The Department of Justice (DOJ) announces that Michael Ackerman, who orchestrated a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency investment scheme, pleaded guilty to wire fraud today before United States Chief District Judge Laura Taylor Swain. As FX News Group has reported, Ackerman and the DOJ had been discussing resolution of the proceedings. Ackerman admitted to causing victim losses of…
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FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that FCA licensed Retail FX and CFDs broker Tickmill has hired Derek Wilks as its new CFO. Mr. Wilks’ hiring effectively replaces the role that was filled by Mukid Chowdhury, who left Tickmill earlier this year to become CEO of Trading 212, as was also exclusively reported by FNG. Derek…
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Leading Kenya based online non-dealing forex broker EGM Securities, part of Equiti Group, has announced a corporate partnership with Sterling Capital, a leading investment bank in Kenya for equities and fixed income trading in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The partnership will provide global trading opportunities for Kenyans to trade top-performing global stocks, as well…
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Barclays Investment Bank today announces the appointment of Davide Sala as a Managing Director and Head of Industrials M&A for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will lead Barclays M&A client dialogue for European clients in the industrials sector, working closely with Asim Mullick and Richard Probert, Co-Heads of Industrials Investment Banking. Mr Sala…
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Deutsche Börse today announced a senior appointment. Barbara Roth will join Deutsche Börse as Managing Director Group Audit from her role as Chief Compliance Officer at UniCredit Bank AG on 1 January 2022. Before becoming Chief Compliance Officer at UniCredit, Barbara Roth was Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Compliance from January 2011 until April…
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Financial technology leader FIS (NYSE:FIS) announced the appointment of former FIS and Worldpay executive Stephanie Ferris to its executive leadership team, reporting to Gary Norcross, FIS Chairman and CEO. Stephanie Ferris
CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX), a major provider of online trading and institutional technology solutions, today announced transactions in its shares by senior managers. Euan William Marshall, Chief Financial Officer of CMC Markets, acquired 102 shares at a price of 300p per share in the broker. The transaction is made under the CMC Markets Share Incentive…
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Google LLC has once again been fined by the Russian authorities over disseminating ads of brokerages that do not have the necessary licenses in Russia. The Moscow office of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on Tuesday announced that it fined Google LLC RUB 200,000 for advertising that is not compliant with Russia’s laws. The Moscow…
Coinbase claims that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has plans to sue it over its Lend program. In an article published on Coinbase’s blog, Coinbase’s chief legal officer Paul Grewal states that “the SEC has told us it wants to sue us over Lend. We don’t know why”. Last Wednesday, the SEC…
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Credit Suisse Group AG today announced two internal appointments to the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group. Christine Graeff is appointed Global Head of Human Resources. She succeeds Antoinette Poschung who is retiring by the end of January 2022, entitled to her statutory retirement. Ms Graeff has been Global Head of Communications and Deputy Global…
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