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Currenex and EBS mull venue-hosted last look
Platforms consider becoming third-party operators of last look to separate the function from liquidity providers
JP Morgan's Hudson promoted to divisional CFO
David Hudson promoted to chief financial officer in the global markets business at JP Morgan; other changes at CME, Barclays and Alpari
Alpari New Zealand registers in St Vincent as new rules come into force
Retail broker changes jurisdiction to retain trading terms as new rules come into effect in New Zealand
Forex brokers brace for DDoS hacker attacks
While financial software providers offer protection against web attacks, the peculiarities of foreign exchange mean brokers might have to create bespoke solutions
FXCM recruits ex-sales head after Alpari stint
Mark Davison has rejoined FXCM after two years at rival Alpari where he headed institutional sales globally
Institutional sales head exits Alpari
Mark Davison is leaving Alpari in London after just over two years as global head of institutional sales
Alpari registers in New Zealand, signalling pursuit for safe-haven markets
Retail brokers pushes out to New Zealand
Bank focus on new options platforms intensifies
Tradeweb recently became the latest technology provider to launch a multibank trading platform for FX options, as a handful of new platforms compete to harness liquidity in the product. More than a year since the first platforms went live, which ones…
Trading places, January 9, 2012
New appointments at Alpari, FXecosystem and LCH.Clearnet, while SG CIB unveils a new management structure
Corporates fear move to platform trading for FX options
Despite being exempt from clearing and exchange trading requirements in the US and Europe, some corporate treasurers fear they might have little choice but to execute FX options on electronic platforms
Trading places, October 10, 2011
Appointments announced last week at London Stock Exchange, UBS, GFI and Société Générale CIB
Multibank options platforms proliferate
Alpari’s Daniel Skowronski admits sourcing liquidity has been a challenge since the firm’s options trading platform went live in March
Citi goes live with Fix API
Bank announces first customer for spot FX pricing plug-in
Alpari launches FX options platform
Platform launched on March 9 to execute vanilla options trading strategies
Banks raise concerns over liquidity in new FX options ventures
New York-based interdealer broker GFI Group last week completed the launch of its FX options trading platform, joining a handful of entities rolling out such platforms. Will banks provide liquidity to the new ventures? Farah Khalique reports
Eight pilot SurfaceExchange FX derivatives platform
SurfaceExchange is piloting its anonymous FX derivatives trading platform with eight traders and plans to go live at the end of the first quarter.
Retail brokers evolve to meet regulation
NEW YORK - Retail brokers in the US continue to shape up internal business practices to abide by best practices introduced by industry regulator the National Futures Association (NFA).
CFTC retail FX rules fail to curb offshore trading
WASHINGTON, DC - The US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) compromise to limit leverage on retail FX trading accounts to 50:1 from a proposed 10:1, is unlikely to curb the shift of retail business offshore, according to market participants.
Alpari US live with Morgan Stanley FXPB
Retail trading company Alpari US has dropped Newedge in favour of Morgan Stanley as its foreign exchange prime broker, as part of plans to reduce trade sizes and auto-hedge its retail flows.
Trading Places, August 16, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.