This week has seen a number of developments across the financial field, including the influx of commodities such as gold and coffee, as well as the emergent field of cannabis as a tradable entity.
Weekly Interviews
Amercanex’s Steve Janjic Outlines the Emergent Cannabis Industry
Steve Janjic, Founder CEO of Amercanex and Chapdelaine FX New Director of Sales, checked in with Forex Magnates for his exclusive perspective about the genesis of Amercanex and the parallels between FX and Cannabis industries. Read More Here
Talking Mobile Payments , Bitcoins, and Apple Pay with Glidera CEO David Ripley
Despite the widespread use of mobile-based payments for fiat currencies, the introduction of Apple Pay has raised expectations of increased user adoption. Read More Here
Key Executive Moves
Deutsche Bank Appoints Adam Vos as Head of FX for North America
Deutsche Bank AG has reshuffled its Fixed Income and Currencies (FIC) executive team in New York, naming Adam Vos as the bank’s newest Head of FX for North America. Read More Here
European Spot FX Head Mitesh Parikh Parts Ways with Goldman Sachs
Mitesh Parikh, Goldman Sach’s European Head of Spot FX, is parting ways with the banking group, ending a 12-year stint with Goldman to take up employment at a hedge firm. Read More Here
BTIG Expands Futures and Commodities Desk, Hires Two New Traders
BTIG LLC, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking and related brokerage services, announced today it is expanding its Futures and Commodities desk with the hires of Eric Silverman and Jordan Lichtenstein. Read More Here
In Case You Missed It
Coffee: What’s Next?
Coffee can be a volatile market and like many other trading instruments, can rotate between periods of choppiness, trending and simply volatile two-sided action. Read More Here
The Portfolio Benefits of Investing in Gold
Gold maintains a role as a Risk Management vehicle that offers excellent portfolio diversification benefits and provides tail-risk protection. Read More Here
