Articles by Alessandro Aimone
China FX reserves rebound for first time in eight months
PBoC figures show a rise of $6.9 billion in February, pushing the total above $3 trillion
GTX hires Ed Schwartz as MD for institutional sales
Citi's former director will cover global macro and real-money accounts, reporting to John Miesner
Ireland proposes ban on CFD trading
Central Bank of Ireland's consultation paper addresses concerns about retail clients losing money on high-risk products
BoE deputy governor failed to declare conflict of interest
Charlotte Hogg apologises for breaking the central bank's code of conduct after failing to disclose her brother's role at Barclays
Pragma announces LD6 expansion
The move enables the algo technology provider to improve services to its expanding client base
BNY Mellon appoints Dan Watkins as Emea head of markets
London-based Watkins starts at the end of March, replacing Richard Gill
Tullett Prebon Information signs partnership with Murex
The market data vending arm of TPI will distribute data sets to clients of Murex, which will use them to validate its models
Renminbi's share of global payments slides
China's currency holds sixth place globally, but its overall share continues to shrink, Swift says
Trump policy doubts may hit dollar – IGM
The firm expects EUR/USD to trade at 1.03 in Q2 2017, and at 1.01 by Q1 2018
Imperial FX secures investment
A £50 million injection from a European company will enable the money transfer firm to launch its online platform
Tradition and LMRKTS deliver initial margin optimisation
The two firms conducted a live run, resulting in the processing of 132 sides of trades within eight minutes, nine seconds
Global Prime Partners launches structured products business
UK clients will gain access to a range of issuers
Credit Agricole conducts FX forwards with Orchestrade
The bank is migrating all front-to-middle processing of vanilla and structured products to the platform
CLS and TriOptima compress $1 trillion in forwards and swaps
The combined effort to reduce the size of outstanding portfolios crosses the $1 trillion mark in just over one year
New interim CEO for FXCM, renamed Global Brokerage
Founding members Niv and Ahdout resign following US ban from the CFTC and NFA. Meanwhile, the publicly traded company that owns FXCM Group will trade under a new name
SNB risks friction with US due to FX policy
Switzerland could face being labelled a currency manipulator as the Trump administration takes aim
Invast Global appoints two
Andrew Pal and Cassandra Lister aim to strengthen the firm's presence in Asia
CLS promotes Wood as general counsel
The legal department's co-head replaces Alan Marquard
BoE appoints new deputy governor
The central bank's chief operating officer will replace Minouche Shafik from March 1
Traiana's head of FX quits
Jill Sigelbaum is leaving the Nex Group-owned post-trade services provider after 13 years
Forget Trump, 2017 is not the year of the dollar – Swissquote
The bank's head of strategy is not buying the Trump story and he's bullish on the euro
Stater Global Markets appoints new head of compliance
London-based David Dohmen will report to Ramy Soliman, chief executive of the prime-of-prime brokerage
Nex appoints new TriOptima CEO as Sjöberg leaves
Co-founder exits after 17 years, to be replaced by Stuart Connolly, head of client product development
Digital Vega launches execution and workflow solution
FX options specialist promises to bring significant efficiencies for execution desks through Intelligence Execution engine