Infrastructure
B2C2 enlists Wall Street veteran Catalanello to head US expansion
Crypto market-maker hires former New York Fed FX committee member to lead quest for growth in Americas
Refinitiv takes deal-tracking service into cloud
Cloud-based FX post-trade product provides data archiving, aimed at easing compliance and cost burdens
EBS to turn on API streaming for Quant Analytics
Service will cover outbound analytics when it launches later this year, but should add inbound later
What the crypto market needs to entice institutional capital in
Adoption of more traditional regulated structure will help, but could dim crypto's rebel lustre, say industry participants
CBOE pulls plug on bitcoin futures trading
First mainstream exchange to offer bitcoin futures calls halt as it reviews approach to crypto
Stater Global Markets partners oneZero
The prime-of-prime broker gains access to a network of 200 market-makers and takers
LCH adds five currencies to non-deliverable swaps offering
Expansion in response to customer demand in Asia and Latin America
INTL FCStone extends e-trading platform across all frontier markets
The venue brings electronic FX to world’s most illiquid currencies
New Change FX to supply independent rate to Jyske Bank
Danish bank will use provider’s independent FX data for better analytics
Virtu completes $1bn ITG acquisition
Firm will supplement its current management with existing ITG leadership globally
Julius Baer partners crypto firm SEBA
Swiss bank aims to provide clients with access to digital assets
State Street provides CLSSettlement to Japanese pension fund
Unnamed Japan-based pension fund is part of pilot to mitigate pension funds’ FX trading risks
Nomura’s asset manager extends CLSSettlement to Japanese funds
First local asset manager to provide access in sign of success for buy-side adoption push
Zimbabwe sets up interbank FX market with new dollar-pegged currency
Central bank governor pledges stability, but analyst says initiative is “cancerous”
USD/CNH futures trading hits record high in Singapore
Trade dispute-driven volatility sustains momentum as overall FX futures trading peaks
Esma to recognise three UK clearing houses in no-deal Brexit
EU derivatives traders will gain unbroken access to UK CCPs, even with no withdrawal deal
FX Link adds two more currency pairs
CME now offers spot FX basis spreads for eight pairs versus futures
Liquidity the biggest hurdle for traders in 2019 – JP Morgan survey
E-trading poll of 200 institutional traders highlights impact of Mifid II
Refinitiv’s FXall TCA tool goes live
New features will be added to analysis tool at regular intervals in 2019
CME clears FX cash-settled forwards for first time
Service debuts in January with two EUR/USD trades
IHS Markit partners Cobalt for post-trade
Cobalt’s platform now connects to MarkitServ’s network of counterparties
Traiana offers USD/CNH and USD/HKD clearing via HKEX’s OTC Clear
Deliverable contracts are forwarded to Hong Kong Exchange via Traiana’s clearing hub CCP Connect
Singapore Exchange volumes more than double in 2018
Trading on-exchange picked up as US-China trade tensions flared and Fed hiked rates
HSBC settles millions of FX transactions with DLT
The bank is exploring using the technology to help corporates manage FX flows better