While FMLS was celebrating its tenth anniversary 12 months, Saxo Financial institution was marking its thirtieth 12 months in operation. An everyday at FMLS, Charles White-Thomson ‘Charlie’, the CEO of Saxo Markets UK, is a person that oozes old-school English attraction. In actual fact, if the Broccoli household had been trying to solid the subsequent James Bond from somebody within the retail FX area, then they need to look no additional than Charlie, who like Bond, is a former officer within the British Military.
Within the interview, my first of the convention, so you will excuse the rawness in manufacturing, Charlie was requested in regards to the secret to Saxo Financial institution’s longevity within the trade. “Saxo began as a dealer after which moved rapidly to a fintech,” he defined.
“Since then it is about single platforms; it is about know-how Stacks; it is about offering entry to 50,000 monetary devices for our purchasers each retail and institutional.”
Summing up the success of Saxo, the trade veteran acknowledged assertively: “I feel that the agency has caught to their knitting, what they’ve executed, they do effectively, and invested it.”
After discussing the significance of getting the CEO and Founder nonetheless concerned, speak then moved on to the current sponsorship deal Saxo signed with the main English Rugby Union staff, Harlequins. Charlie spoke of the similarities between the 2 manufacturers, notably within the revolutionary use of know-how and threat administration, describing it as a “actual esprit de corps” between the 2.
When pushed on what the ROI was for Saxo in its sponsorship of Harlequins, the previous Managing Director of Credit score Suisse replied: “For me, it is model. I would really like extra individuals to learn about Saxo in the UK.” He continued: “So, ROI could be new buying and selling purchasers, its model, and it is about leisure too.”
Charlie talked of the “private chemistry” he had with the Harlequins CEO and when requested why Saxo wasn’t going for extra high-profile soccer sponsorships, he spoke of the Saxo strategy “to principally double down on the issues we care about.” Nonetheless, when it got here to soccer, Charlie delivered the Bond-Esque line: “by no means say by no means.”
The dialog moved to Charlie’s personal profession and the modifications within the trade, good and dangerous, throughout this time. He talked passionately in regards to the emergence of nanny finance, our dependency on low-cost cash and the significance of getting fatherly recommendation.
Charlie was important of central financial institution insurance policies over the past decade, “we’re in a brand new paradigm,” he mentioned earlier than delivering some sound, fatherly recommendation of his personal on function on this new paradigm: “handle your threat,” he mentioned. And, with that, the interview was over and Charlie disappeared into the FMLS crowd for one more 12 months.
While FMLS was celebrating its tenth anniversary 12 months, Saxo Financial institution was marking its thirtieth 12 months in operation. An everyday at FMLS, Charles White-Thomson ‘Charlie’, the CEO of Saxo Markets UK, is a person that oozes old-school English attraction. In actual fact, if the Broccoli household had been trying to solid the subsequent James Bond from somebody within the retail FX area, then they need to look no additional than Charlie, who like Bond, is a former officer within the British Military.
Within the interview, my first of the convention, so you will excuse the rawness in manufacturing, Charlie was requested in regards to the secret to Saxo Financial institution’s longevity within the trade. “Saxo began as a dealer after which moved rapidly to a fintech,” he defined.
“Since then it is about single platforms; it is about know-how Stacks; it is about offering entry to 50,000 monetary devices for our purchasers each retail and institutional.”
Summing up the success of Saxo, the trade veteran acknowledged assertively: “I feel that the agency has caught to their knitting, what they’ve executed, they do effectively, and invested it.”
After discussing the significance of getting the CEO and Founder nonetheless concerned, speak then moved on to the current sponsorship deal Saxo signed with the main English Rugby Union staff, Harlequins. Charlie spoke of the similarities between the 2 manufacturers, notably within the revolutionary use of know-how and threat administration, describing it as a “actual esprit de corps” between the 2.
When pushed on what the ROI was for Saxo in its sponsorship of Harlequins, the previous Managing Director of Credit score Suisse replied: “For me, it is model. I would really like extra individuals to learn about Saxo in the UK.” He continued: “So, ROI could be new buying and selling purchasers, its model, and it is about leisure too.”
Charlie talked of the “private chemistry” he had with the Harlequins CEO and when requested why Saxo wasn’t going for extra high-profile soccer sponsorships, he spoke of the Saxo strategy “to principally double down on the issues we care about.” Nonetheless, when it got here to soccer, Charlie delivered the Bond-Esque line: “by no means say by no means.”
The dialog moved to Charlie’s personal profession and the modifications within the trade, good and dangerous, throughout this time. He talked passionately in regards to the emergence of nanny finance, our dependency on low-cost cash and the significance of getting fatherly recommendation.
Charlie was important of central financial institution insurance policies over the past decade, “we’re in a brand new paradigm,” he mentioned earlier than delivering some sound, fatherly recommendation of his personal on function on this new paradigm: “handle your threat,” he mentioned. And, with that, the interview was over and Charlie disappeared into the FMLS crowd for one more 12 months.
