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Jackson named head of BoE's FX division
The UK's central bank appoints Rebecca Jackson as the new head of foreign exchange
Management shake-up at Deutsche Bank
The moves are part of a general reorganisation of the business divisions
Banks seek greater insight into their trading activity
Surveillance tools can provide firms with a better understanding of the activities taking place within their organisation
PBoC to launch RMB/CHF trading ‘very soon'
Shanghai-based head of renminbi trading at major western bank says reported move is primarily ‘symbolic' and is likely to feature other currencies as well
BNP Paribas loses emerging markets FX spot trader Shah
The emerging market trader is believed to have resigned from his post
Deutsche Börse completes 360T acquisition
Key features of the deal include a new ECN-type trading venue for FX spot with derivatives instruments a possibility
Spotex integrates Azul's Zing in its ECN
Zing helps to boost Spotex's performance by eliminating the shortcomings in Java-based trading applications
Barclays discloses last look guidelines
Following the US Justice Department interest into the practice, the UK bank explains how and when it uses it
FCA introduces new whistleblowing rules as clean-up continues
Regulators, looking for additional ways to clean up the scandal-prone financial industry, are forcing banks to make it easier for employees to report wrongdoing in all parts of the business
Legal exits Credit Agricole
FX spot trader joins Deutsche Bank
FX options head Tziavragos leaves JP Morgan
Head of North American FX options departs the bank
Epstein leaves Barclays to join Deutsche
Senior FX options trader leaves after seven years at the UK bank
Blockchain platform processes one billion daily transactions
UK start-up Setl hits a milestone as the financial industry seeks to gain from distributed ledger technology
Saxo appoints three to board
Saxo, which continues to diversify its business and revenues, said regulatory compliance is a core focus for the bank
Renminbi internationalisation slightly delayed by stock market rout
Panellists at the 6th Pan Asia Regulatory Summit say Chinese regulators held back after stock market turmoil
China and Singapore expand cross-border renminbi channels
Initiative allows Chinese companies to raise RMB debt in the offshore hub, while making it easier for Singapore banks to deploy RMB liquidity; Singapore also eases exchange rate path
CFH Clearing launches new liquidity service
The new liquidity service gives CFH clients access to tier 1 banks, multilateral trading facilities, electronic communications networks and multi-dealer platforms
Bank of Japan launches updated payments platform
New BoJ-NET system live today, days after launch of China's Cips platform, and renminbi surpasses yen as global payments currency
Groenenberg appointed new global head of EM strategy at BNP Paribas
Former Citi head of EM strategy joins the French bank after a year at BlueBay, to co-ordinate strategy and trade ideas
FastMatch completes first disclosed trade on its platform
Market makers using the venue for disclosed trading can customise FX solutions for customer's needs
Trading volumes off post-RMB devaluation highs
While volumes were down on most platforms, currency pairs such as the USD/RUB and USD/CNY saw an uptick in trading
Renminbi becomes fourth most-used payment currency
The Chinese currency overtakes the yen with a share of 2.79% in global payments by value
CLS CEO to brief market participants on code of conduct progress
David Puth will speak at an ACI America event in late October in New York
FXSpotStream targets Asia-Pacific region with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi addition
There are now 12 contributing banks in the aggregator's diverse pool of liquidity providers