Europe
TD Securities: dollar rebound expected in near term
But political tensions could hinder the greenback’s rally
Currency movements helped US and Latam investors in 2017
A new report from Natixis shows a weaker dollar helped investors outperform their European peers
UK corporates lose out as sterling slides, study says
Importing firms see average profit loss of 12% following Brexit vote, finds Western Union
BoE: reasonable to expect passporting rights until 2020
Firms operating under current passporting regime can expect to continue activities until at least the end of the new implementation period
Esma bans binary options, cracks down on CFDs
New measures aim to improve security and protection for retail FX investors
Crédit Agricole hires Varloot for risk role
Etienne Varloot joins as CIB head of market and counterparty risk
Mifid transparency has failed so far, say traders
Poor-quality, inaccessible data and the lack of instruments covered undermine use case
Euronext makes senior appointments
Paul Humphrey takes over the responsibilities of Lee Hodgkinson on an interim basis
TickTrade partners Applied Financial
The move opens the Canada-based trading technology firm to markets in Asia, Europe and the US
Trade discussions hinder dollar performance – CIBC
Friction over trade tariffs and tightening of QE will be the challenges for G10 in the months ahead
FCA: TCA ‘unlikely’ to fall under research
Third-party transaction cost analysis fees will be difficult to include in the spread if they do not count as research costs
EM strength to continue for now, says Swissquote
The region will continue to improve over the next six months, says Peter Rosenstreich at Swissquote
BoE to authorise EU CCPs ‘at 00:01’ on Brexit day
Central bank hopes plan to preserve access for EU CCPs will be reciprocated
Markets may be underpricing Brexit risk
‘We don’t see a situation where the UK is going to come out of this with a favourable deal’ – Mizuho currency strategist Sireen Harajli
Patrick Fleur to join Solid FX as chief executive
Dutch pension fund PGGM's former head of trading and execution takes on new role at the ECN on March 5
FXSpotStream adds State Street as LP
Execution venue records highest-ever average daily volumes in January
BNP Paribas pleads guilty to FX price-fixing
French bank regrets the misconduct and will pay $90 million to resolve investigations into its currency trading practices
Dollar downtrend intact for now – City Index
Regardless of the US administration’s preference for a strong dollar, the greenback is set to maintain its downward trajectory until March
Integral expands market data service to 14 cryptocurrencies
Financial technology firm hopes to provide a more accurate reference price for major cryptocurrencies
Bundesbank to include renminbi in reserves
Onshore renminbi jumps to strongest level against the dollar for more than two years, following comment from Germany’s central bank
Hancox and Pena exit Morgan Stanley
Dudley Hancox and Andrew Pena were senior members of the bank’s FX sales team
FX hiring prospects to pick up in 2018, study says
Options Group expects many traders and sales people to move this year
Thomson Reuters updates Mifid II services
Mifid II-compliant data now available from 57 global exchanges, and eight new trading and reporting venues
FCA sees 'serious risk of harm' in CFD products
In a letter addressed to the chief executives of CFD providers and distributors, the UK watchdog highlighted several areas of concern