Franz Schmidpeter Joins Cürex Group as Managing Director, Data Services

NEW YORK, NY – October 7, 2014 – The Cürex Group announced today that Franz Schmidpeter has been named a Managing Director focusing on data services and business development at this New York, NY based institutional foreign exchange execution, product development and index data company. Mr. Schmidpeter, 46, is a 20-year FX markets veteran, having spent his career in all aspects of FX trading, including Spot and Forwards, proprietary trading and overseeing the global options book for HVB, a major European bank. Mr. Schmidpeter was also the Country Manager for GMAC – RFC in Germany and most recently was a founding partner of BuysideFX where he oversaw product development and client relations.


Commenting on Mr. Schmidpeter’s appointment, Jamie Singleton, Cürex Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer said, “Franz brings a terrific perspective to our business model given his history in the FX business. In particular, his recent, extensive work building cutting edge data analytical applications will complement Cürex’s proprietary technology and our mission to bring unparalleled clarity to all users of foreign exchange.”

Mr. Schmidpeter added, “I am very excited to join the Cürex team. Cürex’s broad set of solutions are truly unique in the marketplace today. I look forward to helping accelerate Cürex’s data analytics business for the buy side customer using Cürex’s leading technology platform and its proprietary data. Cürex’s commitment to the buy side was the compelling reason for my decision to come onboard.”

About Cürex Group

The Cürex Group is a financial technology solutions provider whose business objective is to provide fairness and transparency to users of foreign exchange, whether they are institutions, corporations or investors. We primarily focus on four business opportunities: foreign exchange execution, foreign exchange indices, data sales, and financial product design and support. Our mission is to work in partnership with our clients to create more efficient foreign exchange investment structures and to lower transaction costs and add unparalleled clarity to all foreign exchange activity. Headquartered in New York, Cürex is independently owned and not affiliated with any other financial services company.

Contact:

Cürex Group

+1 212 488 4950

media@curexgroup.com

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