Articles by Laura Matthews
Judge allows Rodgers’ ‘Russian name’ analysis into case
Judge does about-turn and allows Rodgers – whose $1,100 hourly fee riles prosecution – to enter his findings in court
Johnson: ‘It was fair all around’
Embattled former trader says execution of Cairn Energy order produced better than expected outcome
Johnson set to take stand today
Mark Johnson will testify in his own defence today following day of high drama on October 10 around Rodgers’ analysis
GE’s FX managing director retires, launches advisory
As banks downsize their sales teams, David Rusate is looking to lend his currency expertise to small- to medium-sized firms
Johnson’s defence to present case on Tuesday
Rodgers expected to take stand during course of the week
Cahill in hot seat over FCA statements
Former HSBC trader admits he would have given a different answer to the FCA if the question had been more specific
Cairn treasurer denies knowing HSBC would pre-hedge order
Yet neither the corporate nor its adviser instructed the bank how to deal with the $3.5 billion order
Fed fines HSBC $175m for unsafe FX practices
Bank ordered to improve practices
Weisberg launches new firm
Matzliach Capital seeks to help strengthen wholesale financial markets by providing leaders with objective advice on how to build and grow successful businesses
Deutsche settles FX rigging case for $190m
Credit Suisse now the only holdout defendant in the case that involves 16 major banks
Pre-hedging debate at centre of Johnson trial
For some, pre-hedging is common practice; for others, it is synonymous with front-running – a jury will need to decide
Johnson trial to resume on Monday
Judge falls ill, trial to continue on Monday; on Wednesday, Dipak Khot, testifying for the prosecution, underwent six hours of questioning
Prosecution witness Khot says he had concerns about Cairn order
Dipak Khot asked Johnson and his team to return some money to Cairn after seeing unexpected volatility
Northern Trust: algos give power to clients
The release of an FX algorithm suite in June ushered in a new era for the custody giant
Johnson’s lawyer brands trial a ‘governmental mistake’
On the tense first day of Mark Johnson’s trial, the prosecution claims he saw dollar signs
Rodgers to testify in support of Johnson
Deutsche Bank’s former global head of FX believes Johnson followed industry practice when executing the large order
StanChart sees some EM weakness next year
Concerns remain over the political situation in Brazil
US super-regionals step up FX game
Citizens Bank and SunTrust Bank have been expanding and investing more in their FX platforms and talent
TraderTools adds RMB and MXN to EM liquidity pool
The platform provider has launched 16 currency pairs in its Unique Liquidity Network in the last six months
Employees get deposition stay in FX antitrust case
Depositions and interviews with bank staff in benchmark rigging case delayed until December 8
TradAir upgrades full-amount functionality
Changes will provide direct relationship-based liquidity to clients and optimise the execution between sweepable and full amount liquidity
FlexTrade hires Wolf to run FX business development
Wolf joins the firm from EBS BrokerTec
James Taylor joins BNY Mellon
Taylor is a key hire for the bank whose markets business is undergoing an FX transformation
Mark Johnson's trial to start on September 25
Jury selection to begin in alleged front-running case; judge postpones original date by a week at status conference hearing