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CFTC fines firm $260,000 for lack of capital

WASHINGTON & VIRGINIA - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has ordered a US retail foreign exchange trading company to pay $260,000 to settle charges relating to undercapitalisation.

There will be blood

David Woo, head of global foreign exchange strategy at Barclays Capital in London, notes the movers and shakers among the G-10 currencies

Musical chairs at Goldman Sachs

LONDON - Goldman Sachs is seeing a number of changes at its foreign exchange sales and trading team in London, sources tell FX Week .

Global managers negative on sterling

LONDON - Despite experiencing its largest devaluation in 16 years, sterling is still overvalued, according to respondents to a Merrill Lynch global fund manager survey.

Saxo launches Webtrader

COPENHAGEN - Saxo Bank plans to introduce version 2.0 of its web-based platform, Saxo WebTrader, at the end of the second quarter.

A call for old-fashioned banking?

Over the past few years, buy-side traders have been demanding a levelling of the playing field as they increasingly make markets in foreign exchange like their sell-side peers. So it was surprising, and even refreshing, to hear some calls for old…

Deutsche Bank continues ETN issues

NEW YORK - Deutsche Bank has launched four commodity-linked exchange traded notes (ETNs), in response to growing demand from retail and institutional investors for exposure to the commodity markets.

Global remit for Deutsche pair

LONDON & NEW YORK - Deutsche Bank has promoted Ivor Dunbar and Richard Byrne to share the role of head of global capital markets in London and New York, respectively, filling the role left vacant by Thomas Gahan.

Tullett signs data feed deal in China

LONDON & SHANGHAI - Tullett Prebon Information (TPI) has signed an agreement to provide foreign exchange, interest rate, fixed income and money data to Chinese financial data provider Wind Info.

BNP looks to the long term

LONDON & PARIS - BNP Paribas has restructured its Paris-based central bank and official institutions foreign exchange sales desk by bringing in a new co-head responsible for long-term interest rate product sales.

Banks vow to improve transparency

WASHINGTON, DC & FRANKFURT - The Institute of International Finance (IIF), a banking industry trade group, has promised to improve transparency over risk exposure and executive pay in the wake of the credit crisis.

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