Articles by Laura Matthews
FXCM relaunches institutional website
Broker took down FXCMPro.com after last year's Swiss shock while it decided the future of its institutional business
TR adds three data centres, expands price services
Regional centres are added in New York, London and Tokyo
Tradebook's Klausen joins FastMatch
Soren Klausen will be director of sales for Europe, working with asset managers, CTAs and hedge funds
Quants: carry and value will work for next six months
Less volatile market conditions look favourable for these strategies
Five-year wait for Wall Street's adoption of blockchain
Distributed ledger technology will transform the financial industry, but not for another three to five years
FX risk worries grow for US pension funds
Currency risks have risen on the list of priorities for pension funds amid fears of future negative cashflow
LatAm investors urged to watch FX exposure
Fitch Ratings says currency volatility increases risk for infrastructure projects
Thomson Reuters to roll out randomisation in June
TR Matching set to launch latency floor almost three years after initial client consultations
Citi's Hamilton heads to FastMatch
Former vice-president of eFX at Citi takes up sales director role
Dollar may weaken as Fed stays less hawkish
The softness of the US currency may only be near term, as ongoing policy divergence could lead to some gains later
Lawyers take FX fight to StanChart subsidiary
After a US judge says she lacks jurisdiction over the parent firm named in the class-action suit, lawyers reload for new target
Sell-side shift creates opening for OMS vendors
With the buy side moving in a multi-asset direction, sell-side firms are tailoring their desks to meet new demand. Broker-dealers now want their order-management systems to do more
Giancarlo to regulators: give blockchain innovators space
CFTC commissioner says they must avoid impeding innovation and investment, and provide a straightforward legal environment
Broadridge allies with TTC to improve futures solutions
Futures and options remain a growth area for the firm
IHS set to merge with Markit
IHS Markit will be headquartered in London; the transaction has an implied value of $13 billion
Regulation will change markets, but slower than expected
But market participants say they are in the early stages of a transformation that could accelerate in the coming years
Algo experts caution against too prescriptive regulation
Such laws can do more harm than good, they say, and prevention of market impact is too high a standard
Edgewater Markets raises $30m for expansion drive
As part of the deal, the firm's board will gain two new participants from FTV Capital
CME readies for Bloomberg Index futures launch
CME Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index futures will track a basket of 10 developed and emerging market currencies
CFTC working on cyber-security and auto-trading rules
Aiming for year-end target, but market participants are pushing back at some requirements
Portware hires Chris Sorensen as FX product manager
His appointment boosts the firm's expanding FX team, which provides global multi-asset execution for top asset managers
Markit rolls out FX trade-affirmation service
Banks can consolidate trade notifications from multiple interdealer brokers and validate transaction data at a central location before it is processed
Gain takes top spot on steady dollar call
Firm sees choppier trades ahead and Fed resuming hiking cycle this year
Corporates must bridge internal gap to manage FX risks
With earnings battered by volatility, company treasurers and boards need to see eye to eye