Electronic trading
Compliance and risk aversion will dominate in 2017
The broker is building a set of next-generation solutions for customers less willing to tolerate risk amid cost pressures
Analytics and algos in focus as regulation hits
Credit Suisse sees best execution requirements being hammered home by Mifid II
Salmon warns on adherence as strategic decisions loom
In an exclusive interview with FX Week, the BoE's Salmon floats regulation as a possible vision for 2020; for now last look stays
BoE’s Salmon warns FX industry on adherence
Chris Salmon, the Bank of England's executive director for markets and lead on global code adherence, says regulation could be on the horizon as soon as 2020 if market participants don't adhere to the new Global Code
BIS completes draft of Global Code of Conduct phase two
The FXWG plans to send the document to various FX committees in the coming weeks
JP Morgan won't use non-bank liquidity providers in internal FX pool for now
The need for control and transparency, and the size of the franchise means the bank has no wish to add external liquidity
Growth of NBLPs thwarted by credit structure, platform heads say
Alternative LPs look to do more relationship-based trading rather than streaming prices anonymously
e-FX Achievement of the Year: Jon Vollemaere
From Reuters D22 to R5FX via Currenex, Vollemaere gains recognition for a career in e-commerce
Bank e-FX Initiative of the Year: DBS Bank
"The idea is that any customer from Europe or the US can use DBS as a one-stop convenience bank for Asia" – Peter Soh
Two more banks publish execution guidelines
JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley disclose their rules on execution and last look to clients
Record submissions for this year's awards
Shortlist of the 13th FX Week e-FX awards announced
ThinkLiquidity partners FX Bridge
Deal aims to strengthen risk management offerings for brokers
Symphony to unveil external chat function in June
In an interview with FX Week, CEO David Gurle says the user base will grow significantly this summer
Regulation will change markets, but slower than expected
But market participants say they are in the early stages of a transformation that could accelerate in the coming years
Latif set to join Citi in May from Goldman Sachs
Goldman's co-head of e-FX sales for Emea switches to Citi
Sales remuneration set for shake-up
Venues and brokers shift focus to quality of flow amid rising price competition
ParFX adds Hungarian forint
EUR/HUF and five other currency pairs are now available on the electronic platform
R3 adds five more banks to blockchain project
The number of participating banks rises to 30 since its September launch and R3 names the first team members
All-to-all FX to become commonplace by 2017
The divide between historic tiers of liquidity is rapidly disappearing, shows research from financial consultancy GreySpark
Three more join R3 blockchain initiative
The latest additions bring the total number of banks participating in the project, led by financial innovation company R3, to 25
Blockchain platform processes one billion daily transactions
UK start-up Setl hits a milestone as the financial industry seeks to gain from distributed ledger technology
Blockchain partnership attracts another 13 banks
Initiative led by financial innovation company R3 seeks to bring distributed ledger technology to financial markets
Banks open labs worldwide to embrace blockchain
Some of the world's largest banks are experimenting with applications for the technology
Blockchain gets Wall Street's creative juices flowing
A report estimates that banks could save up to $20 billion in costs by 2022 using blockchain