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HSBC bids for South Korea's FX bank
SEOUL – HSBC plans to boost its foreign exchange capabilities in South Korea with a bid to acquire the country's leading foreign exchange bank, Korea Exchange Bank (KEB).
Increased volatility highlights resilience
Recent weeks of volatility have made currency markets an extremely exciting place to be trading.
Record trading day for Hotspot FXi
LONDON & NEW YORK – A spike in currency market volatility last Thursday (August 16) resulted in a record trading day over electronic communications network Hotspot FXi, led by client-to-client trading activity.
Banks sign up for pre-settlement netting
NEW YORK – Several banks have signed up for an interbank pre-settlement netting solution due for launch by post-trade technology vendor Traiana in coming months, a senior official at the company told FX Week .
Banks sign up for pre-settlement netting
NEW YORK – Several banks have signed up for an interbank pre-settlement netting solution due for launch by post-trade technology vendor Traiana in coming months, a senior official at the company told FX Week.
Hedging the carry trade
How can an investor make the most of the carry trade? Lee Ferridge , head of trading strategy at Rabobank in London takes a look
Société Générale merges long and short swaps teams
LONDON & PARIS – French bank Société Générale has merged its short- and long-term swaps teams into a newly formed swaps group to boost its European flow rates business.
Citi appoints head of electronic execution
NEW YORK & LONDON – Citi has appointed Richard Evans to a newly created role as global head of electronic execution in London, and has relocated its current head of fixed-income, currencies and commodities from New York to London.
GFI installs temporary management structure
NEW YORK & SINGAPORE – Interdealer broker GFI has introduced a temporary management structure in light of the recent departure of Michel Everaert, London-based chief information officer for e-commerce.
VWD switches FX providers to Tenfore
FRANKFURT – Data vendor VWD Group is to replace FX data provided via its internet- and terminal-based data products with new data sourced from UK-based Tenfore Systems' Tenforex feed, officials said.
Icap speeds up FX data feed
LONDON – Interdealer broker Icap last week (July 11) announced it had improved its EBS Live spot data feed by reducing processing and communication latency.
JPM designs emerging market FX carry index
LONDON – JP Morgan has extended its range of investable currency index products, with the creation of an index that seeks to exploit the carry trade in emerging market currencies.
Keeping pace in an explosive market
Rick Schumacher, product manager at Wall Street Systems in New York, explores recent transformations in the FX market and the new challenges and opportunities these present for banks
Banks sign up to Bloomberg NDFs
NEW YORK – HSBC, Lehman Brothers, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered have committed to offering liquidity in non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) over the Bloomberg FX Dealing platform.
Participating in a rangy/bullish spot
How can clients maximise potential gains from favourable spot moves while minimising the downside risk? Eric Ohayon of Bank of America in London investigates
Saxo debuts retail algorithmic tool
LONDON – Saxo Bank is today (June 25) launching its retail algorithmic trading tool, TradeCommander, in the UK market ( FX Week , January 8).
Lehman Brothers continues e-FX drive
Lehman began offering prices over the Bloomberg FX Dealing system on June 12.
BNP Paribas multi-asset trading system to go live this year
LONDON – BNP Paribas plans to go live with a new multi-asset trading system in the third quarter of this year, marking the move of another bank away from silo-based trading and sales.
E-trading comes in many flavours
The future of electronic trading is mapped out by Nick Dyne , chief executive of London-based data management and STP systems vendor Logicscope
Call for rejig in liquidity management
LONDON – FX banks are in need of a radical overhaul of their liquidity management systems, according to research released Friday (June 15) by London-based research and advisory company ClientKnowledge.
Progress adds algorithmic functionality to Apama
BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS – Software vendor Progress Software is today (June 18) launching an FX package that allows FX traders to run algorithms across multiple liquidity sources, accessing best price and market depth.
Saxo Bank expands London sales force
LONDON – Saxo Bank has strengthened its London sales and marketing teams with four new hires, as it continues to expand its presence in the city as part of a global strategy.