London-based BidX Markets, a multi-asset liquidity solutions provider, has strengthened its executive team with the latest appointment of James Roddy as the Head of Institutional Sales. He will be based in London and report directly to the BidX CEO, Simon Blackledge.
“I’m incredibly pleased to be joining BidX Markets, a firm I was drawn to due to the integrity the business is built on and the respectable work ethic that it has become well known for,” said Roddy in a statement.
“The firm is constantly evolving and enhancing its service offering to lead the way in terms of delivering the most advanced trading environment for professional traders.”
An Experienced Industry Executive
Roddy brings more than 20 years of financial industry experience to his new role. He joined BidX from BOSONIC, a California-based cryptocurrency company, where he was the Sales Director of Institutional Sales for five months.
Before that, Roddy was a Business Development Manager at London-based VIBHS Financial UK for six long years. He further gained working experience with brokerages during his time at ICM Capital, Valbury Capital and ODL Securities.
He started his career in the industry in 1997 with now TP ICAP as a Brokerage Assistant and later moved to BGC Partners in the role of Bond and Credit Default Swaps Broker.
Moves at BidX
Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the largest financial regulator for all financial markets in the United Kingdom (UK).The UK regulator is responsible for the conduct of firms authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Moreover, the FCA is also responsible for the regulation of behavior in retail and wholesale financial markets, supervision of the trading infrastructure that supports those markets, and the prudential regulation of firms not regulated by the PRA. Its role includes protecting consumers, keeping the industry stable, and promoting healthy competition between financial service providers. The FCA publishes and updates a guide handbook that sets out the rules, guidance, and provisions made by the FCA under its powers. The FCA has supervisory authorities overall financial services firms conducting regulated activities, such as offering loans, car financing deals, any consumer credit. Investment firms carrying on certain activities concerning financial instruments such as shares and bonds, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) requires you to be authorized. Businesses are providing pre-paid cards or other such financial services, money transfers, E-money, and credit cards. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ExplainedThe Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for all financial activities conducted in the UK or by UK citizens. Parliament gave the FCA a single strategic objective – to ensure that relevant markets function well – and three operational goals to advance, i.e. protecting consumers, integrity, and promoting competition.The FCA has been instrumental in policing the forex industry, including curbing market abuse in the form of scams, schemes, clones, etc. Recent years has seen the authority take a harder stance on investment products, including forex, contracts-for-difference (CFDs), and binary options.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the largest financial regulator for all financial markets in the United Kingdom (UK).The UK regulator is responsible for the conduct of firms authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Moreover, the FCA is also responsible for the regulation of behavior in retail and wholesale financial markets, supervision of the trading infrastructure that supports those markets, and the prudential regulation of firms not regulated by the PRA. Its role includes protecting consumers, keeping the industry stable, and promoting healthy competition between financial service providers. The FCA publishes and updates a guide handbook that sets out the rules, guidance, and provisions made by the FCA under its powers. The FCA has supervisory authorities overall financial services firms conducting regulated activities, such as offering loans, car financing deals, any consumer credit. Investment firms carrying on certain activities concerning financial instruments such as shares and bonds, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) requires you to be authorized. Businesses are providing pre-paid cards or other such financial services, money transfers, E-money, and credit cards. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ExplainedThe Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for all financial activities conducted in the UK or by UK citizens. Parliament gave the FCA a single strategic objective – to ensure that relevant markets function well – and three operational goals to advance, i.e. protecting consumers, integrity, and promoting competition.The FCA has been instrumental in policing the forex industry, including curbing market abuse in the form of scams, schemes, clones, etc. Recent years has seen the authority take a harder stance on investment products, including forex, contracts-for-difference (CFDs), and binary options.
), BidX have made few other significant hires over the recent months. It onboarded Robert Brown as the Head of Strategic Development and Arun Lakhani as the Operations Manager, Finance Magnates reported earlier.
“As a growing trading solutions provider, we have been expanding our team over the past months to maintain the highest level of service and support our professional clients have become used to,” Simon Blackledge, the Founder and CEO of BidX Markets, said.
London-based BidX Markets, a multi-asset liquidity solutions provider, has strengthened its executive team with the latest appointment of James Roddy as the Head of Institutional Sales. He will be based in London and report directly to the BidX CEO, Simon Blackledge.
“I’m incredibly pleased to be joining BidX Markets, a firm I was drawn to due to the integrity the business is built on and the respectable work ethic that it has become well known for,” said Roddy in a statement.
“The firm is constantly evolving and enhancing its service offering to lead the way in terms of delivering the most advanced trading environment for professional traders.”
An Experienced Industry Executive
Roddy brings more than 20 years of financial industry experience to his new role. He joined BidX from BOSONIC, a California-based cryptocurrency company, where he was the Sales Director of Institutional Sales for five months.
Before that, Roddy was a Business Development Manager at London-based VIBHS Financial UK for six long years. He further gained working experience with brokerages during his time at ICM Capital, Valbury Capital and ODL Securities.
He started his career in the industry in 1997 with now TP ICAP as a Brokerage Assistant and later moved to BGC Partners in the role of Bond and Credit Default Swaps Broker.
Moves at BidX
Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the largest financial regulator for all financial markets in the United Kingdom (UK).The UK regulator is responsible for the conduct of firms authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Moreover, the FCA is also responsible for the regulation of behavior in retail and wholesale financial markets, supervision of the trading infrastructure that supports those markets, and the prudential regulation of firms not regulated by the PRA. Its role includes protecting consumers, keeping the industry stable, and promoting healthy competition between financial service providers. The FCA publishes and updates a guide handbook that sets out the rules, guidance, and provisions made by the FCA under its powers. The FCA has supervisory authorities overall financial services firms conducting regulated activities, such as offering loans, car financing deals, any consumer credit. Investment firms carrying on certain activities concerning financial instruments such as shares and bonds, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) requires you to be authorized. Businesses are providing pre-paid cards or other such financial services, money transfers, E-money, and credit cards. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ExplainedThe Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for all financial activities conducted in the UK or by UK citizens. Parliament gave the FCA a single strategic objective – to ensure that relevant markets function well – and three operational goals to advance, i.e. protecting consumers, integrity, and promoting competition.The FCA has been instrumental in policing the forex industry, including curbing market abuse in the form of scams, schemes, clones, etc. Recent years has seen the authority take a harder stance on investment products, including forex, contracts-for-difference (CFDs), and binary options.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the largest financial regulator for all financial markets in the United Kingdom (UK).The UK regulator is responsible for the conduct of firms authorized under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Moreover, the FCA is also responsible for the regulation of behavior in retail and wholesale financial markets, supervision of the trading infrastructure that supports those markets, and the prudential regulation of firms not regulated by the PRA. Its role includes protecting consumers, keeping the industry stable, and promoting healthy competition between financial service providers. The FCA publishes and updates a guide handbook that sets out the rules, guidance, and provisions made by the FCA under its powers. The FCA has supervisory authorities overall financial services firms conducting regulated activities, such as offering loans, car financing deals, any consumer credit. Investment firms carrying on certain activities concerning financial instruments such as shares and bonds, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) requires you to be authorized. Businesses are providing pre-paid cards or other such financial services, money transfers, E-money, and credit cards. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ExplainedThe Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for all financial activities conducted in the UK or by UK citizens. Parliament gave the FCA a single strategic objective – to ensure that relevant markets function well – and three operational goals to advance, i.e. protecting consumers, integrity, and promoting competition.The FCA has been instrumental in policing the forex industry, including curbing market abuse in the form of scams, schemes, clones, etc. Recent years has seen the authority take a harder stance on investment products, including forex, contracts-for-difference (CFDs), and binary options.
), BidX have made few other significant hires over the recent months. It onboarded Robert Brown as the Head of Strategic Development and Arun Lakhani as the Operations Manager, Finance Magnates reported earlier.
“As a growing trading solutions provider, we have been expanding our team over the past months to maintain the highest level of service and support our professional clients have become used to,” Simon Blackledge, the Founder and CEO of BidX Markets, said.