Articles by Alessandro Aimone
Former RBS trader wins unfair dismissal lawsuit
Ian Drysdale was unfairly dismissed by RBS in 2014, but he will not receive any compensation, judge rules
London jury acquits Libor brokers of fraud
The former traders were accused of working with Tom Hayes to fix the benchmark
ParFX adds Hungarian forint
EUR/HUF and five other currency pairs are now available on the electronic platform
Samsung Securities gains third-party access to CLS
The securities company is the first non-bank financial institution to join CLS in South Korea
China's central bank explores digital currencies
The PBoC is studying the possibility, alongside a team of researchers, major financial institutions and advisory bodies
Nembrini joins Quantic Asset Management
London Capital Group's former head of institutional sales and trading joins the asset manager, focused on FX
Abacas issues first asset-backed coin on bitcoin blockchain
The exchange, launched in June 2015, allows managers to exchange assets without owning them
Pearson leaves RBS
Head of FX exits the bank following sabbatical
Glyptis joins Sapient Global Markets
The former head of BNY Mellon's Emea innovation centre joins Sapient as director
FlexTrade appoints two in sales
Glen Sargeant and Marek Lewandowski join the vendor as Emea sales managers
Swiss franc uncapped, one year on
A year after the historic SNB move, the lesson has been learned: always expect the unexpected
Holcombe leaves Nasdaq
David Holcombe, global head of FX product, exits the exchange
RBS starts the year with solid EUR/JPY call
The bank expects the dollar to continue its uptrend against other major currencies
Renminbi slides to five-year low as FX reserves fall
China's reserves fell $108 billion in December as the People's Bank of China continues to intervene in the market
Toland exits MarketFactory
Global sales vice-president Steve Toland will leave in February after a year in the role
The Fed awoke; the dollar never sleeps
After 12 months of lingering, it finally happened in December and the greenback now seems unstoppable
FXSpotStream adds 12th liquidity provider
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ goes live on the trading venue's price aggregation service
Digital Vega puts efficiency at top of agenda
Efficiency, transparency and reducing costs will be the key themes in 2016, says Mark Suter
Saxo Bank triumphs as the most successful forecaster of 2015
The Danish bank tops the overall rankings as best forecaster of the year
RBC says ECB is done, focus on Fed
Adam Cole, head of G10 FX strategy, outlines the bank's expectations for 2016
Crane joins ADS Securities from SEB
Al Crane, former head of eFX liquidity sales, will join in February as head of institutional sales for Europe and the Americas
R3 concludes membership round, adding 12 more banks
The number of banks participating in the blockchain project rises to 42 since its September launch
Finma bans six former UBS employees
The Swiss watchdog issues six industry bans against managers and traders for serious regulation breaches in the FX and precious metals business
Tom Hayes' prison sentence reduced
The former UBS and Citi trader, who was found guilty of rigging Libor, has his prison time cut to 11 years