News
London cements position as renminbi hub
City of London report says the UK capital saw daily RMB trades of $61.5 billion in 2014
Banks need greater FXPB differentiation
In the post-SNB world, niche players have the advantage, says RBS's head of FXPB services
Z.com Trade launches UK consumer drive
Japanese trading giant seeks to expand its retail client base
Liquidity issues may prevent RMB's entry to SDR
Panellists at an industry conference in New York and a special China report from law firm Allen & Overy cite issues with liquidity as a main concern for renminbi progress
Saxo shuts retail MT4 offering
Danish bank closes its Cyprus-based subsidiary as it concentrates on its newly launched trading platform, SaxoTraderGO
Emerging market risks diverge further as Fed hike looms
Standard Life updates its EM heat map to assess resistance to future shocks
Clutch Group appoints new senior director
Claire Wynne-Jones joins the legal firm after 11 years at SFO
Lloyds hires McKeown
Aidan McKeown moves from StormHarbour Securities to join Lloyds' relationship solutions team
Hasenpusch takes the reins at CME Clearing Europe
Tina Hasenpusch replaces Lee Betsill who is returning to Chicago
Mesirow boosts teams in London and Chicago
The currency management company hires from State Street and Russell Investments
Pre-trade tools could have mitigated SNB shock
According to panellists at the webinar, FXPB: A pre-trade or post-trade game?
Sefs face uncertain future amid regulatory delays
Basel III could be the next trigger, but costs are mounting
JP Morgan retains pole position in Coalition survey
First quarter of the year sees Citi and Deutsche Bank lose their joint first position
JP Morgan bolsters FX hedge fund sales
New role for Rob McCulloch and Jorge Gallardo hired as US bank seeks to strengthen its hedge fund client base
Sef-traded NDFs grow, but less than 20% of overall flows
NDFs traded on-Sef rose by 20% in March, according to FIA, but overall share of volumes remains small
IG customers make official complaint
Clients with negative balances due to the SNB move on January 15 involve the Financial Ombudsman Service
Gordon Craib joins Barclays FX options trading team
He moves to Barclays after nearly a decade at Goldman Sachs
Neilan Govender joins BNP Paribas
Credit Suisse senior FX trader has left to join BNP Paribas as a senior market-maker in CEEMEA fixed income
Platforms seek new ways to curb last look abuse
FX platforms see filtering out poor liquidity providers as a more constructive way of prohibiting bad behaviour in electronic markets
CME Group senior director exits
FX and interest rate director leaves to set up own business
TriOptima completes first USD/KRW compression
Eleven institutions save $8.8 billion of notional
GFMA appoints Americas managing director
Six months after Mandy Lam's departure, the GFMA appoints a replacement from CLS
FastMatch updates last look procedure
The ECN is the latest to re-examine last look, following FXall and Hotspot, while also updating its disputed trades procedure
EU revisions to uncleared margin rules address industry fears
European regulators roll back contentious elements of EU uncleared margin rules, including the treatment of cash collateral and third-country corporates