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Bhatti joins Lloyds’ markets team
Omer Bhatti has held various positions in Ficc risk mitigation for several years
Silverman to lead first ECN launch in three years
The new spot FX venue, Fenics FX, comes from BGC Partners, with Hotspot co-founder Howard Silverman at the helm
Nomura hires Pio for sales role
Jeff Pio left Barclays in January
BNPP fine creates mark-up headache for Street
NYDFS fines the French bank $350 million, partly due to using hidden mark-ups
Egger joins FastMatch from Citadel Securities
He will become the platform’s head of sales for the Americas, with a particular focus on the buy side and hedge funds
Blau leaves Barclays to join HSBC
Russell Blau will focus on global macro fund FX sales in his new role
Renminbi’s share of global payments slips behind Swiss franc
Decline in the Chinese currency’s internationalisation continues as it loses its ranking of sixth place globally – Swift
Eagle leaves JP Morgan
David Eagle had worked at the US bank since 2015
Broadway Technology aims to expand FX footprint
Moves comes after a recent $42m investment armed the firm with the capital to expand into FX and fixed income
LGIM's former head of trading joins Ipreo
Stephen Grady, ex-global head of trading at Legal and General Investment Management, takes fintech role
The FX Global Code of Conduct webinar
Guy Debelle, Simon Potter, David Puth and Chris Salmon discuss the GCC on the day they launched the principles
FX Global Code gains support from Barclays
UK bank says it is committed to implementing the good practices described in the Code
Cudahy crosses over to Curex
The veteran FX salesman will be a managing director, focusing on business development
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