Tal Dar has joinedAlpFin as Managing Director, bringing experience from senior institutional FXand CFDs roles, most recently at Vantage Connect.The appointment comesas AlpFin continues to expand its institutional business. Earlier, thefirm partnered with Lucera to strengthen its FX connectivity for institutionalclients and expanded its liquidity and operations team.Commenting on theappointment, Dar said: "Having spent the last 15 years in theinstitutional FX and CFDs industry, I'm excited to be joining AlpFin to helpdrive the firm's next phase of growth across institutional brokerage andliquidity solutions."Leadership Across Institutional FX andInvestmentBefore joining AlpFin,Dar spent more than three and a half years as Head of eFX & Derivatives atVantage Connect, the institutional arm of Vantage. In that role, he led thecompany's institutional business, working with hedge funds, family offices, banks,brokers, and asset managers.Dar joined Vantage Connect after thebusiness was launched as Vantage's institutional arm to provide liquidityand trading solutions for institutional clients.Alongside thatposition, he has served as Associate Director at the UK-GCC Private CapitalAlliance for just over a year, connecting sovereign wealth funds, privateequity firms, venture capital investors, limited partners, strategic investors,and businesses across the UK, the Gulf region, Europe, and the United States.PhillipCapital Role Followed GildencrestProduct LeadershipBefore Vantage, Darspent nearly two years as Head of eFX & Derivatives (Institutional) atPhillipCapital in London, where he was responsible for the firm's institutionalforeign exchange and derivatives business.Earlier, he served asHead of Product at Gildencrest Capital for almost two years.Vantage Expands Weekend Gold CFD TradingMeanwhile, Vantage's retail businessrecently expanded itsproduct offering by introducing seven-day trading for gold CFDs. The launchextended trading availability for the instrument over weekends, joining agrowing number of brokers offering continuous access to selected CFD markets.This article was written by Tareq Sikder at www.financemagnates.com.