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Landazabal joins GAM as global head of trading
Juan Landazabal moves from DWS Group
Allston Trading picks Corvil for analytics
The electronic market-maker seeks to optimise its systems and infrastructure for better execution outcomes
Johnson appeal supported by two amicus briefs
Criminalising legitimate pre-hedging when the dealer acts as principal will lead to rising costs and decreased liquidity
CLS settlement will migrate to new platform in 2020
The infrastructure provider will launch the new venue based on its own technology next year, with service migration planned for May 2020
Deutsche Börse boosts FX data offering
The new streaming service will cover FX spot and swaps
Barrow joins Nex’s Enso as head of Emea
Chris Barrow moves from Brown Brothers Harriman
Birmann returns to NatWest Markets
The forwards trader had a short stint at Credit Suisse before coming back to the UK bank
Verdellet joins MarketFactory in London
Sophie Verdellet will be responsible for account management and customer service in Emea
BNP Paribas promotes Litwak to global head of FXPB
Until now, Nathaniel Litwak was head of FXPB for the Americas at the French bank
FXall launches analytics tool
FXall launches the Trade Performance Analytics tool, which will be rolled out on other Thomson Reuters platforms in future
Central bankers continue to struggle with crypto
Uncertainty around the assets’ use and regulation calls for further research, debate finds
Bogucki lawyers subpoena HP’s trading data
Effort comes after the court denies another attempt to dismiss the superseding indictment against Bogucki
Cartel lawyers zoom in on government witness
They claim their clients are entitled to understand precisely what the government did to mitigate such risks for its witness
Edgewater launches Latam FX venue
LatamFX.Pro will aid price discovery in the Mexican, Chilean, Colombian and Argentine peso, the Brazilian real and Peruvian sol
Citi launches ‘E For Education’ campaign for sixth year
The US bank includes a broader range of electronically traded products and new partners this time
Gkionakis moves to Lombard Odier
Vasileios Gkionakis turns to private banking after seven years on the sell side
Platform volumes up in August amid EM woes
Trading was higher than in the same period of 2017, with the euro and some emerging market currencies hitting yearly lows
Hooker to join Capitolis
Darryl Hooker, former co-head of EBS BrokerTec Markets, is set to join Gil Mandelzis-led Capitolis as a consultant
Sabia joins Wells Fargo
Robert Sabia joins the spot FX desk in San Francisco
Sargeant joins Cürex London
Glen Sargeant is responsible for developing customer relationships throughout the UK and Europe
Correia becomes ACI’s new education director
Rui Correia steps into the post, following the passing of Paul Chappell
Thomson Reuters launches SI reporting service
The solution provides market participants with data, analytics and reporting tools if they qualify as systematic internalisers
Hold times collapse on EBS Direct as LPs cut last look
Hold times down 67% and reject rates drop to 3.15%, as FX Global Code of Conduct forces liquidity providers to step away from last look
Lalo swaps Deutsche Bank for Avalon
Christophe Lalo was head of currency overlay services at Deutsche’s global investment solutions unit for four years