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US senator calls for hearings on Fed’s role in 2020 elections
Republican accuses former NY Fed chair Dudley of trying “sabotage” Trump’s trade talks
JP Morgan to bring e-FX trading and pricing engine to Singapore
The bank’s scheduled 2020 launch will help consolidate Singapore’s position as Asia’s leading FX trading centre
Winners of the 2019 FX Week Asia Awards
The awards acknowledge the growing importance played by market participants in Asia-Pacific in FX
ExodusPoint recruits Jim Iorio
Nex’s former global head of sales and head of FX Americas joins hedge fund
Morgan Stanley hires Droege for FX spot trading
Former Credit Suisse trader joins in early August in Frankfurt
BIS chief warns of ‘serious consequences’ from retail CBDC
Carstens envisages system with wholesale digital currency alongside private retail payment systems
Carney: digital currency could help fix global monetary system
“Synthetic hegemonic currency” could end destabilising dominance of dollar
MUFG hires Paster in FX and derivatives risk management push
Paster’s newly created role aims to strengthen MUFG’s markets arm in Americas
TY11 has potential to host e-FX matching engines in Tokyo
Success of new Equinix data centre could hinge on use of cloud due to close proximity of providers
Kim Winding Larsen becomes new ACIFMA president delegate
Larsen is a long-time Danske Bank employee and ACI member
No noticeable fund outflows amid protests – HKMA
Exchange Fund sufficient to back currency in case of capital outflows, central bank says
FX class action could run into billions – UK class representative
Given London’s share of the FX market, the damages sought could be greater than those received in the US
Esma investigates whether middleware providers are venues
Aggregated FX liquidity offerings accused of masquerading as multilateral trading facilities
Paster resigns from corporate FX sales at BAML
New York-based David Paster joined the bank in 2013
Argentine governor rules out holding peso at unsustainable level
Guido Sandleris reaffirms commitment to tight monetary policy to tame inflation
Gavin Bambury appointed new Oanda CEO
Former Integral CTO replaces Narasimha, who stepped down in February
Bayle de Jesse appointed adviser to ECB executive board
He is set to become chief executive officer of CLS in December
David Ireland set to join XTX as CFO
Former CFO of Nex Optimisation starts his new role next month
Buy side continues with IM prep despite delays
Firms looking at custodian types, docs and trading strategies to optimise margin
Carney warns Germany and France of Brexit derivatives cliff edge
Bank of England governor says it is in “interest” of EU countries to ensure full viability of financial contacts ahead of Brexit
Danske overhauls FX technology to rebuff Tier 1 competition in Nordics
Bank inks partnerships on pricing engine, connectivity and algos; tests mobile solution for corporates
Brazilian central bank to sell dollars outright for first time since 2009
It remains committed to floating currency regime
FX volatility rouses from hibernation
Volatility picks up on back of fluctuating US-China trade tensions and central bank easing
MUFG eyes financial institutions, pension funds in expansion
Japanese bank wants to build a broader client base beyond corporates