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E-platforms must expand product range or lose out, say banks
Webinar participants from banks and technology vendors discuss the implications of regulation for single-dealer electronic platforms
Banks monitor FX options trading following Thomson Reuters withdrawal
Market-makers continue to focus on emergence of new multi-bank options platforms that will enable them to comply with new regulations
Speculation surrounds FOMC meeting for clues on possible dollar rally
First-ever FOMC press conference on April 27 could give market some indication of the impact of the end of QE2 and the possible timing of rate hikes, strategists hope
FX dealers commit to greater standardisation in latest Fed letter
Voluntary OTC commitments touch on standardisation of FX products and the selection of a trade repository for the FX market by Q2 2012
Multi-bank options platforms: the vision versus the reality
New platforms offering multi-bank FX options trading are finding it tough to manage the manual pricing processes of banks and the complex close-out arrangements inherent in options. Farah Khalique reports
Khan-Gandapur quits SG CIB
French bank loses its London-based head of fixed income and currencies
Trading Places, March 21, 2011
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Ex-BAML DeLorenzo installed at SocGen
French bank hires FX trader as head of short-term interest rate trading
Brooks departs Société Générale in New York
French bank loses its head of FX options trading in New York
Trading Places, February 28, 2011
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UK and French banks report mixed bag of Q4s
Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas and Société Générale (SG) last week posted a mixed bag of fourth-quarter results for fixed income, which includes foreign exchange.
Trading Places, February 21, 2011
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Digital Vega plans Sef licence to boost options platform
London-based forex technology vendor Digital Vega will attempt to benefit from new regulations by applying to become a swap execution facility (Sef), the firm has told FX Week.
Nomura hires Roger García Bertrand as Constantinou departs
Roger García Bertrand, former head of Iberian flow rates and FX sales at Société Générale (SG), moved to Japanese bank Nomura in January to head Iberian flow rates sales.
SocGen strengthens strategy team
Société Générale has strengthened its foreign exchange strategy team with three new hires in London, following the departure last year of senior FX strategist Valentin Marinov in London.
SG CIB live with DealHub for price distribution
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) is using DealHub as its e-FX price-distribution system, as part of ongoing enhancements to its systems and infrastructure.
Former Icap director resurfaces
Simon Williams, former FX sales director at Icap, has re-emerged at VTB Capital's fixed-income sales desk in London.
Société Générale pushes Alpha FX
Société Générale has begun mass marketing of its in-house developed electronic trading platform, Alpha FX, as it phases out First Access, its Currenex white-labelled platform.
RBS bucks downward FX trend
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bucked the downward FX trend among dealers, reporting its first year-on-year rise in revenues in 2010 from its currencies and commodities division in the third quarter.
Trading Places, October 18, 2010
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