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Moore becomes founder and CEO of FX HedgePool
State Street and BBH veteran begins new buy-side to buy-side venture
Crédit Agricole appoints Mignucci as director of e-sales and strategy, Emea
Former head of e-business Americas, FX, rates and credit started working for the bank in 2010
HSBC brings in fintechs to strengthen its FX muscle
Bank quietly enlists fintechs to work within its fold, both to expand its capabilities and to let it focus on “superstar” technology in-house
US bank Ficc revenues rebound in Q1
US banks saw triple-digit growth in Q1 compared with Q4, but Ficc revenues remained lower than a year ago
Adam Vos promoted at BNY Mellon
Vos will be global head of foreign exchange, fixed income and equities in New York
BNY snags Savage as head of FX sales in North America
Savage was previously CEO at CCTrack Solutions, a registered CTA that closed last year
HSBC takes Sean Statuto aboard
Statuto joins as a senior vice-president of FX sales
Brexit delay to keep sterling in well-trodden ranges: Gain Capital
Green shoots of spring growth in global economy bring dollar, euro plays to the fore
Rise of workflow as the buy side's low-key hero
The goal is to build a “single source of truth” to cut costs, make better trading decisions and react quickly to new regulation
Deutsche Börse in talks to buy Refinitiv FX units
Negotiations confirmed, but not whether FXall is on the sale block
ParFX takes first step for moving into NDFs
Trading platform has snapped up an MIC code as it explores building a platform for the growing FX segment
Sef rule reform needs to be targeted: CFTC official
The Sef revamp should continue post-Giancarlo, says Rostin Behnam, but targeted changes would be better than a total rewrite
LMAX hires Rupan as NY head of liquidity analysis
FX industry and systematic trading 20-year veteran has had stints at 360T, FastMatch and FXCM
Northern Trust promotes Arteta to head of Americas sales
Based in Chicago, Arteta brings a wealth of FX and fixed income experience to the role
Nomura slashes FX headcount in $1 billion cost-cutting drive
Impact of job losses falls mainly on the emerging markets FX team
Cafe joins BNY Mellon in e-FX sales
Joseph Café moves to the bank from BNP Paribas
LCH brings automation to ForexClear
Firm collaborates with Genesis to automate exercise and options expiry
TraderTools to roll out algo suite for regional banks
Regional banks on the platform will be able to behave like HFTs in their local currencies
The EM units to watch as US and China make peace – Swissquote
Currencies such as the Thai baht, which trades heavily with China, should benefit from easing tensions
Seed CX adds new crypto pairs, lands ally in Asia
Institutional clients can now trade BCH/USD and LTC/USD, says Seed CX, which has partnered a Singapore fintech
LMAX reports 21% increase in trading volumes
Activity in New York and Asia reportedly boost activity across group’s exchanges
B2C2 enlists Wall Street veteran Catalanello to head US expansion
Crypto market-maker hires former New York Fed FX committee member to lead quest for growth in Americas
Where prosecutors stumbled in Bogucki and Cartel cases
Courtroom losses suggest failure to read the FX industry correctly before jumping into action
Refinitiv takes deal-tracking service into cloud
Cloud-based FX post-trade product provides data archiving, aimed at easing compliance and cost burdens