Citi Hires for Global e-FX Sales Role
Monday 8th February 2010 00:00:00
Citi has made a key hire in New York to its e-FX team.
Citi has made a key hire in New York to its e-FX team.
Northern Ireland-based First Derivatives has emerged as the buyer for Cognotec, the foreign exchange software firm that went into receivership last month
Two of the three largest foreign exchange trading venues have reported a sharp rise in volumes in January 2010 reflecting a high level of market activity during the second half of the month
EuroCCP, a pan-European clearing house, launched a clearing service for European-listed exchange-traded currencies on Friday
Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital has set up a fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) division
BNY Mellon has launched an enhanced version of its Interactive Flow Monitor (iFlow) service to provide clients with greater insight into currency markets and global investment flows
Currency funds posted losses in December, as the appreciation of the US dollar against most of the world currencies hurt short term managers
Korean securities broker Shinhan Investment Corp. is launching FX margin trading based on technology from Advanced Markets
Gain Capital has opened an office in Hong Kong to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region and separately has signed a white label agreement with Polaris Securities (Hong Kong)
A new Greenwich Associates survey shows that corporations and financial institutions around the world broadly agree that moving OTC derivatives trading to a system of centralised clearing would be an effective means of managing both counterparty risk at an individual level and market-wide systemic risk
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the Paris-based trade association of 52 stock, futures and options exchanges, has announced its priorities for 2010 including the support of reform in the regulation of OTC derivatives markets
ETF Securities (ETFS), which launched an exchange traded currencies (Currency ETCs) platform in November 2009, has seen assets in the platform grow to $49 million since inception
New Zealand’s ASB Bank has gone live with a treasury platform that provides integrated trading, processing and risk management for foreign exchange, money market and interest rate derivatives
Online currency trading provider CMS Forex UK has launched trading in spot gold and silver on its platform VT Trader
Return of the Mac; CapIntro at a different level; food for thought; and how’s your luck?
I have been called many things over the years, most of which I cannot repeat in this publication, but last week I was called “cruel and heartless” during a discussion on business etiquette. And as this could be my last column I thought I would share the experience with you.