Transparency
JP Morgan to bring e-FX trading and pricing engine to Singapore
The bank’s scheduled 2020 launch will help consolidate Singapore’s position as Asia’s leading FX trading centre
Kurk joins Northern Trust as COO
Hire aims to capitalise on acquired technology and product capabilities
Debelle swings at ‘buyer beware’ disclosures in FX
‘They don’t give you free licence to do whatever you want,’ says new GFXC chair
BNY Mellon loses global head of FX options
Sam Osterman joined in January 2018 and ran the newly launched FX options business
Not random and not a forest: black-box ML turns white
UBS tackles problem of optimal order placement in FX smart order router with machine learning
Rise of workflow as the buy side's low-key hero
The goal is to build a “single source of truth” to cut costs, make better trading decisions and react quickly to new regulation
ParFX takes first step for moving into NDFs
Trading platform has snapped up an MIC code as it explores building a platform for the growing FX segment
Where prosecutors stumbled in Bogucki and Cartel cases
Courtroom losses suggest failure to read the FX industry correctly before jumping into action
Refinitiv takes deal-tracking service into cloud
Cloud-based FX post-trade product provides data archiving, aimed at easing compliance and cost burdens
How Brexit is set to muddy Mifid transparency data
Market participants say duplicate reports in UK and EU will result in misleading public data
Doing more with less in a post-Mifid II environment
In their quest to reduce costs, market participants look to automate more processes in 2019, says smartTrade CEO
New Change FX to supply independent rate to Jyske Bank
Danish bank will use provider’s independent FX data for better analytics
How publishers are still falling short on Mifid II post-trade data
Four publishers yet to align post-trade data format with Q&A issued eight months ago
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
BNY Mellon opens Program Trading Desk in FX business reshuffle
Bank adds segregated execution desk to boost confidentiality for clients with high-level transactions
LMAX adds credit intermediation for spot FX trading
BNP Paribas and JP Morgan are working with the firm as credit intermediaries
North American corporates lose $11bn on FX volatility
Almost six times as many companies reported currency headwinds in third quarter, FireApps analysis shows
2019: a year for innovation and technology
No longer weighed down by regulatory concerns, the FX industry can focus on innovation for its own sake
ParFX: transparency to drive trading practices as Code adoption grows
FX Global Code will spur market participants to amend execution terms and conditions
FireApps: digitalisation of financial markets will accelerate
Banks are no longer just talking about digitalising their business; they have allocated hundreds of millions to it, says Wolfgang Koester
Northern Trust: tailoring algos to suit client needs
Interest in algorithms is growing across the FX industry
Lingering questions over Mifid II
Nearly one year on from the fundamental changes to Europe’s trading rulebook brought by Mifid II, its overall impact is still unclear
Northern Trust acquires BEx to strengthen FX capabilities
Acquisition follows successful two-year relationship that led to distinctive currency solutions for the bank
Asset managers hope for common FX tape
Monitoring and ensuring liquidity providers adhere to their own disclosure is difficult, but must be done