FX Markets - 18 April 2016
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LatAm investors urged to watch FX exposure
Fitch Ratings says currency volatility increases risk for infrastructure projects
Barracuda nets Devlin as head of sales
Based in London, Fraser Devlin will report to chief executive Kieran Fitzpatrick
Pragma algo to exploit unusually predictable fix trading patterns
Five-minute fixing window created highly readable patterns
Citi's Hamilton heads to FastMatch
Former vice-president of eFX at Citi takes up sales director role
Nomura appoints Hafeez as global head of G10 FX strategy
London-based Hafeez leaves Deutsche Bank after 13 years and will report to Kevin Gaynor in his new role
Standard Bank South Africa partners TradAir
The South African lender will deploy TradAir's eFX platform to boost its market-making capabilities in USD/ZAR
McDermott exits FCA on July 1
Tracy McDermott has been chief of the UK regulator since Martin Wheatley stepped down in September 2015
DTCC elects three to board of directors
The new members are JP Morgan's Owens, BofAML's Simpson and ED&F Man Capital Markets' Weinhoffer
Hopkins trades Morgan Stanley for MahiFX
He becomes head of sales for the firm's new MFX Vector product
Thomson Reuters to roll out randomisation in June
TR Matching set to launch latency floor almost three years after initial client consultations
ETX Capital hires Tahmassebi as COO
London Capital Group's former chief operating officer joins the retail spread-betting broker
Moscow Exchange joins Markit's FX trading network
Global firms will be on-boarded faster on Moex than via API links
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
Icap buys hedge fund analytics platform
An investor in Enso Financial Analytics since 2013, the interdealer broker aims to broaden its fintech presence
Don't expect any Fed rate hikes this year, says BNP Paribas
The French bank expects the US dollar to give back some of its recent gains
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
Quants: carry and value will work for next six months
Less volatile market conditions look favourable for these strategies
Çetinkaya put forward as Turkey's central bank governor
Government makes replacement proposal for Erdem Başçı's role
Liquidity woes are curbing FX growth
Difficulties in accessing alternative liquidity pools and the rising cost of trading are creating unexploited opportunities