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More consolidation of bank trading platforms to come, says Wall St Systems
JP Morgan's consolidation of platforms could set the trend for other banks to follow
FXall promotes Jonathan Woodward to top Asia post
Appointment follows the departure of Asia sales head Patrick Nagel
Trading Places, March 28, 2011
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Dollar weakness will continue, warns Barclays Capital
UK bank predicts eurodollar will rise over the next month as current trends continue
EU Council leans towards special treatment for FX
Industry's concerns starting to be reflected in legislation proposals
Newman joins TD Securities in London
Canadian bank hires new currency trading head
Khan-Gandapur quits SG CIB
French bank loses its London-based head of fixed income and currencies
McCarthy to replace Edgington in sales role at Morgan Stanley
Jeff Pagano will take over as IRCC head of sales for North America
Traiana rolls out forex clearing connectivity service
Citi and CME Clearing become the first to join the network as the market prepares for the advent of FX clearing
Treasury timeline on FX exemption decision still unclear
Market participants divided on whether the agency is likely to exempt swaps and forwards from Dodd-Frank clearing requirements
Japanese disaster causes yen uncertainty
Strategists say it is difficult to predict the performance of the yen as uncertainty over the Japanese situation continues
Barclays Capital reshuffles FX structuring roles
Senior structurers to switch locations by mid-year as bank merges two business lines
Icap mulls bank-only alternative to Pure FX
Discussions progress about new functionality on Icap's platform that could eliminate the threat of Pure FX
Nomura loses top FX spot dealer in New York
Heidt departs Japanese bank after two years
Trading Places, March 21, 2011
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CLS welcomes new Basel working group on FX settlement risk
Work between central banks and supervisors that was halted at the onset of the financial crisis is now set to continue
Deutsche Bank makes senior hires and promotions in London and New York
Jennions and Winder resurface at Deutsche after resigning from Morgan Stanley, as Justin Gray joins from Barclays
SGX to clear FX forwards despite possible Treasury exemption
SGX to add new currencies and asset classes, including FX forwards, to OTC clearing service
Edgington quits Morgan Stanley
US bank loses its head of European IRCC sales, but hires senior marketers to its FX prime-brokerage business
Yen will strengthen as it did after Kobe, say currency strategists
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 will not force a weakening of the yen, according to currency strategists focused on the region.
FX Invest Europe: Renminbi could overtake euro as alternative reserve currency
Panellists discuss the US dollar as the unquestioned reserve currency
CPSS-Iosco proposes risk standards for CCPs
Central counterparties should be ready for failure of one or two largest customers, regulators suggest
Afme global FX division calls for restraint on Sefs
Managing director James Kemp explains how Sef rules can be applied without putting the current liquidity and volumes of the FX market in danger
Alpari launches FX options platform
Platform launched on March 9 to execute vanilla options trading strategies