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Marson joins FX sales at Barclays in London
He moves to the firm from Tullett Prebon
Oakley rejoins Nomura as head of flow FX
Stuart Oakley moves to the Japanese bank from Crédit Agricole
Rokos hires new risk chief
Gianluca Squassi is replacing Nick Howard as the $8 billion hedge fund’s CRO
Refinitiv to keep Klibor contract with Bank Negara Malaysia
The firm will continue to administer the country’s interest rate benchmark
FastMatch’s FX Tape available via QuantHouse’s API
The move extends the FX consolidated tape’s reach to a wider audience
State Street provides CLSSettlement to Japanese pension fund
Unnamed Japan-based pension fund is part of pilot to mitigate pension funds’ FX trading risks
FX sales specialist Lim becomes managing partner at MaiCapital
Marco Lim joins blockchain firm from Goldman Sachs, where he worked in e-Ficc sales
Edelman joins Levinson’s Gama as execution trader
Former Deutsche Bank staffer has long career in FX hedge fund sales
US and UK regulators strike deal to protect derivatives trading post-Brexit
Joint statement indicates ongoing co-operation, “whatever form” Brexit takes
Bloomberg brings alternative data to online platform
Enterprise Access Point goes beyond traditional data with geopolitics and financial sentiment feeds
Nomura’s asset manager extends CLSSettlement to Japanese funds
First local asset manager to provide access in sign of success for buy-side adoption push
Gunewardena joins CFTC’s market intelligence branch
Mel joins US regulator following years on buy and sell side in fixed income and FX
Zimbabwe sets up interbank FX market with new dollar-pegged currency
Central bank governor pledges stability, but analyst says initiative is “cancerous”
Narasimha steps down as Oanda CEO
Vatsa will remain on the broker’s board of directors
USD/CNH futures trading hits record high in Singapore
Trade dispute-driven volatility sustains momentum as overall FX futures trading peaks
Esma renews ban on binaries once again
European regulator still sees risks for investors, can keep renewing as it likes
Goldman Sachs FX traders leave to set up sports betting site
Nick Smith and Kristian Brauten-Smith were members of G10 spot team
Cleared swaps grow 10 times faster than bilateral at HSBC
FX derivatives notionals rise $1.3 trillion (21%) to $7.6 trillion
Wei Zhong Lim joins Nomura from State Street
The e-FX sales specialist continues to be based in Singapore
Esma to recognise three UK clearing houses in no-deal Brexit
EU derivatives traders will gain unbroken access to UK CCPs, even with no withdrawal deal
FX Link adds two more currency pairs
CME now offers spot FX basis spreads for eight pairs versus futures
PBoC issues 20 billion yuan of central bank bills in Hong Kong
Bills could be used to manage offshore yuan liquidity and stabilise exchange rates
Fragmentation keeps yen flash crash cause murky, says RBA
But points finger at double whammy of low-volume Asia morning and algo trading
Bank of America names Su as co-Apac chief
Jin Su, co-head of Ficc for Asia-Pacific, is named alongside Jiro Seguchi as new co-presidents for the region