United Kingdom (UK)
City Index: ‘major negative knee-jerk reactions’ in EM if yuan breaks 7.00
Dollar tends to strengthen against sterling and euro on Brexit crisis and escalating US-China tension
Freeston and Flowerdew regroup at DF Wealth Management
Former Currenex sales specialists set up business providing financial advice to UK-based private clients
Darryl Hooker sets up Harperdan Consulting
Former co-head of EBS Brokertec Markets advises on emerging markets, disruptive sales and FX Global Code
TraderTools to allow banks to white-label forwards and swaps
Firm gears up to give regional banks an algo suite in coming weeks to help market-making abilities
Declan Clements sets up FinFX Consulting
Standard Chartered veteran was formerly Dubai-based head of financial markets e-commerce
Seed CX partners TradAir for OTC trade settlement
Tie-up enables TradAir customers to leverage services of Zero Hash subsidiary
Former Nex exec Wren rejoins Spencer at IPGL
Move follows CME cutting several senior staff at electronic trading arm
Amari joins Sucden Financial in e-FX sales
Former analyst moves to the firm from Parabellum Markets
Ashton lands at Corellian Global Investments
After successfully fighting price-rigging charges in US, Christopher Ashton educates market participants on conduct issues
CME prepares to cut several Nex executives
Senior managers including Tim Cartledge and Jim Iorio said to be exiting
Mosaic to bring real-time performance analytics to FX
Platform will be in production with a major client in third quarter
FlexTrade hires two to grow sell-side Emea presence
Lak Loi and Vahid Shirani will be based in London
RBC grapples with early UK election risk
Bank puts probability of no deal at 5%, but should it occur sterling could drop 10%, according to head of FX strategy in London
Crédit Agricole appoints Mignucci as director of e-sales and strategy, Emea
Former head of e-business Americas, FX, rates and credit started working for the bank in 2010
Andy Green to step down as chairman of IG
Retail FX broker on hunt for Green's replacement as it reshapes business
FXPB global head Knight exits Citi after 18 years
Banamex veteran Brachet is also leaving the bank
ParFX takes first step for moving into NDFs
Trading platform has snapped up an MIC code as it explores building a platform for the growing FX segment
SocGen names Broquereau as head of global markets UK
Antoine Broquereau will add responsibilities to current role as global head of financial engineering for fixed income and currencies
O’Driscoll takes OTC platform lead at Devexperts
He was deputy CEO and COO at FxPro until September last year
Freeston and Flowerdew exit Currenex's Emea sales team
The two sales specialists left Currenex in April to pursue opportunities outside the FX industry
Jerusalmi to exit capital markets head post at LSEG
FX options veteran to step down as group director of London Stock Exchange Group after nine years
FCA slaps permanent ban on binary options
Post-Brexit, the regulator’s ban on the sale, marketing and distribution of binary options to retail investors in the UK will replace Esma’s rules
Sucden Financial hires Liber for e-FX sales
Gabriela Liber has held liquidity roles at TraderTools and TradAir
GMI enlists former FTT chief Jakobsen
Experienced FX exec Finn Jakobsen has put in stints at Saxo Bank