Online financial trading giant IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has unveiled this morning that the company has on-boarded a new interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO).…
Fortress Prime Dubai Checks Turn to Empty Promises Once More
After a number of promises made by the senior management of Fortress Prime, the Dubai based prime clearing unit of Fortress Capital Investments, clients of…
After helping to develop the London Stock Exchange Group’s trading system, Tony Weeresinghe left the exchange operator in 2014 and arrived as the Chairman and…
Breaking: Turkish Regulator Reduces Leverage for Small Accounts
Turkish brokers and market participants were abruptly greeted with a new playing field today, with a number of key margin changes implemented to small-cap accounts,…
Hedgeable’s Bitcoin Allocations Pay off for Investors in 2015
Last year, Finance Magnates covered the launch of a launched by digital wealth management firm, Hedgeable. The product let users enter their predictions for the…
Barclays and Citigroup Draw Lawsuits From Former FX Traders
Following a string of fines for foreign exchange (FX) manipulation from both US and UK regulatory authorities over the past year, Barclays and Citigroup will…