FX Markets - 18 Feb 2019
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Articles in this issue
BNY Mellon opens Program Trading Desk in FX business reshuffle
Bank adds segregated execution desk to boost confidentiality for clients with high-level transactions
How tech will transform FX next: what the industry thinks
Market participants identify which sectors they see as ripe for disruption by transformational tech such as AI
JP Morgan rolls out algo workflow tool on Bloomberg App Portal
The integration should make the bank’s Algo Central software and FX trading services more accessible
FX Connect platform gets a significant upgrade
State Street's revamps for interface and order tools lead in 2019 product overhaul
Citi and HSBC go live on Capitolis Novation as first prime brokers
The two banks have used the service extensively across their client base
Kace Pro adds FX options streaming
Few multibank portals offer streaming of FX options that can be white-labelled to clients
LMAX adds credit intermediation for spot FX trading
BNP Paribas and JP Morgan are working with the firm as credit intermediaries
Digital Vega hires ‘Benny’ Lewis, Romain Camus in product drive
New senior hires will head up interdealer and exotic FX options efforts
Liquidnet names Brian Conroy as president
Conroy joins from Fidelity International
Bank of America names Su as co-Apac chief
Jin Su, co-head of Ficc for Asia-Pacific, is named alongside Jiro Seguchi as new co-presidents for the region
Galinov settles legal dispute with Euronext-owned FastMatch
Both sides remain silent and admit no liability or wrongdoing
IFRS 9 drives appetite for long-dated hedges in Asia
New accounting standard helps manage mark-to-market volatility of long-term trades
Yuan takes key international step on Myanmar move
Yuan and yen added as trade-settlement currencies, as dollar use falls
Watch for US-China thaw to give risk appetite a boost – Scotiabank
The bank expects a trade deal to be reached between China and the US