Foreign exchange
Banks welcome launch of CNH fixing
Treasury Markets Association launches USD/CNH spot fixing today, with quotes provided by 15 banks and the rate calculated by Thomson Reuters
Westpac recruits Townsend and Cameron in FX forwards
Townsend joins from Commerzbank and Cameron from Barclays Capital
UGS signs Kiwi start-up as first client
Start-up currency firm ForexAtom deploys Unified Global Solutions' new Adaptware platform
Wintersgill quits BAML
Institutional FX sales head follows his boss to the door
Gu to retire from BAML
Gerhard Seebacher appointed head of global rates, foreign exchange and structured credit trading
Lack of liquidity could hinder offshore RMB centres
Former US Treasury official cautious on prospects for offshore renminbi
SmartLive Markets introduces new price feed index
Application developed through partnership between technology vendors Swissrisk Financial Systems and Gold-i
Australian regulators suggest clearing exemption for FX
Reserve Bank of Australia discussion paper commits to harmonising rules with US and Europe
Revolving doors in Credit Suisse sales
Gary Dhami joins Swiss bank as Graeme Henderson departs
Silver quits Morgan Stanley for Deutsche
Co-head of North American FX sales to begin senior sales role at Deutsche Bank in September
Bloomberg taps into Malaysian foreign currency sukuk market
Vendor has partnered with the Malaysian central bank to launch the new index
Parry and Park join BAML
Both will work in FX e-commerce
Making the case for Asian currencies
Callum Henderson, global head of FX research at Standard Chartered in Singapore, believes Asia is better insulated from the economic downturn than in previous cycles and investors should maintain allocations to the region’s currencies
Deutsche promotes Hitchon to run Markets Clearing
Roger Naylor to succeed Hitchon as co-head of global prime finance
Anticipation builds for final Treasury decision
US Treasury reviewing comments on its proposed exemption as market participants expect the decision to be confirmed early next month
Econ in favour of FX exemption
European committee favours US plans to exempt currency derivatives from clearing requirement
Saxo targets new traders with ForexTrading.com
Danish bank says it wants to cater for 'more self-driven' clients
Renminbi set to outdo yen in offshore trade, brokers say
Liberalisation of Chinese currency laws is attracting investors to a fast-developing market
Spotlight on: Fabrizio Russo, Nomura
Nomura's head of FX sales for EMEA talks to Chiara Albanese about the challenges of growing the FX business after the Japanese bank acquired foreign exchange operations from Lehman Brothers in 2008
Morgan Stanley downplayed market sensitivity to European peripheral crisis
Currency markets have become less reactive to the European peripheral crisis and more correlated to growth prospects
Citi goes live with Fix API
Bank announces first customer for spot FX pricing plug-in
Saxo steps up options pricing on SaxoTrader
Danish investment bank reduced spreads on FX options in mid-May and created new standardised account structure
Spotlight on: Claes-Henrik Claesson, Claesson Capital Introduction
SEB’s former head of FX prime brokerage talks to Joel Clark about his new firm, Claesson Capital Introduction, and the value FX managed accounts can offer for investors seeking greater transparency and liquidity
Danske Bank's rates-based forecast comes up trumps
Danish bank tops three-month rankings after basing forecasts on interest rate differentials between US and Europe