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Goldman Sachs goes live with smart NDF algo
Initial trades have already taken place with the algo, which draws on internal and external liquidity
Morgan Stanley: dollar to weaken in 2019 on waning growth outlook
US economy will be propped up by consumer spending, says the bank
EIB on why it’s the first supranational bank to sign up to Global Code
European Investment Bank adjusts processes to principles of Code, which is heading for its second anniversary
Devereux and Hernandes take up FX roles at Barclays, London
The appointments come on the back of other senior hires in the UK bank’s global FX team
Refinitiv’s FXall TCA tool goes live
New features will be added to analysis tool at regular intervals in 2019
Gill to head Asia-Pacific G10 FX trading for Barclays, Singapore
UK bank’s second senior FX hire in as many months in the city-state
Yuan shines as UK FX turnover slips
Average daily London trading was lower in October, as were the tallies in New York and Singapore
LMAX Exchange hires two in FX sales in Asia
Appointments come on the back of the platform’s strong growth in the region
US banks’ Ficc revenues nosedive in Q4 2018
Biggest drops seen between third and fourth quarters last year
Veteran central banker Christian Noyer joins SETL board
Former Banque de France governor brings decades of global finance insight to the blockchain firm
Singapore Exchange volumes more than double in 2018
Trading on-exchange picked up as US-China trade tensions flared and Fed hiked rates
CMC Markets: dollar to weaken as Fed halts rate hikes
Other central banks will follow the US lead and not tighten monetary policy further in 2019
MarketFactory secures funding from Silicon Valley investment firm
Accel-KKR’s strategic investment will facilitate MarketFactory’s expansion into new markets and services
ECN volumes make significant gains in 2018
Trading platform FXSpotStream experiences the greatest increase
Ariesta joins Edgewater Markets in hiring push
Ananda Ariesta employed as part of drive to bolster electronic FX business
Yen volumes of 29 times normal on January 2 open – CLS figures
Soaring volumes coincide with higher volatility in yen crosses in early hours of Asian trading session
Market Synergy opens Fix link to crypto exchange Bitfinex
The low-latency institutional-grade connectivity is based at the heart of Switzerland’s Crypto Valley
MarketFactory: fragmentation, credit innovation and Singapore matching
Mergers between FX trading venues have led fragmentation to spill into other asset classes
Barracuda FX: technology spend will drive innovation in FX
A lot of technology spend in 2019 will focus on upgrading outdated processes, increasingly driven by the FX Global Code’s principles
Cobalt: bringing greater efficiency to the back office
Market participants will look to bring back-office operations in line with modern electronic trading practices
Pragma Securities: algorithmic trading ripe for growth
Pragma is building a new generation of algo that incorporates the latest artificial intelligence
Citadel Securities: algo trading to rise, buy side seeks broader liquidity provision
As TCA metrics highlight the benefits of non-bank liquidity provision, Citadel Securities expects more participants will be drawn to its offering
2019: a year for innovation and technology
No longer weighed down by regulatory concerns, the FX industry can focus on innovation for its own sake
EM forecaster of 2018: City Index sees range-bound dollar in 2019
Despite ongoing rate hikes, the dollar is not expected to appreciate substantially in 2019, as the Fed tones down its hawkish stance