Hong Kong
FX turnover hits new record high in UK
All global currency trading centres register growth in April, compared with previous semi-annual survey
Goldman Sachs widens e-FX coverage in Asia
Nelson Wong joins the e-FX sales team in Singapore as the bank seeks to mirror client clusters
Kim joins Sucden to head Apac e-FX sales
The institutional foreign exchange and derivatives broker boosts its FX sales desk
HKEx appoints Laura Cha as chairman of board
Cha will be the first woman to lead the board of the Hong Kong Exchange
Blanchard switches ANZ for Crédit Agricole
Dominique Blanchard has joined Crédit Agricole as the regional head of the global markets division for Asia-Pacific
More than 100 participants commit to FX Global Code
Global Foreign Exchange Committee plans to launch Global Index of Registers before June meeting
BoJ prepares to link settlement system with Hong Kong
The connection will provide a new pathway for Japanese banks to obtain Hong Kong dollars and cut the exchange-rate cost
Renminbi’s share of global payments slides in February
It falls two places to become the seventh most-used currency for global payments, according to Swift
HSBC debuts RMB hedged share class for Ucits
Asset manager started offering the class for its global investment funds on March 23
Renminbi payments drop in December
The Chinese currency is once again the fifth most-used for global payments – Swift
Integral expands market data service to 14 cryptocurrencies
Financial technology firm hopes to provide a more accurate reference price for major cryptocurrencies
FX volumes rebound in London and New York
Semi-annual surveys of seven major central banks show FX activity in the US and UK rising by 7%
Hancox and Pena exit Morgan Stanley
Dudley Hancox and Andrew Pena were senior members of the bank’s FX sales team
Bank of China HK signs up for Thomson Reuters FX Trading
FXall and Electronic Trading are now available on Thomson Reuters’ desktop platform, created in 2015
SocGen appoints Dumas for institutional sales role
Florian Dumas joins Societe Generale from BNP Paribas in newly created Asia-Pacific role
Hong Kong launches fintech association
The independent group aims to be the voice of the financial technology community in the territory
BSO expands Asian connectivity with new Singapore and HK routes
The provider has also boosted speeds by up to 10ms in certain segments of its network
Bank of China HK to provide liquidity on EBS Direct
The addition will provide deeper liquidity and more transparency in CNH, already a top-three currency on the venue
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
Global renminbi adoption slows in June
Decline continues in the internationalisation of China's currency, overtaken by the Canadian dollar in payments by value
HKEX promotion aims to boost new contract uptake
EUR/CNH, JPY/CNH, AUD/CNH and CNH/USD futures contracts went live on the exchange on May 30
UK tops Singapore as second-largest renminbi-clearing centre
Forty per cent of all payments between the UK and China are now made using the Chinese currency, Swift data shows
Hong Kong Exchange to expand renminbi futures offer
Four new futures contracts will be added in the second quarter of the year, giving investors new ways to hedge FX risk
Renminbi's global share of payments drops
But the Chinese currency is being increasingly adopted to settle transactions with China and Hong Kong