Mosaic Secures the Services of Veteran Execs, Nishat Rezvi and Tim Apps
- Tim Apps and Nishat Rezvi have joined Mosaic and will focus on development and marketing of the group's Smart Analytics platform (MSX).

Joining Mosaic will be Tim Apps, an ex-Deutsche Bank executive, who has stepped into the role as the group’s newest Chief Technology Officer. Alternatively, Mosaic has tapped Nishat Rezvi, formerly of Goldman Sachs, as its Head of European Sales. Both hires have been brought in to culture and develop Mosaic’s Smart Analytics platform (MSX), the group’s paramount data analytics utility, marketed to sell-side institutions.
Mr. Apps joins Mosaic after garnering extensive technology experience in the industry, including the past fifteen years at Deutsche Bank in several senior level roles across the areas of fixed income, electronic pricing, and execution. Ms. Nishat also comes equipped for her new position at Mosaic with a wealth of experience from TIM Group, having held an instrumental role in its multi-asset business development. Prior to TIM, she also worked at Goldman Sachs in 2004, focusing on its electronic Trading Platform Trading Platform In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real-time updates on quotes, charts and is the main frontend which customers are facing.Brokers either use existing trading platforms and sometimes customize them, or develop their own platform from scratch. Since the beginning of the retail FX trading business MetaQuotes and its platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) have been the industry standard, especially when it comes to automated trading.MT4 Shows Resiliency While MT4 has long been seen as ubiquitous amongst brokers’ offerings, a targeted push by MetaQuotes themselves has led to broader adoption of MT5 in recent years. Advanced trading platforms such as MT4 or MT5 also allow access to a wide range of asset classes available for trading.The development of trading platforms over the past decade has failed to successfully dethrone MT4 or MT5, notably in the retail market. However, in institutional markets, brokerage companies and banking entities also construct and utilize proprietary currency trading platforms to help satisfy internal needs with trades executed through institutional trading channels.By far the most important parameter for many retail clients is the optionality and pairs available on trading platforms. Additionally, demand by traders has led to a greater emphasis on newer features such as advanced charting and other tools. In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real-time updates on quotes, charts and is the main frontend which customers are facing.Brokers either use existing trading platforms and sometimes customize them, or develop their own platform from scratch. Since the beginning of the retail FX trading business MetaQuotes and its platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) have been the industry standard, especially when it comes to automated trading.MT4 Shows Resiliency While MT4 has long been seen as ubiquitous amongst brokers’ offerings, a targeted push by MetaQuotes themselves has led to broader adoption of MT5 in recent years. Advanced trading platforms such as MT4 or MT5 also allow access to a wide range of asset classes available for trading.The development of trading platforms over the past decade has failed to successfully dethrone MT4 or MT5, notably in the retail market. However, in institutional markets, brokerage companies and banking entities also construct and utilize proprietary currency trading platforms to help satisfy internal needs with trades executed through institutional trading channels.By far the most important parameter for many retail clients is the optionality and pairs available on trading platforms. Additionally, demand by traders has led to a greater emphasis on newer features such as advanced charting and other tools. Read this Term for interest rate derivatives.
According to Matthew Hodgson, CEO and Founder, Mosaic Smart Data, in a recent statement on the appointments, “Together, Tim and Nishat bring a hugely valuable combination of financial services experience and specialist sector knowledge to our growing team. These appointments will help Mosaic deliver sophisticated data analytics to sell-side banks, providing them with the tools to empower front-line employees to boost productivity, market share and profitability of client flow.”
“Banks are increasingly recognizing the potential of data analytics in allowing them to develop a more granular understanding of their clients. As the pace of digital change accelerates, those institutions that are able to harness their data intelligently to predict and service their client needs will gain an edge and emerge as the dominant market players. Research from Harvard recently indicated that by 2017, firms using predictive analytics will be 20% more profitable than those without, and I believe innovation focused technology vendors with specialized domain knowledge have an important role to play over the coming years,” added Mr. Apps, Chief Technology Officer, Mosaic Smart Data, in an accompanying statement.
Indeed, “We are experiencing significant demand from sales and trading teams at sell-side institutions for a product that delivers real-time insight into client trading behavior within a user friendly interface. Having experienced the challenges faced by these firms first hand, I am confident that the MSX platform delivers the tools these individuals require to make more informed decisions and operate at their highest efficiency,” noted Ms. Rezvi, Head of European Sales, Mosaic Smart Data.
Joining Mosaic will be Tim Apps, an ex-Deutsche Bank executive, who has stepped into the role as the group’s newest Chief Technology Officer. Alternatively, Mosaic has tapped Nishat Rezvi, formerly of Goldman Sachs, as its Head of European Sales. Both hires have been brought in to culture and develop Mosaic’s Smart Analytics platform (MSX), the group’s paramount data analytics utility, marketed to sell-side institutions.
Mr. Apps joins Mosaic after garnering extensive technology experience in the industry, including the past fifteen years at Deutsche Bank in several senior level roles across the areas of fixed income, electronic pricing, and execution. Ms. Nishat also comes equipped for her new position at Mosaic with a wealth of experience from TIM Group, having held an instrumental role in its multi-asset business development. Prior to TIM, she also worked at Goldman Sachs in 2004, focusing on its electronic Trading Platform Trading Platform In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real-time updates on quotes, charts and is the main frontend which customers are facing.Brokers either use existing trading platforms and sometimes customize them, or develop their own platform from scratch. Since the beginning of the retail FX trading business MetaQuotes and its platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) have been the industry standard, especially when it comes to automated trading.MT4 Shows Resiliency While MT4 has long been seen as ubiquitous amongst brokers’ offerings, a targeted push by MetaQuotes themselves has led to broader adoption of MT5 in recent years. Advanced trading platforms such as MT4 or MT5 also allow access to a wide range of asset classes available for trading.The development of trading platforms over the past decade has failed to successfully dethrone MT4 or MT5, notably in the retail market. However, in institutional markets, brokerage companies and banking entities also construct and utilize proprietary currency trading platforms to help satisfy internal needs with trades executed through institutional trading channels.By far the most important parameter for many retail clients is the optionality and pairs available on trading platforms. Additionally, demand by traders has led to a greater emphasis on newer features such as advanced charting and other tools. In the FX space, a currency trading platform is a software provided by brokers to their respective client base, garnering access as traders in the broader market. Most commonly, this reflects an online interface or mobile app, complete with tools for order processing.Every broker needs one or more trading platforms to accommodate the needs of different clients. Being the backbone of the company’s offering, a trading platform provides clients with quotes, a selection of instruments to trade, real-time updates on quotes, charts and is the main frontend which customers are facing.Brokers either use existing trading platforms and sometimes customize them, or develop their own platform from scratch. Since the beginning of the retail FX trading business MetaQuotes and its platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) have been the industry standard, especially when it comes to automated trading.MT4 Shows Resiliency While MT4 has long been seen as ubiquitous amongst brokers’ offerings, a targeted push by MetaQuotes themselves has led to broader adoption of MT5 in recent years. Advanced trading platforms such as MT4 or MT5 also allow access to a wide range of asset classes available for trading.The development of trading platforms over the past decade has failed to successfully dethrone MT4 or MT5, notably in the retail market. However, in institutional markets, brokerage companies and banking entities also construct and utilize proprietary currency trading platforms to help satisfy internal needs with trades executed through institutional trading channels.By far the most important parameter for many retail clients is the optionality and pairs available on trading platforms. Additionally, demand by traders has led to a greater emphasis on newer features such as advanced charting and other tools. Read this Term for interest rate derivatives.
According to Matthew Hodgson, CEO and Founder, Mosaic Smart Data, in a recent statement on the appointments, “Together, Tim and Nishat bring a hugely valuable combination of financial services experience and specialist sector knowledge to our growing team. These appointments will help Mosaic deliver sophisticated data analytics to sell-side banks, providing them with the tools to empower front-line employees to boost productivity, market share and profitability of client flow.”
“Banks are increasingly recognizing the potential of data analytics in allowing them to develop a more granular understanding of their clients. As the pace of digital change accelerates, those institutions that are able to harness their data intelligently to predict and service their client needs will gain an edge and emerge as the dominant market players. Research from Harvard recently indicated that by 2017, firms using predictive analytics will be 20% more profitable than those without, and I believe innovation focused technology vendors with specialized domain knowledge have an important role to play over the coming years,” added Mr. Apps, Chief Technology Officer, Mosaic Smart Data, in an accompanying statement.
Indeed, “We are experiencing significant demand from sales and trading teams at sell-side institutions for a product that delivers real-time insight into client trading behavior within a user friendly interface. Having experienced the challenges faced by these firms first hand, I am confident that the MSX platform delivers the tools these individuals require to make more informed decisions and operate at their highest efficiency,” noted Ms. Rezvi, Head of European Sales, Mosaic Smart Data.