FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that Cologne, Germany based neobroker Nextmarkets is taking steps to beef up the B2B part of its offering, hiring Jose Eduardo Alves in Cyprus at its new Head of Partner Sales.

Jose Eduardo Alves joins Nextmarkets from institutional broker and B2B services firm Exclusive Capital, where he worked for the past two years as Head of Institutional and Retail Sales. Prior to joining Exclusive Capital in 2020 Mr. Alves also worked at MetaQuotes, AirSoft, Ox Markets, and IronFX, in a variety of sales and business development roles.

Nextmarkets was founded in 2014 by brothers Manuel and Dominic Heyden, with a goal to become one of the leading commission-free neobrokers in Europe. Manuel previously founded social trading focused broker Ayondo, and ran it as CEO until leaving in 2013. Dominic acted as CIO of Ayondo. In 2021 Nextmarkets raised $30 million in a Series B financing round, led by Cryptology Asset Group.