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FX house of the year Japan: MUFG
MUFG’s domestic success and growing onshore presence have strengthened the firm’s ambition to become an Asia powerhouse in FX
Durrant joins GTX
Henry Durrant leaves Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ for GTX’s liquidity management team
More than 100 participants commit to FX Global Code
Global Foreign Exchange Committee plans to launch Global Index of Registers before June meeting
Antitrust claims deadline extended to May 16
Investors seeking to receive part of the $2bn-plus settlement have two more months to file a claim as the deadline is pushed back from March 22
FXSpotStream adds State Street as LP
Execution venue records highest-ever average daily volumes in January
Investors must sue outside US to recoup FX losses, urge lawyers
Lawyers say the extent of collusion is clear, following recent settlements by five banks
CLS appoints nine new directors to its board
The appointments raise the number of members on the board of directors to 23
Banks get partial reprieve in FX lawsuit but claims still stand
Non-settling banks in FX class action lawsuit eke out small victory after US district judge tosses out some allegations of manipulation
Silcock moves to ICBC
James Silcock heads to the Chinese bank after 10 years at BTMU
Lawyers take FX fight to StanChart subsidiary
After a US judge says she lacks jurisdiction over the parent firm named in the class-action suit, lawyers reload for new target
FXSpotStream adds 12th liquidity provider
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ goes live on the trading venue's price aggregation service
FX director resigns from Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ
Andrew Burley has left the Japanese bank in London after more than four years at the firm
BTMU hires from Barclays in e-FX sales
Ericka Bratsiotis has joined Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ; other staff changes at the Federal Reserve, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs
US domestic oil production provides energy boost for the dollar
Cheaper available energy in the US could attract foreign direct investment to the country, making the structural outlook for the dollar much brighter
TraFXpure adds Nomura and BTMU ahead of launch
Tradition's new platform now has 11 founder members and has been renamed ParFX as it moves towards 'imminent' launch
FX Week China: CNH/CNY forward divergence threat has stabilised
A reversal of the spread between offshore deliverable forwards and onshore NDFs that caused pain for speculators last year is unlikely to recur, say economists
CLS appoints general manager for Asia-Pacific
Makoto Miyazaki joined CLS in Tokyo yesterday, replacing Kiyoshi Morofushi
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ expands in FX sales
Moritz Knickrehm and Matthieu Gloux have joined the Japanese bank in London
CIBC continues to grow
NEW YORK - CIBC has made two hires in its financial solutions group in New York, as it increases its presence in the city.
Trading Places, April 5, 2010
Read this week's people moves in the FX market across London, New York and Hong Kong.
Slow but steady
Naomi Fink, Japan strategist in global markets sales and trading at the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, thinks Japan is on the road to recovery