Societe Generale
CME’s FX Link sees bumper volumes as dealer use cases grow
Offsetting rates impact and FX swaps price discovery cited as new reasons to use venue
BNP takes top forwards spot with US mutuals
Counterparty Radar: French bank ousts Bank of America to lead the table for the first time
New crypto Isins are a ‘really important’ step for TradFi adoption
Execs at TP Icap and Societe Generale say identifier removes major barrier for crypto acceptance
Disclosed FX venues could be next to demand code compliance
Pressure mounts on trading houses to follow anonymous platforms and make compliance mandatory
New year, new disclosures: more banks publish GFXC cover sheets
A further swath of banks ditch controversial additional hold times
Societe Generale links FX algo fees to ESG targets
Clients face penalties if they fail to meet sustainability criteria during algo rental period
Algos on parade: how top FX algo providers stack up
New FX Markets algo database shows differences across internalisation, analytics and client data handling
Could private match-making sink public market?
Rise in internal hedging sparks debate over its threat to price discovery
Vanguard extends forwards dominance as Citi dips
Counterparty Radar: Fund giant responsible for more than a third of total forwards volumes and half of EUR/USD in Q4
Citi extends lead in FX forwards, BNP Paribas climbs
Counterparty Radar: Total value of forwards positions jumps 11% after second-quarter dip
ESG-linked hedges raise interest – and questions
Carrot-and-stick trades pay off if green targets are hit, but setting and monitoring those goals is tricky
Volatility becalmed, trade in FX options plummets
With central banks in tandem on policy, market churn lessens considerably
Qureshi replaces McAuley as DBS Bank’s head of trading
Former head of GBP rates trading at SocGen joined the firm this month
Deal misfires expose risk of contingent hedging
Banks hike premiums on deal contingent swaps amid Brexit uncertainty
Markets look for yuan to reach 7.50 amid rising trade tensions
Scaling up of tariffs could weaken the renminbi further, say panellists at FX Week Asia conference
Bock takes sales role at CLS in New York
John Bock joins the settlement utility firm from Societe Generale, where he headed e-commerce FX for the Americas
Standard Chartered fares best in mixed Q2 European Ficc results
Client activity remains muted as low volatility and geopolitical uncertainties weigh on sentiment
Tariq Haider heads to Drax
Former BAML FX salesman returns to New York for post
Record builds synthetic FXPB offering
Specialist currency manager will use tri-party model to move securities collateral between banks
Vogel leaves SocGen, goes to buy side
After two decades as a bank FX options trader, Will Vogel moves to asset management space
SocGen promotes two as it restructures
Sylvain Cartier heads to Paris as head of fixed income and currencies