Saima Farooqi
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Buy side resigned to higher pricing
Buy-side traders have emerged as post-crisis neo-realists, with a sense of resignation, and some scarring, in the tone of speakers at the FX Invest Europe congress in Zurich last Tuesday (March 9).
US retail brokers dubious over NFA FX committee
Retail brokers question influence of committee on imminent retail leverage rules
Bloomberg launches correlation-weighted currency indexes
Vendor releases alternative to trade-weighted currency indexes
A market for relationship managers
Relationship management has never played a stronger role in winning business - and support - than over the past year. Those dealers that have the best relationship managers seem to be rewarded with client wins, even if they aren't quite operationally…
Kraft joins BoAML as head of Japan FX
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) has made a key hire to its foreign exchange business in Tokyo, as part of plans to aggressively build out its market share in Japan.
Post-crisis shakeout will reveal new leaders
After any crisis there is change. But the rate of change in the foreign exchange market means this industry is undergoing a dramatic shift in structure and make-up that will result in, for better or worse, different leaders in the market.
Thomson Reuters buys Aegisoft
Thomson Reuters today announced the acquisition of electronic trading technology vendor Aegisoft.
Citi and Morgan Stanley live on CLS/Traiana JV service
Dealers act to cut costs and operational constraints