Trading
McKinley joins Goldman Sachs in e-FX sales
Mike McKinley used to work in e-FX sales at HSBC
Thomson Reuters updates Mifid II services
Mifid II-compliant data now available from 57 global exchanges, and eight new trading and reporting venues
Cartel lawyers to argue for case dismissal on January 29
The legal representatives of Ashton, Ramchandani and Usher will ask a federal judge to throw out the case against the three men
FCA sees 'serious risk of harm' in CFD products
In a letter addressed to the chief executives of CFD providers and distributors, the UK watchdog highlighted several areas of concern
China reportedly tweaks yuan fix
Markets reacted by selling the yuan, which fell 0.5% against the US dollar to 6.5291 from 6.4968 on Tuesday – its biggest drop in two months
Mark Johnson to be sentenced on February 15
Johnson’s lawyers are asking the court to allow him to return temporarily to the UK before then
Clarifying the murky language of liquidity
Campbell Adams, founder of the Pure initiative that now operates as ParFX, has a grudge against misnomers
GFXC to push for more LP disclosures
Following the publication of the final version of Principle 17, the committee will establish three new working groups
Hotspot partners Celer Technologies
Celer’s bespoke trading GUI will enable customers to access Hotspot’s outright deliverable forwards liquidity
BNY Mellon zeroes in on FX
Newly hired James Taylor discusses the business transformation taking place in foreign exchange at the bank
Esma proposes crackdown on CFDs and binary options
Esma considers ban on binary options and tighter leverage limit rules for contracts for difference
Goldman Sachs: analytics pushes SDPs to fore
As clients ask more detailed questions about execution, deepening key relationships is high on the agenda
State Street: voice trading to stay for Apac clients
Official institutions such as sovereign funds still tend to opt for voice execution due to security and confidentiality concerns
Citadel Securities: understanding LP performance set to drive behaviour
As execution quality is better understood, clients will look to deepen relationships with good liquidity providers
XTX: transparency, clearing and relationships will dominate
In 2017, clients rediscovered the value of relationships, but priorities are likely to change in 2018
Thomson Reuters launches MTF
The new MTF will provide FXall and Forwards Matching users with a compliant source of liquidity
Shift towards futures inevitable, says Greenwich
To address the cost pressures associated with regulation, both buy- and sell-side participants have started analysing the impact of adopting futures in their trading habits
2017: the year of analytics, atonement and pants
Despite the raised level of personal responsibility and accountability, FX industry participants continued to make dreams come true
Sterling to roar back in 2018 – NatWest Markets
As Brexit uncertainty fades, the undervalued currency will gain ground against its peers
HSBC finds ‘non-existent’ ECU data
The bank must hand over trade data for three 2006 stop-loss orders to ECU Group by January 19 – four weeks earlier than planned
Pragma calls for flash crash definition
Technology provider Pragma says systematically tracking flash crashes according to a set of criteria could help regulators
LBC selects Bloomberg’s FXGO for treasury
Philippine logistic company eyes further expansion and looks for seamless trade execution
SmartTrade opens Milan office as client base grows
The company has onboarded new clients in several places, including Germany, Italy, Japan, North America, South Africa and Switzerland
CIB revenues set to drop slightly in Asia – Coalition
Survey finds corporate and investment banking revenues are expected to be 4% lower in 2017 than the year before