News
HC Tech hires Chevalier
Mike Chevalier joins the Chicago-headquartered trading firm in London from Deutsche Borse
Jefferies hires Malin and Hart
Rob Malin joins e-FX sales, reporting to Tom Robinson, while Dan Hart will be part of the FXPB team
Banco Monex becomes first Mexican member of CLS
The bank is the only CLS settlement member in one of Latin America’s largest FX trading centres
Nex eFix adds Bloomberg benchmarks
Nex chief Seth Johnson says the platform has seen significant customer demand for BFix rates
Nex Treasury’s Meadows to retire, McHugh to take over
State Street’s Peter McHugh will join Nex to take up the mantle
360T buys GTX
The move will expand 360T’s footprint in the liquidity provider-to-liquidity provider space and financial institutions segment
New York Fed commits to FX Global Code
It promises to conduct its currency business in a manner consistent with the set of principles
GFXC launches Global Index of Public Registers
The index creates a single access point to all of the public registers tracking firms that have signed statements of commitment
MarketFactory launches pre-trade limit tool
Reflector monitors and balances the limits and positions across all trading venues
G10 FX revenues hit two-year highs – Coalition
The first quarter of 2018 saw a reversal of revenue contraction seen in the last two years, with profits up 20%
Caplen joins Mosaic as CFO
He is a financial industry veteran who formerly worked at Icap
Obituary: Cian Burke, HSBC veteran
The head of HSBC's securities services passed away at the weekend in a tragic accident
Capitolis to go live with FX novation service
Following the launch of the credit-switching service, Capitolis is set to go live with novation in partnership with BlueCrest, Brevan Howard, Citi and HSBC
Chinese crypto research puts ethereum in first place
Ethereum ranked number one in public blockchains while bitcoin is ranked only 13th
LMAX launches crypto exchange
As institutional demand for cryptocurrencies heightens, LMAX extends crypto Clob trading and firm liquidity to market participants
Nielsen leaves Saxo
Claus Nielsen leaves his position as head of markets at Saxo
FX Week to host Code webinar with new GFXC chair and vice-chair June 28
The GFXC meets in Johannesburg to elect a new chair and vice-chair as well as to outline priorities on June 27
Record wins Sunsuper mandate
UK-based specialist currency manager gets AS$350m mandate as part of multi-strategy product
Dollar’s rise and flagging risk sentiment dampen EM - SEB
Reduced risk appetite is currently affecting the EM currencies, but strong economic growth could help them to recover in the second half of the year
Tolat becomes TradAir chief executive
Viral Tolat, former CTO of EBS and Integral, becomes chief executive of the technology firm
ECB and RBA warn on Global Code adherence
Representatives from the central banks tell delegates at two FX Week events the transition period is almost over
BTIG adds Daly to FX team
Brendan Daly joins as a director
Biggs swaps IS Prime for CFH Clearing
Andy Biggs will be responsible for managing the firm’s liquidity suite