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Olsen Financial Tech opens tick database
ZURICH - Olsen Financial Technologies, a Zurich-based historical foreign exchange tick data vendor, has begun offering unlimited access to its database of foreign exchange tick data back to 1986 and equity index futures dating back to the mid-1990s for…
StanChart relaunches sharia platform
DUBAI - Standard Chartered has relaunched a sharia-compliant version of its online treasury (OLT) foreign exchange trading and hedging platform, after incorporating the version into its global brand for Islamic products, Standard Chartered Saadiq.
ABN talks positive for CBA FX
SYDNEY - The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) talks to buy ABN Amro's Australian and New Zealand businesses could pave the way to exponential foreign exchange growth, Boston-based consulting firm Aite Group tells FX Week .
Solutions to rouble trouble
The rouble derivatives market developed in haste after further liberalisation of the currency in July 2006 and positive changes to the Russian Civil Code 1062, centring around the previous treatment of derivatives as gaming, in January 2007.
Wachovia reveals sharp revenue jump
NEW YORK, CHARLOTTE, NC & STOCKHOLM - Despite suffering overall fixed-income revenue losses, Wachovia reported a staggering 76% year-on-year increase in global rate products, including foreign exchange, for the second quarter.
StreamBase adds 20 more clients for CEP software
LEXINGTON, MA - StreamBase has signed 20 additional clients to use its Complex Event Processing (CEP) software this year.
SocGen hires Deutsche veteran
LONDON - Société Générale has boosted its foreign exchange salesforce with the hire of ex-Deutsche Bank veteran Richard Saltzman in London, the dealer has confirmed.
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The euro big picture revisited
Nikola Mirtchev, a trader/economist at London-based asset manager 3D Currency Management in London, predicts the future of the euro as the eurozone finally begins to feel the effects of the credit crunch
Retail forex drives up Tokyo volumes
TOKYO - Retail foreign exchange margin and short-term speculative trading in Japan contributed to a 12.9% rise in average daily spot FX turnover in April to $105.3 billion, versus the same time last year, say analysts.
BarCap shakes up Asian forex management
SINGAPORE - Steve Weller, Barclays Capital's Singapore-based Asia-Pacific head of foreign exchange since 2004, has taken a sabbatical, leaving his responsibilities split among new and veteran members of the regional forex team.
Perez-Yarza emerges at JP Morgan
LONDON - A former member of Credit Suisse's foreign exchange sales team to Southern Europe, Guillermo Cebrian Perez-Yarza, has resurfaced at JP Morgan, he has told FX Week .
USD over-pricing pushes BoA to #1
A bearish view on the US dollar led Bank of America (BoA) to top this week's one-month currency forecast rankings.
Korea relaxes won NDF rules
SEOUL - Plans by South Korean officials to ease restrictions on won non-deliverable forwards (NDF) trading could shift speculative trading onshore, say traders.
Bringing it home
Naomi Fink, Japan strategist in global markets sales and trading at the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ says tax breaks in Japan won't be enough to encourage Japanese investors to repatriate their Brazilian profits to the country
Deutsche ETN yields top returns
NEW YORK - Deutsche Bank's Australian dollar currency exchange-traded note (ETN) has generated the highest three-month returns among those surveyed by FX Week , at 7.86% as of July 17.
ANZ sets sights on north-east Asia
HONG KONG - ANZ has expanded its Hong Kong office to create a new regional hub for its capital markets business and foreign exchange operations across north-east Asia, officials tell FX Week .
Another good quarter for FX
BOSTON & NEW YORK - US dealers posted record second-quarter revenues from foreign exchange business, as volatility remained high over the period.
BarCap rides the commodities surge
Barclays Capital topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week by calling for a weaker dollar off the back of surging oil prices.
FX head quits Credit Suisse
LONDON - Credit Suisse has lost its head of UK foreign exchange sales, the Swiss dealer has confirmed.
Gray decamps from Saxo Bank
LONDON - Saxo Bank has lost its senior manager in institutional sales in London, the Copenhagen-based dealer has confirmed with FX Week .
Lloyds TSB expands forex solutions team
LONDON - Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has made four hires in its corporate and institutional foreign exchange solutions team in London, as part of a continued effort to expand its risk solutions service.
Will we ever move to a fee-based model?
The competition to gain retail clients and white-label partnerships by retail trading companies and vendors is leading to more creativity in service provision.