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Thomson Reuters veteran to leave
Mark Redwood, president, sales and trading, in the markets division at Thomson Reuters in London, is due to leave by the end of the year, the company confirms.
Interview with Udi Sela of SuperDerivatives
FX Week's Farah Khalique asks Udi Sela about the impact of increased regulation on foreign exchange traders
CLS year-on-year volumes up in July
NEW YORK - CLS experienced a year-on-year rise in volumes settled over the system in July, but reported a decline from June, reflecting a drop in market volatility.
Interdealer brokers get boost from FX
LONDON - BGC Partners saw a 54.6% rise in foreign exchange revenues in the second quarter, due to a continuing rebound in global volumes, the broker reported last Thursday (August 5).
Thomson Reuters: Eurodollar rise will 'run out of steam'
Thomson Reuters - IFR topped the one-month currency forecast poll this week with expectations that the euro would bounce back from the European sovereign debt crisis.
Trading Places, July 5, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
Hotspot continues volume growth
JERSEY CITY – Hotspot FX reported a record month in May, with average daily volumes reaching $48.7 billion – double count [??] – up from $19.4 billion in May last year.
BNPP carves out bigger sales team
LONDON & NEW YORK – BNP Paribas (BNPP) has expanded its sales team with a key hire in London and three new starters in New York.
Standard Bank targets retail FX
JOHANNESBURG - Standard Bank is expanding its electronic product range with the launch of a retail forex trading platform white-labelled from New York-based retail trading company Gain Capital last Thursday (June 10).
Thomson Reuters Spot Matching launches new Arab currencies
DUBAI – Thomson Reuters launched three new Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) currencies in April on its Spot Matching system, in response to customer demand.
Tullett Prebon extends post-trade with Thomson Reuters
LONDON - Thomson Reuters is capturing a larger slice of the post-trade market for forex derivatives, through a deal extension with Tullett Prebon.
Trading Places, May 31, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on the latest people moves across the FX world.
High-frequency trading will be 40% of market by 2012
BOSTON - High-frequency traders could win from the introduction of central clearing in over-the-counter markets, according to research by Boston-based consultancy Aite Group released last week (April 26).
Sophis to partner with Windows 7 in May
PARIS - Sophis is planning an upgrade of Risque, its cross-asset portfolio and risk management system, to Windows 7 software from Microsoft.net at the end of May.
TXC live with Tokyo co-location facility
TOKYO – Trading Cross Connect (TXC) went live with its Tokyo co-location facility on April 15, using a network and data centre solution from Tokyo-headquartered KVH.
Trading Places, April 12, 2010
This week's people moves in the global FX market.
Morgan Stanley: Prioritising FXPB
Competition in the foreign exchange prime brokerage market remains competitive, as new businesses fill the vacuum left by the withdrawal of incumbent providers and clients spread counterparty risk following the 2008 credit crisis.
Trading Places, March 29, 2010
People moves
CME, Thomson Reuters unveil FX volumes
FX Week takes a look at what volume data from Thomson Reuters, CME Group and Icap unveils and gets the latest project Utah update.
Logicscope expands TradeSTP offering
Logicscope pushes out improvements to its offering in post-trade FX automation.
Thomson Reuters steps into DMA with Aegisoft buy
NEW YORK - Thomson Reuters has filled out its trading platform portfolio with the recent acquisition of execution management system provider Aegisoft.
Thomson Reuters buys Aegisoft
Thomson Reuters today announced the acquisition of electronic trading technology vendor Aegisoft.