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RJ O’Brien closes FX business, effective immediately
The firm no longer finds the space strategically attractive
BNY Mellon to build franchise partnerships using FXPB
The bank’s FX prime brokerage beta clients could go live within the next month
HSBC to pay $101 million to settle with DoJ
UK bank enters into deferred prosecution agreement and agrees to pay criminal penalty over Cairn Energy and other FX conduct
Vollaro joins BNY Mellon in FX sales
Frank Vollaro spent more than 16 years at HSBC
Bogucki plans to fight fraud charges in California
Former Barclays FX head returns ‘not guilty’ plea during arraignment at Brooklyn court
Shaffer joins StanChart’s FX options team
Eric Shaffer spent 13 years at Citi before making the move
TraderTools taps Abacus for cloud service
The venue gains the global scale and infrastructural expertise to expand ULN
Hancox and Pena exit Morgan Stanley
Dudley Hancox and Andrew Pena were senior members of the bank’s FX sales team
McKinley joins Goldman Sachs in e-FX sales
Mike McKinley used to work in e-FX sales at HSBC
FX hiring prospects to pick up in 2018, study says
Options Group expects many traders and sales people to move this year
Thomson Reuters updates Mifid II services
Mifid II-compliant data now available from 57 global exchanges, and eight new trading and reporting venues
Cartel lawyers to argue for case dismissal on January 29
The legal representatives of Ashton, Ramchandani and Usher will ask a federal judge to throw out the case against the three men
Connors swaps FX Connect for Nex
Client acquisition and retention is key part of her responsibilities
Monex Europe: bearish dollar outlook continues
But analysts are looking out for potential upside risks in US rates and inflation
Mark Johnson to be sentenced on February 15
Johnson’s lawyers are asking the court to allow him to return temporarily to the UK before then
BNY Mellon zeroes in on FX
Newly hired James Taylor discusses the business transformation taking place in foreign exchange at the bank
Markets underpricing impact of tax reform, says BAML
“I think the market is not appreciating the risk of growth,” says David Woo, head of global rates and FX
HSBC finds ‘non-existent’ ECU data
The bank must hand over trade data for three 2006 stop-loss orders to ECU Group by January 19 – four weeks earlier than planned
BNY Mellon to become a systematic internaliser
The bank will become an SI under Mifid II, taking on post-trade reporting obligations for clients
LBC selects Bloomberg’s FXGO for treasury
Philippine logistic company eyes further expansion and looks for seamless trade execution
CFTC approves CME and Cboe bitcoin futures
But warns investors it has limited statutory authority over the underlying cash markets and exchanges for bitcoin, which are largely unregulated
Central banks to stay quiet for now, says CMC
But the Fed could clarify its big unknown – how new appointees will implement monetary policy in 2018
Regulations often neglect FXPB, panellists say
Post-crisis regulatory efforts tend to focus on core market-making, leaving credit intermediators in a confusing limbo
DuCharme joins Mesirow
The Russell Investments veteran joins as director of currency solutions