MAS
Markets, an FCA-regulated multi-asset liquidity supplier, has appointed Saul
Knapp as Chief Threat Officer (CRO), the corporate mentioned immediately (Wednesday).
Knapp joins
from Rostro Group’s institutional arm Scope Prime, the place he had served as
Managing Director of Futures and Choices whereas persevering with in his Group CRO
capability since early 2025.
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In his new
function, Knapp will oversee market, operational and credit score danger frameworks at MAS
Markets, the corporate mentioned. He referenced operational resilience and know-how
as priorities.
“There
is a robust alternative to additional improve operational resilience, leverage
know-how…” Knapp mentioned within the firm’s announcement.
Knapp’s
profession in markets stretches again to 1992, when he managed a gaggle of
derivatives merchants and runners on the ground of the London Worldwide
Monetary Futures Change.
After a
stint as an assistant danger supervisor at KAS Affiliate Financial institution, he moved by means of
proprietary buying and selling roles at Saxon Financials overlaying bonds, FX and vitality,
finally heading the agency’s world market danger staff.
He spent
two years as CRO at Equiti Capital between June 2020 and Could 2022, having
joined the dealer as a senior dealer. Earlier than that, he held a quick CRO posting
at Britannia International Markets and earlier labored as a senior dealer at GKFX.
Knapp moved
to Rostro Group in mid-2022, first as Group Chief
Working Officer after which as Group CRO from January 2024.
Simon Blackledge, Supply: LinkedIn
A 12 months
later, he was promoted to Managing Director of Futures and Choices when Rostro launched its direct market
entry providing
by means of partnerships with order administration suppliers TT and CQG, opening consumer
routes into CME Group, ICE and Eurex contracts.
CEO and
founder Simon Blackledge, who described the rent as a “key milestone”
for the agency, mentioned the appointment helps the corporate’s enlargement technique,
in response to the announcement.
MAS Markets Builds Out
After 92% Income Bounce
The
appointment continues a hiring run at MAS Markets. The agency reported full-year 2025 income of £6.13
million, a 92% improve from £3.19 million the 12 months prior, with buying and selling volumes up 81%
year-on-year.
Gross
revenue reached £3.23 million, though EBITDA of £535,082 mirrored a better
working value base, which the corporate attributed to funding in employees and
infrastructure.
In January,
the corporate appointed three institutional
executives,
together with former International Market Index Head of Institutional Gross sales Michael Quirk.
Final
summer time, father or mother MAS Group recruited former England rugby worldwide and
ex-Lehman Brothers banker Simon Halliday as Key Partnerships
Adviser, broadening
the agency’s outreach throughout conventional and digital finance.
MAS Markets
hosts execution infrastructure within the LD4 and TY3 information centres, the corporate
mentioned, with relationships throughout Tier 1 financial institution counterparties.
Liquidity Suppliers Stack
Senior Threat Hires
Threat
management has develop into a recurring theme throughout the institutional FX and CFD
ecosystem.
Superior
Markets, an institutional FX and prime-of-prime supplier, appointed Sammy Christou as Chief
Threat Officer in
2021. Christou subsequently joined Rostro Group as Managing Director of
Systematic Market Making in early 2025.
Multi-asset
dealer Sucden Monetary earlier this 12 months promoted former FCA Lead Affiliate
Bruno Almeida to Chief Monetary Officer after recruiting him as director of
regulatory and monetary dangers.
MAS
Markets, an FCA-regulated multi-asset liquidity supplier, has appointed Saul
Knapp as Chief Threat Officer (CRO), the corporate mentioned immediately (Wednesday).
Knapp joins
from Rostro Group’s institutional arm Scope Prime, the place he had served as
Managing Director of Futures and Choices whereas persevering with in his Group CRO
capability since early 2025.
Singapore Summit: Meet the biggest
APAC brokers you understand (and people you continue to do not!)
In his new
function, Knapp will oversee market, operational and credit score danger frameworks at MAS
Markets, the corporate mentioned. He referenced operational resilience and know-how
as priorities.
“There
is a robust alternative to additional improve operational resilience, leverage
know-how…” Knapp mentioned within the firm’s announcement.
Knapp’s
profession in markets stretches again to 1992, when he managed a gaggle of
derivatives merchants and runners on the ground of the London Worldwide
Monetary Futures Change.
After a
stint as an assistant danger supervisor at KAS Affiliate Financial institution, he moved by means of
proprietary buying and selling roles at Saxon Financials overlaying bonds, FX and vitality,
finally heading the agency’s world market danger staff.
He spent
two years as CRO at Equiti Capital between June 2020 and Could 2022, having
joined the dealer as a senior dealer. Earlier than that, he held a quick CRO posting
at Britannia International Markets and earlier labored as a senior dealer at GKFX.
Knapp moved
to Rostro Group in mid-2022, first as Group Chief
Working Officer after which as Group CRO from January 2024.
Simon Blackledge, Supply: LinkedIn
A 12 months
later, he was promoted to Managing Director of Futures and Choices when Rostro launched its direct market
entry providing
by means of partnerships with order administration suppliers TT and CQG, opening consumer
routes into CME Group, ICE and Eurex contracts.
CEO and
founder Simon Blackledge, who described the rent as a “key milestone”
for the agency, mentioned the appointment helps the corporate’s enlargement technique,
in response to the announcement.
MAS Markets Builds Out
After 92% Income Bounce
The
appointment continues a hiring run at MAS Markets. The agency reported full-year 2025 income of £6.13
million, a 92% improve from £3.19 million the 12 months prior, with buying and selling volumes up 81%
year-on-year.
Gross
revenue reached £3.23 million, though EBITDA of £535,082 mirrored a better
working value base, which the corporate attributed to funding in employees and
infrastructure.
In January,
the corporate appointed three institutional
executives,
together with former International Market Index Head of Institutional Gross sales Michael Quirk.
Final
summer time, father or mother MAS Group recruited former England rugby worldwide and
ex-Lehman Brothers banker Simon Halliday as Key Partnerships
Adviser, broadening
the agency’s outreach throughout conventional and digital finance.
MAS Markets
hosts execution infrastructure within the LD4 and TY3 information centres, the corporate
mentioned, with relationships throughout Tier 1 financial institution counterparties.
Liquidity Suppliers Stack
Senior Threat Hires
Threat
management has develop into a recurring theme throughout the institutional FX and CFD
ecosystem.
Superior
Markets, an institutional FX and prime-of-prime supplier, appointed Sammy Christou as Chief
Threat Officer in
2021. Christou subsequently joined Rostro Group as Managing Director of
Systematic Market Making in early 2025.
Multi-asset
dealer Sucden Monetary earlier this 12 months promoted former FCA Lead Affiliate
Bruno Almeida to Chief Monetary Officer after recruiting him as director of
regulatory and monetary dangers.
