Switzerland
EU task force boss calls on NCAs to wield their powers to meet T+1
Europe’s disparity will add to command hub’s challenge to match US co-ordination feat, says Giovanni Sabatini
The world’s largest bitcoin fund has a tracking error problem
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust moved from trading at an average premium of 36.5% to an 11.6% discount
US brands Switzerland a ‘currency manipulator’
Treasury also accuses Vietnam of manipulating exchange rate to gain “unfair competitive advantage”
Project Helvetia proves central banks can use tokenised assets – BIS
Benoît Cœuré says project marks “the beginning of the further evolution of central banking”
Best Bank Awards: UBS
UBS is voted the Best bank for the Swiss franc at the 2019 FX Week Best Bank Awards
Geneva subsidiary boosts smartTrade’s presence
The technology provider also expands Paris sales team with two hires
Institutional crypto interest awaits infrastructure
Start-ups and entrenched players aim to bring over custody, execution and post-trade capabilities
Swiss regulator hunts for hints in Credit Suisse FX probe
Five banks fined, two acquitted as Comco closes market-rigging probes
Itarle to open New York office, co-locate at CME
Swiss best execution and TCA provider set to open NY office and co-locate with CME
Gunter Grimm becomes FX strategist at Credit Suisse
Appointment follows institutional FX sales role at UBS
Julius Baer partners crypto firm SEBA
The Swiss bank aims to provide its clients with access to digital assets
OTCXN signs TokenSuisse to network
Swiss crypto investment solutions provider joined on January 17
Best Banks Awards: UBS
UBS has been voted the winner of the Best Bank for Swiss Franc category at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Gardiner: FX Cartel had ‘gentlemen’s agreement’
Matthew Gardiner, a co-operating witness for the government, says the group co-ordinated trades for profit
Cartel lawyers zoom in on government witness
They claim their clients are entitled to understand precisely what the government did to mitigate such risks for its witness
Magnussen joins Nordea from UBS
New foreign exchange trader at Nordea in Copenhagen
SNB governor on lifting the currency floor
Thomas Jordan speaks about currency intervention, negative rates and FX reserves
IBM and Avaloq to build Swiss cloud
Swiss Banking Cloud could be ready to on-board new clients in second half of 2018
Germany or Brazil most likely to win World Cup – UBS
A report, ‘Investing and football’ from UBS Wealth Management’s chief investment office, assesses team prospects at the tournament
Mount joins Cryptalgo’s advisory board
The crypto broker and algo provider appoints Ed Mount as chief adviser for trading technologies
Currency movements helped US and Latam investors in 2017
A new report from Natixis shows a weaker dollar helped investors outperform their European peers