News
GFXC launches last look review
Market participants asked to give feedback on language of Principle 17 by September 21
BIS releases final version of GCC
The BIS’s FXWG, led by Guy Debelle, releases the document containing 55 principles for good conduct in FX markets
Central banks establish GFXC to monitor Global Code's progress
Public and private-sector partnership will include 16 central bank reps; Salmon as first chair and Puth as vice-chair
Nex Group rolls out post-trade platform
Nex Infinity, created by Nex Optimisation, goes into production testing for FX and cash equities in July
Petrov returns to Citi
Anguel Petrov was global head of EMFX options at Société Générale
Wilson is back at BofAML
Nick Wilson returns to trade options at the US bank after a decade
Best trades EBS for Nex Optimisation
Stephen Best appointed head of FX solutions, after two years as head of FX options at EBS
Australian regulator accepts FX remedial plan from Macquarie
Macquarie is the fifth Australian bank to present remedial programmes to Asic for failures in its FX business
Choussy heads up trade and portfolio management at Nex Optimisation
Andrés Choussy worked at JP Morgan for 13 years
Euronext buys FastMatch
European stock exchange enters FX space with purchase of ECN for initial $153 million
FX Week is proud to announce the 14th annual e-FX Awards shortlist
More than 120 companies submitted entries for the awards across 21 categories
Goodman joins Millennium Global
Charles Goodman joins the currency management specialist as head of business development to expand its Emea clientele
Ager joins Rosenthal Collins as institutional FX president
He was previously a senior director of New York FX sales and trading at RJ O’Brien
CLS appoints nine new directors to its board
The appointments raise the number of members on the board of directors to 23
LMAX Exchange reports record profits for 2016
FX platform posts EBITDA of £5.6 million, representing annual rise of £4.2 million
Nex Optimisation appoints Colin Murphy as CCO
Murphy joins from Goldman Sachs, where he worked for more than 18 years
Broadway Technology secures $42m for expansion
Long Ridge Equity Partners says Broadway well positioned to take advantage of rapidly evolving capital markets landscape
CLS to replace core settlement system
Overhaul will leverage conventional technology rather than the blockchain solution underpinning the new CLSNet service
Pragma launches algo trading capability for NDFs
New set of products on Pragma360 expected to boost liquidity and best execution for emerging market currencies
Nex launches new JPY benchmark and teams up with FFAJ
Nex Data and Nex Markets provide margin ratios for 170 currency pairs, following new regulatory requirements in Japan
Citizens Bank hires two in FX sales
Rose Noritake joins from JP Morgan, Bryan Morales from Deutsche Bank
Noble launches its first FX product
Noble FX provides real-time settlement and aims to solve the credit gap through peer-to-peer connectivity
Kristen Macleod exits Goldman Sachs
It is understood that she has joined Barclays
Bafin toughens rules on CFDs
New directive for August 10 requires implementation of negative balance protection for CFD products in Germany