GAIN Capital Secures Alex Howard as Managing Director of APAC Region

GAIN Capital Holdings, the largest provider of retail FX in the United States, announced today that it has appointed Alex Howard as Managing Director of the Asia Pacific region, excluding China. Howard’s new position was effective from September 3, 2018.

The move to GAIN Capital ends Howard’s eight-year-long tenure at online brokerage IG Group. In the newly created role, Howard will be based in GAIN’s office in Singapore. He will be responsible for the strategic Execution Execution Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Read this Term and performance of the firm’s retail business in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Southeast Asia.

Commenting on the appointment, Samantha Roady, President of Retail Trading Retail Trading In finance, retail trading refers to individual traders, trading through a broker, or on a platform. This can include novice traders and experienced traders. Trading and investing are divided into two categories, retail and institutional. Institutions include investment banks like JP Morgan or Citibank and global central banks like the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. When we talk about retail trading however, we usually are referring to forex trading, but there are retail trade In finance, retail trading refers to individual traders, trading through a broker, or on a platform. This can include novice traders and experienced traders. Trading and investing are divided into two categories, retail and institutional. Institutions include investment banks like JP Morgan or Citibank and global central banks like the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. When we talk about retail trading however, we usually are referring to forex trading, but there are retail trade Read this Term at GAIN, said: "We are very pleased to welcome Alex to the GAIN leadership team. His deep industry knowledge and extensive experience developing and leading commercial strategies in the Asia Pacific region will be extremely valuable as we look to scale our key markets in the region, including Singapore, Australia and Japan, as well as develop our business in fast growing, emerging markets in Southeast Asia.”

Howard ends his eight-year tenure at IG Group

Most recently, Howard was the Head of APAC for IG Group. Initially, he joined the online broker in 2010 as Head of Operations, before being promoted to Vice President in 2012 and then on to Head of IG, Japan in 2014, before his most recent position at the firm.

Howard also commented on his new role: "GAIN has made tremendous progress over the last few years growing its retail business in the US, UK and Europe, and I look forward to continuing to build on that momentum in the Asia Pacific region, which is a dynamic and diverse region undergoing rapid transformation in retail financial services. There is substantial opportunity for expansion of GAIN's business in the region and we believe it will be a key contributor to the firm's future growth."

Howard has also worked at BGC Partners. Between 2000 and 2003 he attended the University of Cambridge, where he gained a master's degree in history.