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Nasdaq seeks share of surveillance market
Nasdaq's Smarts Trade Surveillance aims to spot trading anomalies and help clients to avoid market manipulation
Platforms turn to pricing in fight for market share
The latest price offerings from currency platforms Hotspot and Integral may be the sign of a maturing market, say participants
The 800% boom – a look at volumes since 1989
As FX Week celebrates its 25th anniversary, we examine how the market has changed
FEMR will ban stop losses being offered for free
Review also set to ban use of last look without intention to trade
MetLife head of FX joins derivatives advisory firm
Twenty-eight year FX veteran Jason Leinwand switches firms in New York
Jefferies FX staff numbers down in London
The US bank is running almost all its FX sales and trading operations from New York
Johnson leaves BAML
While Ettinger relocated to Hong Kong earlier this year
Prime of primes reduce reliance on prime brokers
PoPs have sensed an opportunity to cut costs with prime brokers by boosting capital and trading directly with banks instead
FXall last-look function under client review
The Thomson Reuters-owned platform seeks feedback from customers on its newly proposed last-look criteria
Robert Entenman passes away after operation
UniCredit's global head of e-commerce will be sorely missed
Dixon exits BNP Paribas
Gavin Dixon, European head of derivatives clearing, is to leave the French bank
Corporate treasuries tweak hedging policies as volatility bites
Delegates at the ACT 2015 conference hear multinationals' plans to adjust hedging policies
Imig joins BNP Paribas in EM sales
He leaves Stone Milliner and now reports to Sally Francis
BAML FX spot trader departs after two months
Thirty-year FX veteran leaves the US bank shortly after joining
FXCM sells $36 million stake in business
The US firm sells its third non-core asset as it looks to pay back its $300 million loan by the end of the year
LCH.Clearnet launches buy-side clearing of NDFs in Europe
Service copies the firm's US model
Hotspot tightens rules for market-makers
Last-look window reduced to 100 milliseconds and acceptance targets raised to 85% for market-makers
CLS volumes tick lower in April
Both number of instructions and input volumes decline in April
Barclays chats reveal extent of USD/RUB manipulation
The CME/Emta benchmark has once again been thrust under the spotlight following the CFTC's $400 million Barclays fine on May 20
Renminbi emerges as top currency for payments between Asia and China
Chinese currency now accounts for third of Asia's payments with China and Hong Kong, following a 327% increase in three years, says Swift
Survey reveals Asian treasurers' penchant for single-dealer platforms
Preference for one-bank solution partly due to region's many managed exchange rate regimes, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey
Renminbi is at fair value, the IMF says
The Fund declares China's currency fairly valued months ahead of SDR basket review, having previously thought it was out of step with economic fundamentals
More banks to be swept up in FX settlements – Hausfeld
Institutions not fined by regulators are still likely to face punishment according to the co-counsel in the class action lawsuit in New York
FastMatch introduces binary ports as it speeds up platform
The changes will be effective from July 1