Foreign exchange
Aussie dollar: up or down?
The Australian dollar has been on an upward curve ever since the financial crisis, but there is little consensus about where the currency is likely to go next. Miriam Siers talks to currency strategists about the main factors likely to influence the…
SG CIB anticipated euro recovery
The prediction that a political solution to the Greek crisis would strengthen the euro lands French bank at the top of one-month rankings
Nigel Khakoo to leave Citi
US bank's global head of G-10 options trading has been made redundant
JP Morgan’s Choussy prepares bank for FX clearing
Newly appointed global head of FX clearing explains how he is preparing for the advent of mandatory central clearing requirements for some FX contracts
White labelling preferable in retail FX, says Aite Group
White-label solutions will reduce tech spend for new entrants, says senior analyst Javier Paz
AUDIO: QE3, China and trendless markets
Nick Beecroft, senior markets consultant at Saxo Bank in London, says the risks of crisis 2.0 have just gone up.
Time for a single reserve currency is over, warns Gulliver
HSBC chief executive expects renminbi to become a reserve currency within 15 years and shares the bank’s outlook for the Chinese currency
Steve Toland departs EBS
Head of sales for Europe and North America departs as Jeff Ward promoted to global head of EBS sales
Regulation will hurt FX liquidity, says Deutsche
Research warns reporting and exchange trading requirement will restrict liquidity in the market
Banks welcome launch of CNH fixing
Treasury Markets Association launches USD/CNH spot fixing today, with quotes provided by 15 banks and the rate calculated by Thomson Reuters
Westpac recruits Townsend and Cameron in FX forwards
Townsend joins from Commerzbank and Cameron from Barclays Capital
UGS signs Kiwi start-up as first client
Start-up currency firm ForexAtom deploys Unified Global Solutions' new Adaptware platform
Wintersgill quits BAML
Institutional FX sales head follows his boss to the door
Gu to retire from BAML
Gerhard Seebacher appointed head of global rates, foreign exchange and structured credit trading
Lack of liquidity could hinder offshore RMB centres
Former US Treasury official cautious on prospects for offshore renminbi
SmartLive Markets introduces new price feed index
Application developed through partnership between technology vendors Swissrisk Financial Systems and Gold-i
Australian regulators suggest clearing exemption for FX
Reserve Bank of Australia discussion paper commits to harmonising rules with US and Europe
Revolving doors in Credit Suisse sales
Gary Dhami joins Swiss bank as Graeme Henderson departs
Silver quits Morgan Stanley for Deutsche
Co-head of North American FX sales to begin senior sales role at Deutsche Bank in September
Bloomberg taps into Malaysian foreign currency sukuk market
Vendor has partnered with the Malaysian central bank to launch the new index
Parry and Park join BAML
Both will work in FX e-commerce
Making the case for Asian currencies
Callum Henderson, global head of FX research at Standard Chartered in Singapore, believes Asia is better insulated from the economic downturn than in previous cycles and investors should maintain allocations to the region’s currencies
Deutsche promotes Hitchon to run Markets Clearing
Roger Naylor to succeed Hitchon as co-head of global prime finance
Anticipation builds for final Treasury decision
US Treasury reviewing comments on its proposed exemption as market participants expect the decision to be confirmed early next month