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WM/Reuters Thai baht benchmarks to be sourced from Matching Clob
The baht benchmarks are now based on trade data rather than indicative rates
FCA mulls restrictions on CFDs
The restrictions are fundamentally similar to those imposed by Esma earlier this year, but would have permanent effect
Asset managers hope for common FX tape
Monitoring and ensuring liquidity providers adhere to their own disclosure is difficult, but must be done
Investors eye Mexico and Brazil amid hopes in regime change
They believe a projected weakening in the dollar will support emerging markets
GFXC to publish disclosures, cover-and-deal findings
Global Foreign Exchange Committee holds two-day meeting in Paris on November 29-30
Bloomberg adds real-time market data service to cloud
Its front-office solution, B-pipe, is available via Amazon Web Services
Brexit drama muddies waters for FX options
Traders focus on new dates – and scenarios – after UK criticism of proposed deal
Cost efficiency without sacrificing access to liquidity
FX Week talks to Richard Elston, head of institutional at CMC Markets, about the transforming landscape of foreign exchange, including structural changes and fragmentation in FX markets, organisations’ varying liquidity needs and a shift towards cross…
Advanced Markets adds Standard Chartered as prime broker
UK bank becomes Advanced Markets’ second prime broker after UBS
Record brings ESG into currency management
Specialist currency manager develops database and methods for improving ESG credentials of its product
European FX lawsuit may follow soon, says source
Institutional investors filed a lawsuit in NY against 16 banks on November 7, which could be followed by European complaint
ACI partners ICA to promote FX Global Code in Mena
Financial market association joins forces with Interarab Cambist Association
Jump: inside the secretive e-trading giant
Execs at the Chicago prop firm wish the whole world was a Clob, but as bilateral volumes rise, they've decided to go with the flow
Shell picks Bloomberg for Treasury system
Solution available for any corporates around the world, Bloomberg says
BIS committee finds inadequacies in derivatives data
Challenges remain, despite significant progress, Irving Fisher Committee reports
Outstanding OTC FX derivatives notional at all-time high – BIS
Clearing of FX contracts and gross market value of over-the-counter FX rises in H1 2018
XTX Markets goes for Paris as European hub
Liquidity provider applies to French regulator for authorisation
US banks’ Ficc earnings drop in Q3
Only Citi managed growth versus second quarter and Q3 2017
Advanced Markets launches London operation
Nina Baksh will lead the London office for the FCA-regulated firm
At BlackRock’s West Coast AI lab
The firm is handing its “most vexing problems” to artificial intelligence
Record launches FX guide for pensions industry
It gives pension managers insights into the risks and opportunities currencies present
State Street’s Bond: BestX audit will guarantee independence
TCA provider BestX will retain independence and be subject to annual audits focused on data
NatWest Markets’ FXmicropay takes to SAP cloud
It automates currency conversion and guarantees exchange rates