GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Alex Howard as Managing Director, APAC (excluding China), effective September 3, 2018. In the newly created role, Alex will be responsible for the overall strategic execution and performance of GAIN's retail business in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Southeast Asia. Mr. Howard will be based in GAIN's Singapore office. Mr. Howard joins GAIN Capital from IG Group, where he was most recently Head of Asia Pacific, overseeing IG Group's operations in Japan, South Africa, Singapore, Australia and China.