Exclusive FNG… FNG has learned that London Retail FX and CFDS Broker Activtrades Plc has hired Martin Bleisteiner as head of compliance with the team.
Martin Bleisteiner, who lives in Lisbon, Portugal, joins Activtrades from producers Broker Britannia Global Markets, where he has worked in London for the past three years as a senior compliance officer. Prior to his time in Britannia, Martin worked for eight years in the United Kingdom Financial Regulatory Authority, the Financial Behavior Authority (FCA), on supervision, politics and competition – the market department. He also has previous work experience in Market Securities LLP and Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, where he was head of German sales FX. Martin had also worked at Activtrades in 2010-2011 as a FX sales partner at the German Actrades.
We had mentioned earlier this year that the long -term global leader of Activtrades’ risk and compliance, Jonathan Silvester, had left the company. At that time the Activtrades brought to the former executive Etoro Hassan Abbas Datoo to fill the compliance.
Activtrades has authorized subsidiaries in the United Kingdom (FCA), Bahamas (SCB), Italy (CMVM), Portugal (CMVM), Brazil (Bacen) and Mauritius (FSC). The company operates from London, led by the founder, the majority shareholder and the Managing Director Alex Pusco.