Hedge funds
FX volatilities fall on receding US election fears
Polls point to a decisive Biden win – though some worry market is being complacent
For FX dealers, virus brings volumes
Mixed feelings for sell-side traders as Covid-19 spurs wave of speculation and hedging
FX options see record volumes as yen goes off-script
Coronavirus outbreak and recession fears trigger frenzied trading in USD/JPY options
FX HedgePool goes live with three buy-side firms
Two US buy-siders trade with European firm on peer-to-peer utility created for them to source liquidity from each other
StanChart prime services to accept Chinese bonds as collateral
Inclusion will reduce collateral drag for PB clients ahead of stricter initial margin rules
Institutional crypto interest awaits infrastructure
Start-ups and entrenched players aim to bring over custody, execution and post-trade capabilities
Ridewood joins Adrian Lee & Partners
Atreaus Capital founding partner joins currency manager after closure of hedge fund
BCS Global appoints Richards as director of prime services sales
Andrew Richards will target small- to medium-sized hedge funds
Tariq Haider heads to Drax
Former BAML FX salesman returns to New York for post
Boas Bondesen joins BidFX in Nordic sales
Bondesen spent six years in FX sales at FlexTrade
Citi revamps algos to improve sweep impact predictions
Bank works to make some aggressive strategies more intelligent when handling liquidity and filling orders
Rokos hires new risk chief
Gianluca Squassi is replacing Nick Howard as the $8 billion hedge fund’s CRO
Wall Street vets vie to be BlackRock of crypto
Fund launch uses fundamental analysis to identify value propositions in high-risk industry
JP Morgan rolls out algo workflow tool on Bloomberg App Portal
The integration should make the bank’s Algo Central software and FX trading services more accessible
Hunter Lloyd takes BNY Mellon FX sales director role
The hire complements recent advancements in its FX business
BNP Paribas hires Carly Lam in FX sales
Lam joins New York team, covering real-money clients
Egger joins Jefferies in sales in New York
Shawn Egger moves from FX trading platform FastMatch
Hedge fund giants lead fourth wave of IM candidates
BlueCrest, Capula, Citadel, Millennium and Rokos expected to be in scope for next phase of margin rules
Brexit drama muddies waters for FX options
Traders focus on new dates – and scenarios – after UK criticism of proposed deal
Sucden hires Gillies to head e-FX sales
Kirsty Gillies ran the e-FX sales team at UBS in London for eight years
FlexTrade integrates pre-trade model into EMS
Modelling tool helps users plan trades, cashflow and hedging ahead of time
Agarwal heads to BNP Paribas in sales
Anupama Agarwal will focus on FX hedge fund sales
Societe Generale gains two in institutional FX sales
Neel Mehta and Susan Henschel join New York office
Rossi and Sellwood join Barclays
The two men will work in FX hedge fund sales