Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
July 2021
LCH Appoints Rohit Verma as Head of APAC
Rohit Verma will be responsible for LCH’s operations in Asia Pacific, such as the clearing house’s operations in Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.
24 Exchange Obtains Bermuda License for Crypto Trading: Bitcoin and Ether NDFs
24 Exchange has been granted a "Class T" Digital Asset Business license by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to offer cryptocurrency trading.
Trading Technologies Connects to Warsaw Stock Exchange
Trading Technologies has connected its platform to the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), the national exchange of Poland.
MarketAxess taps ex-HKEX CEO to Board of Directors
MarketAxess has announced Charles Li as the new member of its Board of Directors, effective July 13, 2021, as the firm continues to grow in the Asia-Pacific region.
ASIC Releases Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) Reporting Documents
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released internal dispute resolution (IDR) reporting documents.
CFI Financial Launches Zero Commission Stock Trading With Fractional Shares
CFI Financial Group has expanded its offering to more than 7000 trading products by adding new markets to its range of products.
Your Bourse Adds Match-Prime as Liquidity Provider for MT4
Your Bourse has partnered with Match-Prime Liquidity, which has already connected several brokers to its liquidity pools despite its young age.
FactSet Acquires BTU to integrate energy data and analytics
FactSet has acquired BTU Analytics (BTU), a provider of data and analytics in the North American renewables, power, oil, and natural gas sectors.
FINMA Announces Urban Angehrn as CEO of Swiss Regulator
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has appointed Urban Angehrn as Chief Executive Officer following the Federal Council's approval.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.