FX markets
BidFX recruits Wai Kin Chan
Morgan Stanley’s former head of e-FX, bank sales and prime brokerage for Asia-Pacific joined earlier this month
Goldman Sachs to revive FX desk in Sydney
Superannuation fund growth attracts the bank, as Australia and New Zealand clients represent increasing proportion of regional FX flows
Capitolis hires Molluso as CFO
Joseph Molluso is set to join the firm in October
Bock takes sales role at CLS in New York
John Bock joins the settlement utility firm from Societe Generale, where he headed e-commerce FX for the Americas
JP Morgan to bring e-FX trading and pricing engine to Singapore
The bank’s scheduled 2020 launch will help consolidate Singapore’s position as Asia’s leading FX trading centre
ExodusPoint recruits Jim Iorio
Nex’s former global head of sales and head of FX Americas joins hedge fund
David Ireland set to join XTX as CFO
Former CFO of Nex Optimisation starts his new role next month
CEO Fleur leaves Solid FX
Former PGGM trading head departed Dutch ECN last month
Chen joins State Street Hong Kong in EM FX trading
Previously at Cathay United Bank, he joined last month
Edgewater realigns key management in New York
Matthew Kassel replaces Jeff Johnson as chief operating officer
Seegers set to join Citadel Securities in e-FX sales
FX sales and trading specialist takes on new role next month
Edgewater Markets expands in Singapore with senior hire
Rick Lloyd joins in e-FX sales, having worked at ABN Amro, Bank of America, JP Morgan, RBS and Reuters
Gillespie joins Spotex in sales role
Based in London, Kevin Gillespie will target institutional and broker clients, besides banks
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
PBoC chief pledges to keep opening up China’s financial sector
China will also continue market-based reforms of yuan exchange rates
Where prosecutors stumbled in Bogucki and Cartel cases
Courtroom losses suggest failure to read the FX industry correctly before jumping into action
StanChart to pay $40 million for attempted FX manipulation
UK bank says it now has appropriate control framework in place
Provenzano joins Edgewater Markets
New York-based Sal Provenzano appointed managing director of e-FX sales
BNY Mellon: 2019 will see support-side innovation
Get excited about innovation, but don’t take your eye off the fundamentals
CLS: mitigating settlement risk is crucial as volatility rises in 2019
Geopolitical factors expected to drive markets this year
Saxo Bank: sterling would reach parity with dollar under Corbyn as UK’s PM
Campaign of renationalisation and fiscal expansion would widen the twin deficits to 5% of GDP and spur inflation
Avelacom adds new point of presence at TY3
This delivers the lowest latency capabilities between London and Tokyo
Marex Spectron re-enters FX with new platform
After a four-year hiatus, the broker rolls out offering geared at smaller players that large banks find relatively unattractive
Dollar to gain from trade war escalation, says Wells Fargo
Trade tensions will be dollar-positive and weigh on risk-sensitive EM currencies