Jonathan Slone Appointed As Chairman of Jefferies Asian Operations
Jefferies Group LLC appointed Jonathan Slone as chairman of Asia who will focus on financial firm’s major relationships for investment banking and trading.
Karthik Subramanian
Digital Assets Correspondent
Karthik Subramanian is a founder, writer, and technology consultant with nine years in the crypto ecosystem. He covers token economics, L1/L2 infrastructure, DeFi protocols, wallets/custody, and the bridge between crypto and forex—broker technology, liquidity, and macro drivers. Karthik’s writing focuses on clear, practical frameworks that help professionals evaluate new products and on-chain innovation alongside FX market realities.
July 2019
Equities Positive on Data Driven Momentum, USD Declines on Rate Cut Bets
Data-driven momentum dominated the market, Citi Group earnings in focus, bank stock cues to dominate price action in positive US market, rate cut bets.
Utah Based Fillmore Advisors Acquired By INTL FCStone
New York-based NASDAQ listed financial service provider INTL FCStone has acquired Utah based outsourced trading firm Fillmore Advisors.
European Equities Positive on Bank Stock Led Gains, US PPI in Focus
Fed rate cut expectations and weak USD boosts risk on trading activity in the global market, US PPI inflation data awaited for short term trading cues.
Equities Decline for Third Consecutive Session, US Job Openings & Powell Speech in Focus
US calendar sees the release of JOLTs job openings data and speech from multiple Federal Reserve members – Powell, Bostic, and Quarles.
Romain Le Baud Promoted To Head of Marketing at Swissquote
A recent announcement made by the Swiss banking giant Swissquote stated that it has promoted Romain Le Baud to the role of head of marketing.
Thomas Hirschi Appointed as Head of Asset Management at FINMA
As per the recent announcement made by the Swiss financial market supervisory Authority FINMA, Thomas Hirschi is the new Head of Asset Management division.
Equities Decline on Fading Fed Rate Cut Expectations
Speculative betting and news driven momentum to dictate price action in US market hours amid silent macro calendar schedule.
Deutsche Bank’s Deputy CEO Garth Ritchie to Step down from the Board
As per the recent announcement made by Deutsche Bank, Garth Ritchie who has been with the firm for more two decades is resigning from the bank.
SocGen’s Agriculture Commodity Executives Join Marex Solutions
Marex Spectron, the firm has managed to hire two of former Societe Generale’s executives to join its agriculture commodities division.
DigitalX Non-Executive Director Stephen Roberts Resigns from the Firm
DigitalX Ltd, Stephen Roberts who has been serving as one its Non-Executive Director has resigned from his role and cut ties with the firm.
Artur Filipowicz Appointed As Head of Institutional Sales at MultiBank
Filipowicz will work as the broker's head of institutional sales of Multibank.
Catherine Coley to Join Binance as Its Chief Executive Officer for US Joint Venture
Binance has been steadily growing its business in global market despite cryptocurrency market facing a big hiccup during post 2017 cryptocurrency market crash.
Equities Mixed, European Indices Rally on Lagarde Nomination, US ISM Data in Focus
ECB Draghi successor nomination update boosts market bulls, but growth woes cap gains.
Founder & CEO of Fastmatch Inc., Dmitri Galinov Set to Launch FX Derivate Exchange
FX veteran Dmitri Galinov, working for Fastmatch, has started a derivative exchange which is focused on making market access cheaper for exchange members.
Also filing this week: Rick Steves and Abdelaziz Fathi.