State Street
Choppy markets revive quest for RFQ’s ‘magic number’
Deutsche argues for smaller, stronger panels; Citi offers better prices for 'full amount' trades
FX swap users hope to avoid month-end crunch
Blowout in spreads prompted SSGA and other managers to limit need for hedges on March 31
Price changes expected as uncleared margin rules bite
Panellists urge buy side to install lifecycle management tools to calculate margin and reconcile payments with brokers
Chen joins State Street Hong Kong in EM FX trading
Previously at Cathay United Bank, he joined last month
FX last look: how non-banks stack up
Research shows patchy disclosures plus differences from banks on pre-hedging and rejected orders
Gary Leung joins State Street Bank in FX trading
Leung moves from the Bank of China
Gölitz joins SocGen Securities Services
Klaus Gölitz moves from FX sales and trading role at State Street
Refinitiv adds to buy-side offering with AlphaDesk acquisition
Deal lets vendor add OMS functionality to existing trading workflow
Liu rejoins State Street as e-FX quant trader
Former Bank of America and Morgan Stanley trader took up Hong Kong-based role earlier this month
Tsim joins Crédit Agricole in Hong Kong
Jim Tsim was previously an EMFX trader at State Street
Moore becomes founder and CEO of FX HedgePool
State Street and BBH veteran begins new buy-side to buy-side venture
Freeston and Flowerdew exit Currenex's Emea sales team
The two sales specialists left Currenex in April to pursue opportunities outside the FX industry
State Street provides CLSSettlement to Japanese pension fund
Unnamed Japan-based pension fund is part of pilot to mitigate pension funds’ FX trading risks
Wei Zhong Lim joins Nomura from State Street
The e-FX sales specialist continues to be based in Singapore
FX Connect platform gets a significant upgrade
State Street's revamps for interface and order tools lead in 2019 product overhaul
Martin becomes head of Apac at State Street
Ian Martin moves up, CEO Wai-Kwong Seck steps down
Leung joins State Street algo team
Mary Leung moves to the bank from Deutsche Bank
2018: mergers, name changes and having one’s day in court
Mergers and acquisitions were popular reads on FX Week in 2018, along with coverage of US FX-related court cases
‘You can’t game the fix,’ jurors hear in FX Cartel trial
Melvin says if the three traders wanted to game the fix, they couldn’t have chosen a worse time because the market is too liquid then
State Street’s Bond: BestX audit will guarantee independence
TCA provider BestX will retain independence and be subject to annual audits focused on data
Britko joins FlexTrade
Lora Britko moves to the firm from State Street
Plansky becomes new chief executive at Charles River
He joins as State Street’s acquisition of Charles River is finalised
State Street appoints co-heads of Emea global services
Ambrosius and Fontaine have worked at the US bank for more than a decade
State Street to buy BestX
The TCA provider is set to become a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street; financials undisclosed