Trading
Trend the poorest-performing strategy for August
LONDON – Currency managers using the trend strategy ended August at a loss of -2.2% as risk aversion led to a move into safe-haven currencies, indicates research by Royal Bank of Scotland.
Widmer out as Citi rolls in new e-commerce team
NEW YORK & ZURICH - Citi has established a new G-10 FX electronic commerce relationship management team, shortly after two senior FX managers resigned from the bank.
CFTC retail FX rules fail to curb offshore trading
WASHINGTON, DC - The US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) compromise to limit leverage on retail FX trading accounts to 50:1 from a proposed 10:1, is unlikely to curb the shift of retail business offshore, according to market participants.
RBS hires in prime brokerage from BarCap
STAMFORD, CT - Royal Bank of Scotland is expanding the Americas coverage of its prime-brokerage business with the hire of Matthew Shuman to its fixed-income, currencies and commodities (FICC) prime brokerage team.
Trading Places, September 6, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
Turnover reaches $4 trillion
Trading between banks and the non-bank financial institutions surpassed interdealer volumes, reveal preliminary statistics from the Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) triennial foreign exchange survey.
Citi appoints Asia ex-Japan strategy chief
Citigroup appointed Patrick Perret-Green as head of FX and local markets strategy for Asia, ex-Japan.
Alpari US live with Morgan Stanley FXPB
Retail trading company Alpari US has dropped Newedge in favour of Morgan Stanley as its foreign exchange prime broker, as part of plans to reduce trade sizes and auto-hedge its retail flows.
SEB FXPB targets Q4 live date on EBS and Reuters
SEB will go live with three prime brokerage clients on EBS Spot and Thomson Reuters Matching for Prime Brokerage at the start of the fourth quarter.
Morgan Stanley builds out structuring
Morgan Stanley has hired Stefano Diamantini from JP Morgan in London, in a bid to improve its FX structuring capabilities, according to market sources.
Barnes bows out of RBS
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has suffered a double blow with the departure of its global head of FX, Mark Barnes, in London and Christiane Mandell, head of RBS' Latin American businesses in Mexico and Brazil, based in Stamford, Connecticut.
Tullett Prebon builds on OTC product transparency
LONDON - Tullett Prebon opened sales and client services offices in London and New York for its technology-driven price verification services, OTC Valuations, last week.
Westpac stays euro-bearish, dollar-bullish
Westpac topped the three-month rankings by maintaining a euro-bearish, dollar-bullish stance.
Best at FX Bridge
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Stephen Best joined FX Bridge Technologies as chief executive this month.
Trading Places, August 23, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
BNP Paribas builds in options in bid for top five position
NEW YORK & SINGAPORE - BNP Paribas has made three new FX options hires in New York and Singapore, the bank said on August 18.
BNP Paribas enters US retail market via Bank of the West
BNP Paribas is offering market-linked certificates of deposit to US retail investors for the first time through subsidiary Bank of the West
Ability of Bric nations to revive global economy exaggerated, say analysts
The contribution of Brazil, Russia, India and China to the world economy is still too small to compensate for low demand in advanced economies.
Asian banks in OTC derivatives reconciliation drive
Efforts by Isda and international banks to get Asian counterparties to use portfolio reconciliation services for OTC derivatives are starting to pay off
FX Week USA: What were people talking about?
Reporter Farah Khalique speaks to participants at FX Week USA about trends in the foreign exchange markets
Interview with Jon Levy on Wall Street regulation
FX Week reporter Farah Khalique talks to Eurasia's Jon Levy about the risks change creates within the global regulatory framework
Interview with Erik Lehtis on prime brokerage
Erik Lehtis speaks to FX Week reporter Farah Khalique about the advent of new regulations in the prime-brokerage arena
Interview with IDB's Amir Tal on the tech arms race
Amir Tal speaks to FX Week's Farah Khalique about how smaller financial services firms keep up with their larger rivals
Interview with Udi Sela of SuperDerivatives
FX Week's Farah Khalique asks Udi Sela about the impact of increased regulation on foreign exchange traders