Tech and data
Thomson Reuters applies for randomisation patent
Ideal latency floor batches orders competing in different races
Considering China as a growth hotspot
Philippe Gelis, chief executive and co-founder of Kantox, looks at opportunities stemming from the launch of Cips
FXall hit with trading interruption
The Thomson Reuters-owned platform was down yesterday, affecting some clients
Equinix opens LD6 in Slough
Company launches data centres in Toronto, Melbourne, Singapore, New York and London
Global FX reserves down, dollar allocations up
Valuation effects push USD portion of allocated reserves higher while EUR slips
PBoC governor hints at capital account liberalisation this year
Zhou Xiaochuan says it will be ‘more convenient not only for enterprises but also for individuals at home and abroad to invest' during panel discussion with IMF's Lagarde in Beijing
Credit Agricole deploys DealHub post-trade platform
French bank automates post-trade processes with DealHub
From painting houses to Broadridge buyout
The Davis brothers talk to FX Week about the future, following the sale of their company to financial technology provider Broadridge
GSA split amicable, Gerko says
GSA's head of FX trading says his spin-off from the hedge fund was planned for months, with the support of GSA
Rocking in exotics has never been more attractive
An early mover gamble paid off for US broker INTL FCStone in exotic currencies trading. Philip Smith and Gregory Vincent explain why the payments business is growing
The industry is on the bounce, says Fitzpatrick
Declining headcounts expected in trading and sales, but banks' investment appetite is on the rebound
Integral launches market-making service
FX vendor rolls out new service for banks and brokers to help them build out their own market-making businesses
Bank of England resumes settlement after 'technical issue’
UK’s high-value payment system was ‘paused’ for several hours Monday, but is now back up and running; central bank extended opening hours to deal with backlog
Carney: shortfall in reserves likely for independent Scotland
Division of UK reserves on GDP basis will leave Scots with 10% buffer – less than half of what is generally considered sufficient ‘to ensure credit flows freely and effectively', says BoE governor
End of Bretton Woods has helped dollar reserves - ECB
Collapse of Bretton Woods System caused significant upheaval of currency reserve trends, says ECB report
Electronification of Asian FX only just beginning
Jay Hibbin, VP of capital markets services at Colt, says Asia offers opportunities for latency sensitive traders
FX reserves hit historic highs
Growth in FX reserves continued last year, but at reduced speed
US overtakes Taiwan as offshore RMB clearing centre
The value of RMB payments between the US and China jump 229% in the year to April 2014
Instantaneous hedging is not market-making, says GSA
Rise of hot potato trading is direct result of instant hedging from market-makers, says GSA Capital
Latam reserve managers experiment with renminbi
Renminbi viewed as an attractive reserve asset in Latin America due to growing business links with China; renminbi statistics may not be showing up in IMF data
Raiffeisen Polbank selects TradAir FX rate engine
Raiffeisen Polbank goes live with rate engine and market-making distribution network
Standardisation reaches back-office functions
The fragmented nature of FX has made client management on platforms costly and cumbersome
EBS Live moves to 50 millisecond updates
EBS Live set to update twice as fast as previously, while minimum quote lives will be halved