United States (US)
State Street hires Harry Xu for Asia FX
Xu joins in Boston from Nomura in New York
Tariq Haider heads to Drax
Former BAML FX salesman returns to New York for post
St Louis Fed warns of rise of multicurrency systems
Crypto assets may hamper monetary policy transmission and increase exchange rate volatility
UBS: last look is sticking around, but conversation evolving
Bank says transparent and open discussion can produce “mutual benefits going both ways”
Identity crisis for Facebook’s Libra under lawmakers’ grilling
Washington wrestles with ‘regulating the heck’ out of Libra without stifling innovation
Kurk joins Northern Trust as COO
Hire aims to capitalise on acquired technology and product capabilities
Debelle swings at ‘buyer beware’ disclosures in FX
‘They don’t give you free licence to do whatever you want,’ says new GFXC chair
Best e-FX trading venue of the year: Refinitiv FXall
FXall voted Best e-FX trading venue
Best FX liquidity provider of the year: UBS
UBS voted Best liquidity provider
Best e-FX software provider/Best trading technology vendor of the year: Broadway Technology
Broadway voted Best e-FX software provider and Best trading technology vendor
Best e-surveillance provider of the year: Ideal Prediction
Ideal Prediction voted Best e-surveillance provider
Independent algorithmic trading technology provider of the year: Pragma Securities
Pragma voted Best independent algorithmic trading technology provider
Record builds synthetic FXPB offering
Specialist currency manager will use tri-party model to move securities collateral between banks
City Index: US and China truce, global outlook weighs on Fed
Greenback may be bolstered in short term, but range trading expected over medium term
CBDC could work as contingency payment solution – Norges Bank
Research continues, although central bank finds CBDCs unnecessary to ensure public access to secure means of payment
Lawmakers try to halt Facebook’s Libra over privacy and security fears
Swiss-based financial system potentially storing trillions of dollars could be target for hackers
360TGTX to unveil new NDF streaming to aid bank algos
Complementary offering set to go live next quarter
Salimi joins fintech firm Addepar from Citadel Securities
Rashelle Salimi was head of Americas e-FX sales earlier in her career
Quinif touches down at HSBC
Brian Quinif left Nomura as it downsized emerging markets FX team
Tradepoint sell-side technology streams far-date NDFs
Trading tech provider engages with a dozen banks on far-date and broken tenors
Wells Fargo: UK Conservative leadership race will hit sterling
Hardline victor could weaken pound after Conservative party vote, says Erik Nelson
NAB hires Pieri for FX derivatives trading
Former Nomura and RBS trader joined in May
Could CFTC bring back Reg AT?
CFTC's new chair could reopen the controversial algo-trading rules – if he gets time
Tradepoint to roll out fixing algo
Trading tech firm plans to introduce in-house fixing algo, captured under its ‘all you can eat’ pricing structure