Akira Hoshino
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) at its meeting in Sydney this week established five areas of focus for its work to maintain the FX Global Code, with algo execution and transaction cost analysis (TCA) being added to the existing workstreams around buy side outreach, disclosures, anonymous trading and execution principles. According to GFXC chair […]
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has released materials from its last meeting in Tokyo, including progress reports from its various working groups, a new illustrative example on “cover and deal” trading activity and a presentation on flash crash events in foreign exchange markets. The new cover and deal example, to be included in the […]
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has released further detail from its 22-23 May meeting in Tokyo, during which the committee discussed its mandate to consider the case for a comprehensive review of the FX Global Code at least every three years. “The FX Global Code has been in place for a few years now […]
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee has named Simon Potter executive vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as chair for a one-year term. At its meeting this week in Johannesburg, it also nominated and elected Adrian Boehler, global co-head of FXLM and commodity derivatives at BNP Paribas, and Akira Hoshino, senior fellow and managing director, head of global markets trading at MUFG Bank, to serve together as co-vice chairs for a two-year term.
Speaking to Profit & Loss after what Potter says was a very productive meeting, he is keen to stress the diversity and engagement represented by the GFXC.
