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UK launches probe into banking sector competition
The investigation will assess whether the retail-banking market is too concentrated, with barriers to entry and opacity under scrutiny
Banks set aside more than $6 billion for FX fines
Large currency dealing banks prepare to draw a line under the global regulatory probe into currency markets as they brace themselves for fines
Volatility boosts Ficc revenues at banks as activity surges
US banks cite foreign exchange as source of success as volatility picks up, while trading platforms also report increased activity
Banks set to charge for fix execution
Mid-price execution looks set to become a thing of the past as banks mull over changing benchmark order management
Barclays starts charging peers for benchmark orders
Barclays will continue to offer fix-order execution to clients without the added spread
Kotecha quits Credit Agricole for Barclays
FX strategy veteran Mitul Kotecha has left the French bank after 14 years to work under David Fernandez at Barclays
Markit to launch electronic service for FX options
Together with Barclays, Citi, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, RBS, UBS and Citadel
Barclays cuts FX sales staff in New York
Banking giant streamlines FX sales
Barclays creates macro products business
Mike Bagguley leads new business group at the investment bank, which comes soon after Barclays announced 7,000 job cuts over the next three years
Barclays appoints new FX flow options head
Barclays has promoted internally in New York to replace Gugesh Guganeswaran, who left for the buy side late last year
Credit Suisse a named defendant in FX antitrust law suit
Credit Suisse is one of 11 named defendants in a US class-action lawsuit that alleges a breach of antitrust laws, but says it hadn't been part of Weko's preliminary investigation and is astonished to be named as part of probe
Barclays FX options director exits
Two FX options traders have left Barclays this month in New York and London, with both set to join a rival firm
US banks benefit as European peers pull back from Ficc
European banks losing out to better capitalised and less regulated US counterparts, according to research
BAML hires former Barclays FX salesperson
After leaving Barclays last month, Marie Korde has taken up a similar FX sales role at BAML in London
Commercial banks set to dominate FX trading yet again
The FX market is heading back to the 1990s as smaller, regional banks make a comeback and take back ground from investment banks
Three-quarters of FX volumes now executed electronically, say Greenwich Associates
Deutsche Bank, UBS, Citi and Barclays now collectively handle almost half of overall global flows as electronic execution in G-10 hits 79% and 56% in emerging markets currencies
ANZ bolsters e-FX team with two senior hires
Davies to head e-FX sales based in Singapore, while Malin will be head of European and US e-FX sales in London
Nick Howard resigns from Barclays
Nick Howard has resigned from Barclays as head of distribution in Emea to pursue other interests
Buy side to file consolidated complaint in FX probe on March 31
A class action law suit against some of the world's largest banks is set to gather steam in weeks
Barclays appoints interim head of spot FX, cuts three in sales
Cuts hit Barclays' FX sales team, but bank appoints Dan Ryan as interim head of spot
Deutsche Bank traders let go as part of fix probe
FX regulatory probe heats up as four traders lose their jobs at Deutsche Bank
Barclays hires FX research head for Europe
Former US Treasury official Marvin Barth has joined Barclays to lead FX research in Europe, reporting to Jose Wynne
UBS expands Purves eFX role to include rates and credit
Chris Purves now global head of FX, rates and credit, reporting to Chris Murphy