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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
Mark Yallop joins OpenFin
He is appointed as a non-executive board director
Trump accuses China and Russia of currency devaluation
US president’s comment contradicts findings of his Treasury department’s recent report
Cboe Sef adds more currency pairs
The platform offers NDF trading in USD/RUB and USD/PEN
More than 100 participants commit to FX Global Code
Global Foreign Exchange Committee plans to launch Global Index of Registers before June meeting
Exegy launches FX market data and order-entry solution
Trade Port FX allows market participants to organise FX market access through a single vendor
Millennium Global partners ACI on Global Code adherence
Currency manager links up with trade association ACI FMA to train its team on the principles
Johnson's attorneys seek home confinement
US digs in heels over prison term; family and friends say former trader’s punishment began at his arrest
BoJ prepares to link settlement system with Hong Kong
The connection will provide a new pathway for Japanese banks to obtain Hong Kong dollars and cut the exchange-rate cost