FX options
Standard Chartered hires in London and Singapore
Patodia becomes head of G10 FX options for Asia; Suave joins the London corporate sales team
Citi hires Reimers for options role
Stephan Reimers joins Citi from BNP Paribas, where he spent nearly four years as a FX options trader
Tyndall to join Barclays as FX options trader
Mike Tyndall joins the UK bank in New York from Nomura, reporting to head of global FX options Paul Thirlwall
CME looks to launch FX options clearing in Q4
Following regulatory approval, the exchange looks to start dealer-to-dealer clearing in Q4 and client clearing in 2018
Lawrence Pregiato joins Nomura
Pregiato becomes an executive director, focused on FX options
Nomura and options trader Jason Pealy part ways
It is understood the bank let him go in May
New Change FX to supply mid-rates to LCH’s ForexClear
The mid-rate will be used for determining underlying spot rates at the point of expiry for FX options
Petrov returns to Citi
Anguel Petrov was global head of EMFX options at Société Générale
MarkitServ sees tenfold hike in NDF clearing volumes
The firm is in a test environment with FX options and believes they are a candidate for Q4
Sucden Financial launches OTC options tool for FX
Broker partners SuperDerivatives to provide clients with pricing tool and independent data
FX Week Australia 2017 – in pictures
The premier conference for FX market participants in Australia and Asia-Pacific took place on March 23 in Sydney
MJ Oh exits Credit Agricole for Mizuho Americas
She joins the bank as head of FX options trading
Tim Power trades Deutsche Bank for Morgan Stanley
The FX options trader headed Deutsche’s G10 flow options
Credit Suisse creates centralised global FX options business
Matt Mitchell will lead the unit; the bank merges its Zurich and global options e-commerce business under Francesco Schiavo
CME to go live with triangulation and monthly FX futures
Triangulation will link futures, and both volatility- and premium-quoted options markets on February 27
Digital Vega launches execution and workflow solution
FX options specialist promises to bring significant efficiencies for execution desks through Intelligence Execution engine
Renminbi options to debut on Hong Kong Exchange
HKEx expands range of currency products following doubling of futures contracts traded in 2016
High-volume products will move to clearing
Capital and bilateral margin rules will increase pressure on the most-traded products to shift to clearing
UBS: banks that avoid passing cost rises on to clients will win
UBS wins Best Bank for Currency Options and Best Bank for the Swiss Franc at the 2016 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Fenics drives e-trading in FX options
Fenics wins Best Vendor for Risk Management/Options Pricing Software at the 2016 FX Week Best Banks Awards
BGC: electronic price streaming in options is gathering pace
BGC has been voted the winner in the Best Broker for FX Options category at the 2016 FX Week Best Banks Awards
360T eyes Clob rollout in Q1 2017
FX over-the-counter clearing likely to follow a year later
FX contracts in OTC derivatives soar to record high
FX instruments, as a share of all over-the-counter derivatives, rise from 12% in 2013 to 16% this year
FX market activity shrinks for first time since 2001
The BIS's triennial survey of FX markets shows a headline figure of $5.1 trillion, down from $5.4 trillion in 2013