Proprietary trading
How FX pricing is adapting to Trumpian markets
Dealers are tying pricing engines to new signals in effort to cope with out-of-the-blue moves
Streaming with the enemy: banks turn to non-bank liquidity
Larger banks are becoming more receptive to consuming FX prices from prop traders like Citadel Securities and Virtu
LCH mulls FX spot clearing as buy-side demand grows
Anticipated ForexClear service could reduce funds’ reliance on prime broker credit lines
PBs get new help in war on generosity
Big FX venue operators offer way to reduce overallocation of credit
Quantum kit offers HFTs ‘100-fold’ speed boost
After spotting FX arbitrage opportunities, new tech faces real-world test in Japanese stocks
For FX dealers, virus brings volumes
Mixed feelings for sell-side traders as Covid-19 spurs wave of speculation and hedging
Virtu Financial to acquire ITG for $1bn
Cash deal comes little over a month since reports of potential merger
Jump: inside the secretive e-trading giant
Execs at the Chicago prop firm wish the whole world was a Clob, but as bilateral volumes rise, they've decided to go with the flow
Exegy promotes Anderson, hires Faulkner
The firm promotes Robert Anderson and adds John Faulkner to London sales team
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
EU talks on prop firms leave door open for harsher pay rules
Final law could subject many firms to bonus cap, but even those that escape could struggle
Strømme launches crypto prop shop
Jan Strømme, former global head of e-FX distribution at XTX Markets, sets up Alphaplate, a cryptocurrency trading firm
HC Tech: it’s time to speak up
Recent industry survey shows HC Tech is biggest liquidity provider in US by market share
Mark Johnson’s attorneys point to Isda agreement in appeal
“How are FX traders supposed [to] know what trading constitutes wire fraud when the government cannot even answer that question?” attorneys ask
Johnson’s sentencing pushed back to April 2
Mark Johnson is allowed to stay in the UK with his family until March 26
Crawford is back at BNP Paribas
This time, Shaun Crawford is working in the New York office
JP Morgan tops Greenwich market share rankings
Citi falls into second place, as market share among top dealers is redistributed for second year in a row
Volcker fights back as prop-trading ban comes under attack
Former Fed chair tells Risk.net that calls for total overhaul of eponymous rule are misplaced
Opera Trading hires three in London and Hong Kong
The trio join BNP Paribas' proprietary trading entity
Banks reconsider prime brokerage models
Small and medium-sized clients find it harder to access interbank markets
FX platforms encouraged to consider liquidity enhancing pricing models
A proposal made to the FX Joint Standing Committee in July 2012 for a per-order fee that is rebated in proportion to actual executed volume has garnered support among market participants