Foreign exchange
Advanced Markets launches London operation
Nina Baksh will lead the London office for the FCA-regulated firm
NatWest Markets’ FXmicropay takes to SAP cloud
It automates currency conversion and guarantees exchange rates
Barclays gives Specs to FX participants
The client portal originally launched for equities in 2015 is now available for foreign exchange
Marex Spectron re-enters FX with new platform
After a four-year hiatus, the broker rolls out offering geared at smaller players that large banks find relatively unattractive
European corporate FX losses triple
Currency losses at their highest since the first quarter of 2017, reports FiREapps
Dealers slam ‘nonsensical’ treatment of FX derivatives
Proposal on US swap dealer threshold rekindles debate on definition of NDFs and window forwards
Venue competition heats up as e-FX volumes plateau, says Greenwich
Following 74% growth in electronically executed FX in 2007-14, volumes flattened for four years
NYDFS fines Deutsche Bank $205m for FX
Fines relate to practices between 2007 and 2013, when Deutsche was the world’s largest dealer by market share
Northern Trust partners Lumint for FX solutions
The partnership supports further innovations in hedging programme management and analytics
Phil Weisberg joins oneZero’s advisory board
The firm hopes to use his institutional market insight as it seeks new opportunities
Mark Johnson’s attorneys point to Isda agreement in appeal
“How are FX traders supposed [to] know what trading constitutes wire fraud when the government cannot even answer that question?” attorneys ask
European corporates hit by FX in final quarter of 2017
Currency losses at their highest for corporates in Europe since Q3 2015
