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Turkish central bank supplies lira through stock exchange
Governor acknowledges unconventional short-term liquidity provision, as traditional repo operations come to a halt
Miesner appointed new Spotex CEO
Former global head of sales and distribution steps up to top job as Agrawal becomes CTO
Former ADS Securities CTO Rossiter is CEO of Tranquility Base
The capital markets front-office tech specialist previously worked at Barclays and CIBC
Cummins claims deal with Aiyer and two others to boost profits
Former Citi trader alleges doing “whatever it takes”, including spoofing markets and triggering clients’ stop losses
Ex-JP Morgan trader on trial for rigging
Justice dept claims fake trades duped market but defence argues against overly simplistic view
AML deadline prompts FCA to warn crypto firms
Regulator says firms must not mislead customers about regulatory status and outlines deadline for registration
Morgan Stanley leads US bank peers in Q3 Ficc revenues
Unlike other US banks, Morgan Stanley’s Ficc revenues made significant gains on a quarterly and yearly basis
BoE’s Tenreyro comes to the defence of flexible exchange rates
Policy-maker challenges conventional wisdom in several areas of economics
Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn goes mobile
App gains 700-plus subscriptions since September launch; users can trade round-the-clock
Geneva subsidiary boosts smartTrade’s presence
The technology provider also expands Paris sales team with two hires
Cambodia extends blockchain payment system pilot
Central bank lengthens trial to end of year and explores including cross-border transactions
Dispo joins BNY Mellon in London
Louise Dispo spent almost a decade as a FX and rates EM trader at Standard Chartered Bank
Knight tapped to lead Baton’s Emea expansion
Citi veteran to head Emea as California-based firm opens London office
Angola abandons currency trading band
Central bank floats currency in bid to alleviate FX shortage, after IMF raises concerns
Argentina tightens currency controls following Macri’s defeat
Left-wing opposition leader Alberto Fernandez wins October 27 presidential elections
Thompson to head FX options at BNY Mellon in NY
Joining the US bank from ANZ, Neal held a similar position from 2015
BGC's Lucera hires Crane
Following a career that began in product management at EBS in 1990, Crane moves to the fintech firm
Johnson seeks rehearing, argues lower fraud bar threatens markets
Former trader’s attorney says that in affirming his conviction, the panel has set a low bar for fraud
ECB and PBoC renew bilateral currency swap
Euro-renminbi currency swap agreement will stay in place until October 2022
Numbering association starts work on crypto identifiers
Anna task force explores how Isins can be extended to digital assets such as tokenised securities and cryptocurrencies
First cross-currency swap cleared at Eurex
Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan first to use service and two more banks are onboarding as CCP hopes to extend offering to clients in 2020
FXall bolsters frontier liquidity with new partnership
The alliance will extend liquidity to several currencies in Africa and Asia
Facebook not trying to replace central banks, claims Zuckerberg
Facebook chief plays down economic impact and says libra can help fight financial crime
Millennium Global expands European presence with Paris office
The firm is set to make 12 new hires at its recently opened French base