ATFX Connect won the best B2B liquidity provider award the Finance Magnates London Summit last week.
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B2BROKER is one of the only firms in the online trading industry to hold an investment banking license in Labuan.
Enqvist has worked in the online trading industry for over a decade and joins ATFX Connect from Finalto.
United Fintech said the deal was an equity-based transaction, with Trade Ledger’s owners now stakeholders in the business.
Kinahan has worked in derivatives trading for over 30 years. Prior to being IG’s US CEO, he spent almost two decades at TD Ameritrade.
Mauritius has emerged as one of the main hubs for brokers to start a firm, providing better access to banking than other jurisdictions.
ATFX has built a strong presence across the Middle East over the last five years, particularly in Jordan and the UAE.
ATFX Connect has been one of the main sponsors of the Duke of Edinburgh Cup over the last five years.
Behl joins Scope Prime after a short career break. He has worked in the past as a trader at 26 Degrees and prop firm Akuna Capital.
Georgouras is one of several senior hires that B2PRIME has made in the last 12 months, particularly in its London office.
Brown is one of several senior execs to join B2PRIME over the last 12 months. He has spent the last two and a half years at rival liquidity provider iSAM.
Wale is the third senior hire that B2PRIME has made in London as part of a wider push to expand its team in the UK.
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Scope Prime has integrated with a prime broker network, meaning it can pass superior pricing and execution on to its client base.
Thomas worked with GCEX Founder Lars Holst when he was at Saxo Bank. He also spent almost two decades at Hotspot FX.
Zoumidou worked for IG for over a decade and was most recently Global CEO and Capital.com. Perpetuals.com runs an MTF for perpetual futures trading.
GlobalBlock is profitable and has over $60m in AUM. GCEX says the acquisition will expand its client base in the HNWI sector.
We talk to Angelo Pieries from Taurex Prime about the liquidity provider’s rebrand from Zenfinex, who they are serving, and what clients want.
We speak to Paul Woolman about the launch of spot futures trading, the reasons CME Group launched the product, and why traders like them.
GCEX said its partnership with OpenPayd is part of its efforts to improve access to payments services that are secure and well-regulated.
Fortress Core partners can earn 30% of revenues that clients they introduce bring to the firm, with the opportunity to work from anywhere too.
Nichols joins the firm after a stint as Chief Commercial Officer at Match-Prime Liquidity. He is tasked with growing the Hantec Prime business.
The phoney Central Reserve Authority of Western Sahara purports to oversee financial services activities in the disputed territory.
B2PRIME said it will use its newly regulated entity to onboard clients from the UAE and wider Gulf region.
ATFX Connect clients will be able to access the suite of products via the liquidity provider’s end to end technology stack.
We speak to Dennis Weissert and Chris Twort from iSAM Securities about their new tech platform Parallax, which gives a live overview of rev share agreements.
Drummond worked at Pepperstone for close to a decade and was most recently Head of Market Risk for EMEA. He will work in LMAX’s HQ in London.
The partnership will see Caladan providing liquidity to financial institutions that trade on the Finery Markets platform.
BrightPool was the market maker for IG Group’s Germany-based exchange Spectrum Markets, which was closed last year.
Mukherjee will work with United Fintech CEO Christian Frahm on identifying new acquisition targets and wider M&A strategy.
The stablecoin issuer says Bo Hines, who resigned from his role in the White House last week, will help the firm expand into the US.
Gillespie will be tasked with growing the GCEX business among brokers, professional investors, and other institutional clients.
We speak to ATFX Connect Managing Director Wei Zhang about what it means to be at true Prime of Prime and why it matters.
Williams has held senior roles in government and within financial services, including a stint as Chief Economist at Lloyds.
Collins joins oneZero following the departure of prior institutional sales head Stuart Brock in June.
Argamon will use its technology and regulatory set up to offer access to the liquidity and market making capabilities that TOA Labs offers.
Azul Markets has a license in Mauritius and offers MT5. The other co-founders are Andrzej Draniewicz and Paulius Paražinskas.
The Smarter Web Company started operating a ‘Bitcoin treasury strategy’ in 2023, with its shares seeing huge gains this year.
Fortress Core Connect will be able to provide access to liquidity and technology in Europe, via its partnership with ATFX Connect.
Rostro Group, which owns Scope Markets and Scope Prime, will give the money to local NGOs and authorities via the Rostro Foundation.
We talk to 26 Degrees Chief Commercial Officer James Alexander about extended hours US equities, hedge funds, and handling sharp flow.
The new offering from Rostro Group will mean B2B clients can access crypto pricing and liquidity from a single margin account.
Hilbert Group is looking to run an active corporate treasury programme for other companies. The goal seems to be to focus on European companies.
ATFX Connect has sponsored the Duke of Edinburgh – a charity gold tournament – for several years now.
Fortress Core Connect provides technology, liquidity and other infrastructure to brokers.
Mirarchi will oversee the expansion of ATFX Connect in Latin America, including rolling out white labels, NDFs, and digital asset trading.
Oliver is the second trading executive to move from Exinity to Rostro Group this year. Rostro operates retail brands FXTM and Nemo.
Panbari joins CME Group after almost 14 years at LSEG Data and Analytics. CME is pushing more non-US retail brokers to add ETDs trading.
Maggioni joins Hirose Financial from Finalto, where he spent almost two years as Sales Director. He has also worked at retail brokers, like LCG and ActivTrades.
Simon Halliday brings over three decades of experience to MAS Group, with stints at Nomura, Lehman Brothers, and UBS.
We speak to the B2BROKER Chief Business Officer about the launch of the tech company’s latest product – Liquidity Provider Turnkey.
ATFX Connect was represented by AFTX Australia Country Head Simon Naish and Managing Director of Institutional Business Ivan Wong.
More than 80 senior executives from brokers, prop trading firms, and other financial services businesses attended the event last week.
The Growth 500 lists all UK companies which have a turnover in excess of £3m, regardless of what sector they’re in.
Ouinex traders will now be able to access deep liquidity across different asset classes, with a connection ATFX Connect.
Hasanin has worked in the online trading industry for more than 20 years. He joins Rostro Group from Equiti Group, where he spent almost seven years.
Scope Prime will provide ZXCM with liquidity and technology to help support its retail-facing activities.
Standard Chartered is the second major investment bank that ATFX Connect has set up with for prime brokerage services.
The FRSA said it will prohibit privacy coins and also make changes to fees and capital requirements for crypto firms operating in the ADGM.
Brock has worked in eFX sales roles for almost two decades and joins B2PRIME after a nearly five year-long stint with oneZero.
Record trading volumes on the CME have been heavily driven by trading in speculative products with small contract sizes.
GCEX clients can now access different oil, metals, and natural gas products, all tradable as CFDs. GCEX also offers tech solutions to brokers.
The integration means 26 Degrees can offer clients extended hours trading in US equities, which is particularly beneficial for Asian traders.
Financial institutions can use the Scope Prime offering to take a position in JSE stocks without paying the Securities Transfer Tax.
Fortress Core will use FTT’s technology to provide its clients with access to high quality liquidity sources and execution across asset classes.
Parker joins EXANTE with more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was previously CRO at Sberbank UK.
Hastings joins INFINOX from rival B2B liquidity provider Praxis Digital. He has held other institutional sales roles at Finalto and IG Group.
Goldfarb joins B2PRIME from Edgewater Markets. He is the second major hire that the liquidity provider has made in the last month.
Wladdimiro joins B2PRIME after two decades working on the institutional side of the business, with stints at Barclays, 360t, and Deutsche Bank.
StoneX got an ok valuation that will allow it to grow, plus it gets access to all of the RJ O’Brien business that it would otherwise struggle to acquire.
The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, with potential cost synergies of $50m.
24 Exchange will be able to offer companies access to CobaltFX’s more cost effective credit mechanism.
Zodia Markets will now be able to price clients via the Finery Markets ECN, using request for quote pricing.
Spark Systems is an FX technology provider. The company received investment from broker ATFX towards the end of 2024.
Johansen will work from United Fintech headquarters in Copenhagen, with responsibility for the company’s set of global offices.
We talk to Scope Prime’s newest recruit about how life has changed for brokers since the pandemic started.
CFI has been expanding heavily over the past few years, with its new division aimed at attracting professional traders and B2B clients.
amana offers attractive features to its B2B clients, including crypto margin options and access to spot crypto trading.
Georgiou joins Scope Prime from Deriv Prime, the B2B arm of Deriv. She has worked in the brokerage industry for over five years.
24 Exchange is the second electronic trading platform to be approved by the London-based clearing house.
We talk to the Co-Founder of Fortress Core Prime about the company’s plans and what they’ll be working on with ATFX.
MAS Digital is the cryptocurrency trading arm of MAS Group. The integration will mean clients can trade against Fusion Digital liquidity.
Sage Capital will act as a liquidity provider across all of the different Finery Markets product lines.
Khan is the latest in a series of senior executives to join ATFX.
Zhang is the second major hire that MAS Group has made in Australia over the last few months.
The addition of Crypto.com means pricing for the products is now derived from 98% of all global trading volumes in the pair.
The integration means that Edgewater liquidity will be distributed via the Gold-i MatrixNET aggregator.
iSAM Securities has made several key changes to its personnel and set of products over the last two years.
26 Degrees now offers trading in more than 2,000 stock and ETF CFDs, with this new launch particularly beneficial for clients in Asia.
Finery Markets had already passed the first examination, which shows it has the correct systems and tools in place to operate a crypto ECN.
Dalley has been Head of Netherlands for Cboe over the last two years. He has been with the firm since 2017, after it acquired BATS Global Markets.
CME Group said the new micro futures contracts will be one-tenth the size of their existing counterparts and be cash settled.
Christou joins the firm from rival company Exinity. Charalambous has also held senior roles at leading firms, like eToro and Binance.
Knapp will continue in his role as Chief Risk Officer at Rostro Group, which owns Scope Markets. He will help role out options and futures for clients.
XTX Markets Chief Technology Officer Joshua Leahy said the investment would mean the market maker can “build ahead of its needs.”
HiddenRoad is one of the first firms to have received approval from the Dutch regulator for the license, which came into play this year.
Twort has been with iSAM for a decade, having helped launch its prime broker division. More recently he’s worked on the firm’s funds.
BITA makes custom indices, where the exposure can be hedged. The company already has partnerships with XM and other firms.
Kearabilwe Nonyana is the latest in a series of executives to have joined Scope Prime. He will work from the company’s Johannesburg office.
Scope Prime said in a statement that the new pairs were added to its liquidity offering in response to demand from existing clients.
