After spending less than a year at Octa Markets as Head of Dealing, Anastasios Lamaris is transitioning to Tauro Markets, which was launched in 2024. His role will involve helping develop the broker's offerings, which aims to focus on both retail clients and the B2B sector, providing not only traditional CFDs but also physical cryptocurrencies, stocks, and ETFs.

From Scope and Octa to Tauro Markets: Same Position, Different Firm

Although Lamaris began his career in the FX/CFD industry as a senior forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term dealer for Ober Investments, he first held a C-level position at the Cypriot branch of Scope Markets as Head of Brokerage. He worked there for a total of three years, with his last year as Head of Dealing & Risk.

In May 2024, he changed employers to the Cypriot Octa Markets, where he held the same position. After another year, his job title remains unchanged, but he's now working for Tauro Markets. For Lamaris, this also means a change in residence, as Tauro is headquartered in Dubai.

For Tauro, this is another C-level appointment following the acquisition of Nadine Azzam as Partner-CEO for the MENA region in December. Earlier, in October, Carla Nemr joined the team as Commercial Chief.

A New Player in the FX/CFD Scene

Finance Magnates exclusively reported on the launch of the new brokerage brand Tauro Markets less than six months ago. In a conversation with Co-Founder and CEO Alexander Oelfke, who previously held roles including CEO of BDSwiss, the brand's goal is to go beyond traditional CFD services.

The plans include offering physical stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrencies By using cryptography, virtual currencies, known as cryptocurrencies, are nearly counterfeit-proof digital currencies that are built on blockchain technology. Comprised of decentralized networks, blockchain technology is not overseen by a central authority.Therefore, cryptocurrencies function in a decentralized nature which theoretically makes them immune to government interference. The term, cryptocurrency derives from the origin of the encryption techniques that are employed to secure the netw By using cryptography, virtual currencies, known as cryptocurrencies, are nearly counterfeit-proof digital currencies that are built on blockchain technology. Comprised of decentralized networks, blockchain technology is not overseen by a central authority.Therefore, cryptocurrencies function in a decentralized nature which theoretically makes them immune to government interference. The term, cryptocurrency derives from the origin of the encryption techniques that are employed to secure the netw Read this Term. While the former are no longer unusual for clients of most large brokers, physically backed digital assets remain a rarity.

Moreover, the company claims that the future lies in B2B, targeting not only retail clients but also business customers.

“We are also looking into making our platform B2B-ready in the future because we strongly believe that the majority of broker platforms will not meet the requirements of future customers,” Oelfke said in an interview with Finance Magnates in October.

Tauro Markets is backed by the Synervest Group and co-founded by Alexander Oelfke, Konstantin Oelfke, and David Dubrulle.