Articles by Alessandro Aimone
DTCC promotes Shuman to general counsel
Ann Shuman replaces Larry Thompson, who will now serve full-time as vice-chairman
McDermott joins StanChart
Former FCA acting chief executive starts her new role in March
Heslop to depart SEC
He leaves his post as chief operating officer next month, replaced by Kenneth Johnson as acting COO
RJ O'Brien promotes Texier to managing director
London-based Thomas Texier joined the brokerage in 2015, after its acquisition of The Kyte Group
Turner leaves Citadel Securities, Zhao becomes CEO
Former Microsoft COO leaves the market-making division after six months
CLS signs MoU with Chinese think-tank
The FX utility will work with the National Institution for Financial Development to support the renminbi's internationalisation
ADS Securities appoints non-executive director
Christopher Hansen joins the board of ADS Securities London Limited
Parity in EUR/USD in sight, says BNP Paribas
FX strategist Sam Lynton-Brown holds a EUR/USD view of 1.00 by the year end
Compression start-up LMRKTS secures investment
Founded in 2012, the fintech firm recently reached the trillion-dollar mark of gross notional reduction
Integral wins appeal against EBS's Tolat
The case is now remanded to the district court, where Tolat will face a second trial
Ex-Citi trader pleads guilty in price-fixing conspiracy
Between January 2007 and July 2013, Christopher Cummins, a former Citigroup trader in New York, conspired to suppress and eliminate competition in Ceemea currencies
Nex Data signs distribution partnership with Tradition
Nex Data will source real-time and end-of-day prices from Tradition's global electronic, hybrid and voice-broking operations
Thorsson appointed global head of FX at Swedbank
Stockholm-based Thorsson joined the bank in 1999, and was most recently head of FX
China’s FX reserves fall again in December, but decline slows
Latest PBoC figures show a drop of $41 billion in December to $3.01 trillion, the sixth consecutive month of decline
Plansky appointed head of State Street Global Exchange
Boston-based Plansky joins from PricewaterhouseCoopers and will report to executive vice-president Lou Maiuri
Ex-Barclays trader pleads guilty in price-fixing conspiracy
Jason Katz, a former EMFX trader at Barclays and BNP Paribas, pleads guilty in New York
Renminbi faces depreciation pressure in early 2017
Chinese currency continues to fall against the US dollar in the first trading days, as Beijing seeks to slow capital outflows
CME to launch six monthly contracts for FX futures
The Chicago-based marketplace will offer contracts for AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, JPY and EUR/GBP from February 27
Taylor: the Global Code is a great place to start
Brigid Taylor, managing director of the ACI Financial Markets Association, looks at the regulatory challenges ahead in 2017
Rabobank leaves the rest standing in 2016
As the bank tops the rankings as the year's best forecaster, FX strategy head Jane Foley gives her predictions for 2017
Algo execution and TCA will drive market structure change
Pragma Securities chief Mechner expects best execution requirements to boost the adoption of algorithmic trading
Morgan Stanley sees EUR/USD trading at $0.97 by end 2017
Currency strategist James Lord finds the euro susceptible to weakness and sterling cheap long-term
Regulators and the marketplace must keep talking
With new rules – from the BIS Global Code to Mifid II – set to go live, market participants' associations are urging calm
Saxo Bank signs partnership with Phoenix Finance
The integration process, starting in Q1 2017, will be based on the bank's OpenAPI, launched in 2015