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Bogucki hearing scheduled for May 23
Defence lawyers are set to argue that the charge is time-barred and not applicable to this case
Barings hires Smart for research role
Barings has named Christopher Smart as the head of the newly created macro and geopolitics research unit
Hadingham promoted at Nomura
Clive Hadingham is now the head of FX sales for northern Europe, having joined the Japanese bank in January
triReduce enhances compression
The firms says the new Trade Revision functionality can improve compression efficiency by up to 50%
HKEx appoints Laura Cha as chairman of board
Cha will be the first woman to lead the board of the Hong Kong Exchange
Dollar rebound on cards, but no respite long term – ABN Amro
The greenback's prospects remain negative in the long run, but sterling may have a positive 2019
RBC fights £13 million whistleblower claim
Ex-trader John Banerjee is suing RBC for unfair dismissal and aims to claim whistleblower status
Ficc revenues bounce off lows but still down
European banks bounce off lows in Ficc revenues in the first quarter of the 2018, but year-on-year earnings remain negative
Johnson sentenced to two years in prison
Johnson was taken to prison immediately after the hearing, but lawyers are preparing for appeal argument
M&G selects 360T for FX
The UK investment manager has chosen 360T as its workflow technology provider for FX order handling and execution
Colt partners NPL on timestamping
Mifid II requires that reportable events are traceable to coordinated universal time
Capitolis goes live with credit switching
The technology firm led by Gil Mandelzis aims to achieve a radical market structure shift with the separation of credit and execution
Kamrath joins crypto-tech company Rubicon
Ray Kamrath was previously the global head of FX at Jefferies
Blanchard switches ANZ for Crédit Agricole
Dominique Blanchard has joined Crédit Agricole as the regional head of the global markets division for Asia-Pacific
Former Wells Fargo FX trading head sues for wrongful termination
Simon Fowles claims he was fired days before he intended to alert regulators of a payment-incentive plan that fostered greed
Irons joins State Street as head of sales for global exchange
Richard Irons brings more than 30 years’ experience in financial services and technology
NY attorney general launches inquiry into cryptocurrency exchanges
Thirteen major virtual-currency trading platforms must complete a questionnaire on their fees and operations by May 1
McDermott to join SocGen as Americas FXPB head
Brian McDermott is set to join Societe Generale on April 23, after resigning from Traiana
Lowe to join State Street as global head of trade services
She will report to Greg Fortuna, global head of GlobalLink Solutions, and David Newns, global head of GlobalLink Execution Services at SSGM
Durrant joins GTX
Henry Durrant leaves Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ for GTX’s liquidity management team
Mike O’Hara joins Nex in buy-side role
O’Hara previously worked at Icap’s Truequote as head of sales
FX veterans launch Global Code consultancy
Nick Downes and Julian Gladwin form Axiom Global Advisors to independently assess firms’ preparedness for adherence
CLS volumes dip in March, but it’s a record Q1
The settlement utility records average daily volumes of $1.87 trillion for Q1 2018
Pragma commits to FX Global Code
The vendor says it wholeheartedly supports the aims of the 55 principles