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Informatica to launch messaging management tool in Q2
California-based data integration software vendor Informatica will launch a new messaging management system in the second quarter, according to officials at the firm.
Nomura maintains faith in dollar recovery
Nomura topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings with accurate expectations regarding eurodollar and a belief the US dollar would begin to strengthen again this year.
Finding your currency bearings in 2011
Mitul Kotecha, head of global foreign exchange research at Crédit Agricole CIB, summarises the themes that have been driving the FX markets in the first two months of 2011
In Brief, February 21, 2011
Read this week's In Brief to stock up on the latest technology news around the FX world.
FX platforms ponder implications of Sef rules
Market participants might need to wait until July before the full implications of swap execution facilities on FX trading platforms are fully known.
Trading Places, February 21, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
Isda working group to draw up new, standardised CSA
Derivatives market set for shake-up as confusion over how to price multi-currency CSA trades drives a push towards a standardised collateral agreement
Banks raise concerns over liquidity in new FX options ventures
New York-based interdealer broker GFI Group last week completed the launch of its FX options trading platform, joining a handful of entities rolling out such platforms. Will banks provide liquidity to the new ventures? Farah Khalique reports
Audio: Dollar to win G-3 ugly contest
Nick Beecroft, senior markets consultant at Saxo Bank, predicts the US dollar will stage a comeback in 2011.
Swiss banks report modest FX revenue rises in Q4
The two largest Swiss banks unveiled their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2010 last week, revealing modest increases in foreign exchange revenues.
Trading Places, February 14, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
Citi to provide PB services to brokers on FX Bridge options platform
Citi has become the second bank to provide foreign exchange prime brokerage (PB) services and options liquidity to brokers that use the FX Bridge Pro Trader Plus platform to offer FX spot and options trading to their clients.
Digital Vega plans Sef licence to boost options platform
London-based forex technology vendor Digital Vega will attempt to benefit from new regulations by applying to become a swap execution facility (Sef), the firm has told FX Week.
Saxo to launch streaming exotic binary options
Danish bank to add new options functionality to its trading platform in the second quarter
Rabobank triumphs with expectations of USD weakness
Rabobank topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings with expectations the US dollar would continue to weaken.
European Parliament and Council on collision course over FX exemption
The top European Union institutions in Brussels have found themselves at odds over the crucial question of whether foreign exchange contracts should be subject to new rules for mandatory clearing and reporting of over-the-counter derivatives in the…
European Parliament has neglected FX exemption question, says UK MEP
Kay Swinburne criticises colleagues in the European Parliament for failing to tackle the question of whether forex contracts need to be subjected to new clearing and reporting requirements
Spotlight on: Kay Swinburne, member of the European Parliament
The British MEP speaks exclusively to FX Week about the European Parliament's worrying lack of discussion of the treatment of foreign exchange in derivatives legislation.
Proof of exposure required before Indian companies can trade FX derivatives
New regulations in India will require companies to prove they have an exposure that needs to be hedged.
FX options clearing will be challenging, Afme panellists warn
Conference speakers discuss the investment needed to meet requirements for central clearing of FX options.
Deutsche Bank’s Q4 results show strong performance in FX
Deutsche Bank published its fourth-quarter results on February 3, revealing its sales and trading net revenues, which include FX, had increased to €1.6 billion from €1.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Thomson Reuters: further dollar weakness ahead
Thomson Reuters – IFR topped this week’s one-month currency forecast rankings with expectations the US dollar would weaken in the first weeks of 2011.
Changing role of the FX salesperson sparks debate at Afme conference
The sell-side foreign exchange salesperson has a changing role to play in the industry as a result of an increase in high-frequency trading and the advent of new regulations, according to panellists at the European Market Liquidity conference in London…