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FCA approves New Change FX for benchmarks
NCFX becomes first benchmark administrator for live FX spot markets under EU regulation 2016/1011
Obituary: FX veteran Guy Plummer passes away
Known as the ‘chart man’, Plummer worked in foreign exchange for 25 years
HSBC to pay $101 million to settle with DoJ
UK bank enters into deferred prosecution agreement and agrees to pay criminal penalty over Cairn Energy and other FX conduct
Vollaro joins BNY Mellon in FX sales
Frank Vollaro spent more than 16 years at HSBC
Bundesbank to include renminbi in reserves
Onshore renminbi jumps to strongest level against the dollar for more than two years, following comment from Germany’s central bank
Bogucki plans to fight fraud charges in California
Former Barclays FX head returns ‘not guilty’ plea during arraignment at Brooklyn court
Shaffer joins StanChart’s FX options team
Eric Shaffer spent 13 years at Citi before making the move
Mash and Rowles join ED&F Man
Keith Mash and Alex Rowles join the institutional broker’s London office
TraderTools taps Abacus for cloud service
The venue gains the global scale and infrastructural expertise to expand ULN
Long Blockchain to merge with Stater
The combined company will focus on providing blockchain technology solutions to financial markets
New role for Broadridge's Carey
Tom Carey will focus on expanding the company’s growth in Emea and Asia-Pacific
Goldman’s Gillespie jumps to Japanese crypto firm
Phillip Gillespie has been appointed chief executive of market-maker B2C2 Japan
Hancox and Pena exit Morgan Stanley
Dudley Hancox and Andrew Pena were senior members of the bank’s FX sales team
McKinley joins Goldman Sachs in e-FX sales
Mike McKinley used to work in e-FX sales at HSBC
Jackson and Peirce join SEC as commissioners
Robert Jackson and Hester Peirce fill the two remaining seats, bringing the commission to full strength
Saxo Bank appoints Bunce as chief client officer
Damian Bunce joins after spending almost five years as global head of electronic markets at Sberbank CIB
Spiteri joins 360T
Lisa Spiteri started her new role on January 15, switching from Nex-owned EBS, where she worked for more than 13 years
Goodbody joins macro fund as strategic adviser
Melbourne-based Goodbody takes new role after spending a year on gardening leave
FX hiring prospects to pick up in 2018, study says
Options Group expects many traders and sales people to move this year
Miller joins LMAX Exchange in Singapore
Quentin Miller was previously part of the fixed-income, commodities and currencies e-trading team at Standard Chartered
Thomson Reuters updates Mifid II services
Mifid II-compliant data now available from 57 global exchanges, and eight new trading and reporting venues
Cartel lawyers to argue for case dismissal on January 29
The legal representatives of Ashton, Ramchandani and Usher will ask a federal judge to throw out the case against the three men
FCA sees 'serious risk of harm' in CFD products
In a letter addressed to the chief executives of CFD providers and distributors, the UK watchdog highlighted several areas of concern
Bjurgert joins Jump Trading
Bo Bjurgert will be part of the NBLP's European business development team