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Inside Citi’s FX refresh
Flavio Figueiredo reveals how the bank revitalised its options and e-trading units – and finally tackled SA-CCR
Jive Investments quicksteps towards hedged returns
Brazilian fund manager uses combo of options and forwards to push down hedging costs compared with plain NDF strategy
Deutsche Bank takes AutobahnFX on the open road
Proprietary trading platform sets out new workflow-based approach to collaborating with venues
New FX swap matching platform aims to bridge voice and e-trading
FXswapX seeks to electronify “the last bastion of voice trading” in the interdealer market
Citi rolls out revamped SDP in emerging markets
Unified API will boost electronic pricing and automation for restricted currencies, says bank
LCH expects to boost deliverable FX clearing with new adds
Onboarding of dealers and link-up with CLS could swell interbank deliverable FX clearing volumes
BofA’s e-FX rebuild pulls it closer to rivals
Deploying its equities tech stack, bank seeks to get ahead with its algo and e-FX offerings
FX data champion outlines transparency push
Stuart Simmons, new head of GFXC working group, wants trading platforms to come clean on how they use client data
Skylight finds an opening in consensus pricing
Service provider claims key factors differentiate its own offer from the market leader’s
FXSpotStream looks to growth products beyond spot
New chief exec Jeff Ward highlights NDFs and FX swaps as next boom area for the venue
Natixis turns on the taps in flow trading
French bank boosts flow business, balancing structured solutions capabilities
Hidden Road ready for rush hour after FCM approval
Prime broker is trading “trillions” of notional with “a few hundred” counterparties in FX and crypto
Inside BGC’s quiet move into agency broking
The interdealer broker’s Caventor Capital arm is pitching a hands-on service for hedge funds, filling what it sees as a gap left by large banks
Banxico’s Garcia on the intervention unwind and FX hedging
The Bank of Mexico’s operations head explains why it’s removing its forwards hedges, and how it manages carry costs
Man on a mission: Axel van Nederveen, swaps evangelist
EBRD treasurer spreads the good word about local currency derivatives markets
NatWest’s plan to put the XVA into RFQs
Bank to launch approximation tool on its electronic pricing framework for FX forwards
ING’s digitisation efforts boost eFX trading flows
Liquidity provider says upgrades to e-trading engine enable it to hold on to risk for longer
ANZ defies ‘white label’ trend with algo expansion
Instead of relying on large LPs, Australian bank aims to offer six new FX algos of its own by February
BNP’s new macro trading unit to make greater use of FX algos
French bank plans to bring FX algos to US Treasuries for combined currencies and rates trading unit
Inside State Street’s bid to dominate FX overlay
Custodian looks beyond its usual client base in the hunt for currency hedging business
Optiver aims to gatecrash FX options private party
Dutch non-bank hopes to exploit shift to electronic markets in OTC options, following record $7bn trading day