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FX Invest: Rise of the super-Sefs
The Dodd-Frank Act created a multitude of would-be swap execution facilities (Sefs) – trading platforms that will aggregate dealer liquidity. Now, dealers want to hoover up the Sefs by building their own aggregation services, but it’s a strategy that…
Nigel Khakoo to leave Citi
US bank's global head of G-10 options trading has been made redundant
JP Morgan’s Choussy prepares bank for FX clearing
Newly appointed global head of FX clearing explains how he is preparing for the advent of mandatory central clearing requirements for some FX contracts
Banks welcome launch of CNH fixing
Treasury Markets Association launches USD/CNH spot fixing today, with quotes provided by 15 banks and the rate calculated by Thomson Reuters
Banks and ECNs join forces to prevent FX flash crash
Citi, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley join Deutsche Bank on Traiana's enhanced CreditLink service
Kx Systems targets FX participants with database technology
Client talks of the importance of thorough data cleansing and analysis in an environment of increasing FX volumes and tougher regulation
Let us decide our own collateral requirements, CCPs plead
IDX delegates insist CCPs should be able to determine for themselves what collateral requirements they impose on members
Spotlight on: James Taylor, JP Morgan
JP Morgan’s global head of e-FX distribution talks to Joel Clark about the development of the bank’s MorganDirect electronic commerce platform and how he has leveraged his experience at Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank to build a global sales team for…
Standard Chartered hires Thorpe and Donnelly to head G-10 spot
Asian bank appoints G-10 spot trading heads from JP Morgan and BAML
Etherington joins BBVA from Lloyds
New addition to corporate FX sales team follows two other senior hires in January
Progress Software extends FX connectivity on Apama platform
Vendor has added connectivity to FX platforms of Nomura, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas and Commerzbank through its Progress Apama Capital Markets platform
BMO appoints Nicholson, expands in Hong Kong
Ex-Barclays Capital hedge fund salesman to join Bank of Montreal in London next month
Manwaring quits options role at HSBC
Departure in London comes a week after derivatives trader Howard Buckley resigned from HSBC
More consolidation of bank trading platforms to come, says Wall St Systems
JP Morgan's consolidation of platforms could set the trend for other banks to follow
Trading Places, March 28, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world
Edgington quits Morgan Stanley
US bank loses its head of European IRCC sales, but hires senior marketers to its FX prime-brokerage business
Panellists divided over whether TCA cuts off execution venues
Buy-side traders are divided over whether the use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) tools materially influences their choice of execution venue, according to panellists at the FIX Protocol Trading Conference in London on March 1.
In Brief, March 7, 2011
Read this week's In Brief to stock up on the latest technology news around the FX world.
Algo trading could benefit from Sef rules, say participants
Algorithmic trading has gained traction in the FX markets in recent years and some providers say their platforms might comply with the criteria for swap execution facilities in the US. Could they face a growth opportunity when the regulations come into…
RBS hires O’Brien from BAML
New FX sales director will expand platform to real-money clients