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MahiFX launches data analytics tool
MFX Echo will help traders identify “highly impactful behaviour” to inform trading decisions
Crown Agents Bank appoints Pitts
David Pitts takes up senior adviser role
NYDFS fines Deutsche Bank $205m for FX
Fines relate to practices between 2007 and 2013, when Deutsche was the world’s largest dealer by market share
Northern Trust partners Lumint for FX solutions
The partnership supports further innovations in hedging programme management and analytics
Phil Weisberg joins oneZero’s advisory board
The firm hopes to use his institutional market insight as it seeks new opportunities
Mark Johnson out of prison on bail
Former HSBC currency boss allowed out on bail while his appeal is pending
Citadel hires Findlay in London
Iain Findlay joins the hedge fund from Citi as an FX options trader
Towner and Scott move to JCRA from HiFX
The two men join the independent FX adviser as the buy side increasingly seeks impartial FX management advice
Margolis swaps FXLM for private banking
Adam Margolis becomes head of FX advisory at Citi’s private bank after more than seven years in the bank’s FXLM team
BNP Paribas makes raft of senior appointments in the Americas
The senior appointments flow from the bank's desire to consolidate its position in the region on the back of significant growth
Mark Johnson’s attorneys point to Isda agreement in appeal
“How are FX traders supposed [to] know what trading constitutes wire fraud when the government cannot even answer that question?” attorneys ask
Aite Group: aggregation and workflow key for buy side
The financial consultancy recommends buy-side participants and technology vendors focus on six key areas
European corporates hit by FX in final quarter of 2017
Currency losses at their highest for corporates in Europe since Q3 2015
ADS Securities appoints Coulon as head of IT
Emmanuel Coulon joins the firm’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi
Krueger joins Saxo from Barclays
Eric Krueger will take up newly created role of global head of client services
Thomson Reuters expands crypto sentiment data feed
Cryptocurrency sentiment package monitors more than 2,000 global news and 800 social media sites in real time
360T and FXall enter price-distribution deal
Banks using 360T’s price engine will be able to price FXall customers, as well as clients on the Deutsche Börse-owned venue
Bowerman takes Hudson's role at BAML
Daniel Bowerman becomes global head of FX e-commerce at the bank
China FX reserves at seven-month low in May
PBoC figures show $14.2 billion decrease, bringing total reserves stockpile to seven-month low of $3.11 trillion
Active traders were stabilisers during FX shocks, says think-tank
The three largest currency moves of the past 20 years give insight into trading behaviour across segments, says JP Morgan Chase Institute
INTL FCStone rolls out e-platform for frontier units
Platform to streamline price discovery of exotic currencies through more electronic process
FX volumes rise in May
Trading platforms continue positive trend that started at the beginning of the year
Banque de France selects Quod Financial
French central bank chooses Quod for FX aggregation needs
Dmitri Galinov leaves FastMatch
Chief executive of Euronext-owned ECN FastMatch resigns