Simon is the latest in a string of executives to join MAS Markets over the last 18 months, including senior hires from brokers and tech providers.

The ATFX client insurance fund was launched last month. It provides protection for traders up to $1m and is underwritten by a leading insurance provider.

This is the fifth major integration that Centroid Solutions has completed in the last two months, including another with the London Stock Exchange Group.

Lokhandwala joins ADSS in their Dubai office. He was previously at fellow broker Accuindex and has sales experience at other firms in the UAE and India.

We visited the island in the Pacific, met the regulator and the ex-finance minister, saw a tribal dance, and got drunk at the French ambassador's house.