Electronic trading
Philippines bankers partner Bloomberg on FX initiatives
Bloomberg has been selected as the calculation agent for USD/PHP and bankers will use FXGO for spot trading
Sada-Paz to start at Barclays on July 2
Mauricio Sada-Paz quits Bank of America Merrill Lynch to become global head of e-Ficc at Barclays
Thomson Reuters launches half-pip pricing in AUD/USD
The move will allow more accurate pricing in the pair amid tight spreads
Fotheringhame wins Barclays employment claim
Former managing director unfairly dismissed in relation to last look, UK court finds
TCA will increase fragmentation, says Sinclair
Execution spreads across more secondary venues as algos seek platforms with least signalling risk, says white paper by MarketFactory
Best execution tops list of daily challenges – JP Morgan survey
The bank questioned more than 400 institutional investors about e-trading trends for 2018 in fixed-income and commodities markets
Spiteri joins 360T
Lisa Spiteri started her new role on January 15, switching from Nex-owned EBS, where she worked for more than 13 years
FX hiring prospects to pick up in 2018, study says
Options Group expects many traders and sales people to move this year
Bjurgert joins Jump Trading
Bo Bjurgert will be part of the NBLP's European business development team
Clarifying the murky language of liquidity
Campbell Adams, founder of the Pure initiative that now operates as ParFX, has a grudge against misnomers
Klausen joins Parabellum as head of sales
Soren Klausen will be based in London and head up sales for the boutique ECN and broker
CLS hires Danino-Lewis and Scott
The infrastructure provider gears up to broaden its range of services
BNY Mellon: regulation to continue driving markets
As regulators and market participants evaluate Mifid II compliance
State Street: voice trading to stay for Apac clients
Official institutions such as sovereign funds still tend to opt for voice execution due to security and confidentiality concerns
Nex promotes SanGiovanni
Brianna SanGiovanni takes on commercial officer duties, reporting to Tim Cartledge
SmartTrade opens Milan office as client base grows
The company has onboarded new clients in several places, including Germany, Italy, Japan, North America, South Africa and Switzerland
AWARDS JP Morgan claims best FX bank title
The US firm is voted the best bank for foreign exchange dealing at the 2017 FX Week Best Banks Awards, taking the crown from peer Citi
Hamilton joins BNPP as Emea e-FX sales head
London-based Nick Hamilton started his new role three weeks ago and reports to Joe Nash, BNPP's global head of e-FX sales
DFS hits Credit Suisse with $135m fine
Department of Financial Services issues consent order, listing FX misconduct and abuses that potentially affected customers for years