Emerging markets
Best Banks Awards: HSBC
HSBC comes third at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards with three wins, including the Best Bank for Renminbi
Best Banks Awards: Citi
Citi comes second overall, picking up seven accolades, at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Best Banks Awards: Standard Bank
Standard Bank has been voted the winner of the Best Bank for South African Rand and Best Bank for African Currencies excluding ZAR at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Best Banks Awards: Refinitiv
Refinitiv has been voted the winner of two categories at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Best Banks Awards: Banco Santander
Banco Santander has retained its crown for the Best Bank for Latin American Currencies at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Johns swaps Nomura for Capula
William Johns worked at the Japanese bank for seven years
Record brings ESG into currency management
Specialist currency manager develops database and methods for improving ESG credentials of its product
ACI partners ICA to promote FX Global Code in Mena
Financial market association joins forces with Interarab Cambist Association
Refinitiv expands in Mena, launches sentiment feed in Japan
Clients can access range of markets in Middle East and North Africa
Barclays hires two for Asian NDF trading team
Bengco and Parameswaran join the bank in Singapore
Renminbi to weaken further as US tariffs bite – City Index
Trade tensions and rising US interest rates will pressure renminbi and EM currencies
BNY Mellon hires Lee as FX trader
Jonathan Lee moves to the bank from Standard Chartered
Dewhurst to head FX and EM sales at SocGen
Alexandre Dewhurst joined the firm in 2009
CFTC charges TFS-Icap with fraud
US regulator claims the interdealer broker encouraged fake FX options bids, offers and trades
Record expands relationship with WisdomTree
The specialist currency manager will provide additional EM signals to the asset manager
BNPP strengthens London FX options team
The French bank is out to capture additional market share
Current account balances are key in EM, says Westpac
As risk sentiment sours due to the ongoing trade wars between the US and China, current account deficits will weigh on some EM units
Edgewater launches Latam FX venue
LatamFX.Pro will aid price discovery in the Mexican, Chilean, Colombian and Argentine peso, the Brazilian real and Peruvian sol
Citi launches ‘E For Education’ campaign for sixth year
The US bank includes a broader range of electronically traded products and new partners this time
Platform volumes up in August amid EM woes
Trading was higher than in the same period of 2017, with the euro and some emerging market currencies hitting yearly lows
Venezuela launches app for FX conversion
App allows members of the public to convert prices into the new bolivar soberano
Trade wars to stay for decades, say panellists
The conflict is a struggle for dominance between the US and China, say economists at the 14th annual FX Week Asia event
Thomson Reuters adds JPY/THB to Matching
Trading the yen and baht directly will increase market liquidity and transparency