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Gillespie joins Spotex in sales role
Based in London, Kevin Gillespie will target institutional and broker clients, besides banks
Swissquote: discount short-term news, focus on central bank policy
Markets search for direction as trade tension lingers and central banks move back into spotlight
Tradepoint hires e-trading professional Dias-Patel from JP Morgan
Several more appointments planned to support expansion of new London office
Itarle to open New York office, co-locate at CME
Swiss best execution and TCA provider set to open NY office and co-locate with CME
Credit Suisse adds Tretola and Osterman to FX team
Bank says recent hires signal ongoing investment in FX platform and strategic importance of markets franchise
Former TradAir CEO founds Neural Engines
Virat Tolat was CTO at Integral for 19 years earlier in his career
Court considers ‘Wild West’ practices in HSBC frontrunning case
Seeking to overturn Mark Johnson’s conviction, his attorneys argue he violated no laws or industry norms when trading on behalf of Cairn
FX surveillance gets personal in hunt for market abuse
Algorithms underpinning today’s platforms are learning traders’ habits – even their voice won’t escape detection
Nomura grows digital wholesale office with global e-trading strategy team
Bank accelerates expertise in electronic trading space with group of 100 international specialists
Curex to launch new market impact tool in June
Aims to give clients a deeper look at the impact of their trading
CLS names Marc Bayle de Jesse as new CEO
ECB director set to join the FX settlement firm in December
Simon Potter exits New York Fed
Ray Testa will step in to lead the markets group while a successor is found
Huffman becomes CTO at Instinet Incorporated
Former FXall CTO joins financial technology company
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
GFXC seeks deeper understanding of anonymous platforms
Committee elects Guy Debelle as new chair to replace Potter
BBH’s former global head of e-FX trading sets up new firm
James Robertson founds Equitas Technology
BNY Mellon loses global head of FX options
Sam Osterman joined in January 2018 and ran the newly launched FX options business
Citi revamps algos to improve sweep impact predictions
Bank works to make some aggressive strategies more intelligent when handling liquidity and filling orders
Tradepoint’s ‘all-you-can-eat’ pricing model challenges FX algo market
Fixed-fee for unlimited usage lets clients design algos or pick from existing ones that mimic established offerings
Genesis product aims to speed up time to market
Creative Studio provides capability to build and customise web-based solutions with minimal coding
Former astrophysicist to overhaul BNY Mellon macro strategy products
Brought in from State Street, John Arabadjis will also supervise the bank’s analytics team
SEB: tariffs won’t dampen China’s growing influence on global economy
But in the short run, threats will knock renminbi and other emerging market currencies
US-China trade war: market complacent in underpricing ‘no deal’
Options or swaps said to still be cheap to hedge if tensions persist
Venezuela to adopt more flexible exchange rate
Liberalisation and US sanctions on oil industry likely to boost inflation, say analysts