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Rand Merchant Bank to roll out e-trading
JOHANNESBURG - Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of FirstRand Bank, plans to go live with a multi-asset class electronic trading platform by Q3.
FX market goes back to fundamentals
LONDON - A correction in overvalued currencies and risk aversion will promote strategies based on economic factors and real value this year, say analysts.
Dah Sing Bank deploys Fenics FX
HONG KONG - Dah Sing Bank has begun using foreign exchange options pricing and risk management system Fenics FX, developed by interdealer broker GFI, at its Hong Kong-based treasury department.
Barclays promotes four FX managing directors
LONDON & FRANKFURT - Barclays Capital's foreign exchange division has started the new year with four new managing directors.
Swedbank goes live with e-FX price stream
STOCKHOLM - Swedbank plans to offer streaming foreign exchange rates over its proprietary platform and multi-bank platform, FXall, by the end of this month.
Nordea builds algorithms
COPENHAGEN - Nordea plans to begin using algorithms for trading and risk management within the first half of this year, a senior official has told FX Week .
Algorithmic trading comes of age
Last summer's resurgence in market volatility highlighted the role of algorithmic trading in maintaining the active flow of electronic liquidity.
Currenex platform revamp boosts corporate coverage
NEW YORK - Currenex has released a redesigned platform in an effort to boost activity from the corporate market, FX Week has learned.
NFA shuts down four FX dealers
CHICAGO - Four foreign exchange brokers were forced to close operations last month after failing to meet the National Futures Association's (NFA) $5 million minimum net capital requirements.
Trading levels show growth of forex as asset class
LONDON & CHICAGO - Interdealer broker Icap and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) reported record foreign exchange trading volumes in 2007, demonstrating the continued adoption of forex as an asset class.
Forex results strong in Q4
NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reported strong results for foreign exchange in the fourth quarter of 2007, despite challenging market conditions.
BGC loses FX chief but gains e-commerce head
LONDON - Interdealer broker BGC Partners has lost its London-based managing director of foreign exchange, but has strengthened its e-commerce capabilities with a key hire in the City.
Lehman gains from CBA split
SYDNEY - The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) decision to split its global markets and treasury business is playing into the hands of local competitors Lehman Brothers and the National Australia Bank.
Lehman sees forex up but fixed income down in Q4
NEW YORK - Lehman Brothers has achieved strong foreign exchange revenues for the fourth quarter, despite suffering big losses in fixed income.
Subprime crisis drains FX bonus pool
LONDON - Staff at banks worst hit by the subprime crisis are due to face reductions in cash payouts, sources tell FX Week .
Banks brace for algo trading boom in 2008
As the industry continues to digest the credit market's meltdown, foreign exchange trading volumes continue to boom. Representatives of the major FX banks, Credit Suisse, HSBC and Saxo Bank, discuss the main technology trends in e-FX trading to watch in…
Short-dated RMB forwards curve widens
HONG KONG - Short-term renminbi non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) will remain priced higher than onshore forwards into year end, as a US dollar liquidity squeeze causes onshore market participants to hold onto the greenback, say analysts.
Saxo in executive shake-up
COPENHAGEN - Christian Frahm, senior executive director and head of Europe, excluding UK and the Middle East, at Saxo Bank in Copenhagen, left the bank last month.
Hotspot FXi revamp means faster trades
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Electronic communications network (ECN) Hotspot FXi plans to implement a multiple-server matching engine architecture to replace its single matching engine in January 2008, to improve the platform's performance.
Credit Suisse e-trades exotics
LONDON - Credit Suisse has enabled trading in structured exotic foreign exchange options on its proprietary electronic trading platform, Merlin, with select institutional clients globally, the Swiss dealer said last week.
Wayward US forex brokers struck off the register
WASHINGTON, DC - The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has revoked the introducing broker registrations of Next Financial Services Unlimited and New World Trading, due to fraudulent FX activities.
Overlay launches EM currency fund
DUBLIN - Overlay Asset Management has launched a specialist fund to invest exclusively in emerging market currencies.
Forex cons caught red-handed
DETROIT - The Michigan Federal Court has ordered Millenium Trading Group and Worldwide Clearing of Florida, as well as Florida resident Cedric Stanton, to pay more than $10 million in sanctions.