Interview
Spotlight on: Mark Spanbroek, European Principal Traders Association
The EPTA’s vice-chairman and secretary-general talks to Robert Mackenzie Smith about the association’s mission to represent the interests of high-frequency traders to regulators, legislators and the market in general
High-frequency trading: managing the nuclear power supply
New York-based AienTech likens HFT to nuclear power that can be used for both positive and negative purposes, and chief executive Ugur Arslan is preparing to distribute his technology to the broader market in 2013
Banks face up to fragmented clearing landscape in Asia
In preparing for mandatory clearing, the priority is to ensure all CCPs across Asia adhere to the same set of standards, says Deutsche's David Lynne
NAB eyes further expansion after technology overhaul
National Australia Bank completed a three-year technology overhaul in August and now its head of FX and commodities trading is planning further geographical expansion. Miriam Siers reports
Spotlight on: David Puth, CLS
As newly appointed chief executive of CLS, FX industry veteran David Puth has a job on his hands to expand and improve the utility’s capabilities, currencies and participation to take it to where regulators and the industry need it to be. In his first…
Gazprom Marketing & Trading: Powering up for clearing
Gazprom's UK-based trading subsidiary is hoping not to be hit by a clearing requirement - but has been doing its sums just in case, the company's treasurer, Michael Kawski, tells Lukas Becker
CLS: the 10-year-old man in the middle
Ten years on from launch, CLS has come to occupy a unique and systemically important position in the global FX market. In the first of a two-part series, chairman Gerard Hartsink talks to Kathy Alys about CLS’s highs and lows in a decade as the market’s …
Training traders
What role does emotion play in the decision-making process of traders, and can they be trained to better manage their emotions? Saxo Bank believes they can, and is developing a process to support that training. Robert Mackenzie Smith reports
Currency managers speak out on currency risk, safe havens, regulation and China
Saima Farooqi asks four industry experts to describe their experiences during 2012, and what they are looking forward to in 2013
The platforms of 2012: Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters has refrained from making the major changes to its FX platforms that rival EBS has made in recent years, but that allegedly unresponsive approach has to some extent been vindicated by the challenges EBS has faced. In the latest in a…
The platforms of 2012: TraFXpure
When it launches next year, TraFXpure hopes to become a primary trading platform in the FX market, alongside EBS and Thomson Reuters. While that’s a tall order in today’s environment, Tradition’s Daniel Marcus, Campbell Adams and Roger Rutherford believe…
Spotlight on: Rob Maher, Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse’s global head of fixed-income electronic sales talks to Joel Clark about the changes the Swiss bank has been making to its e-FX business with the development of a new single-dealer portal and the integration of its algorithmic and…
The platforms of 2012: Gain GTX
Two-and-a-half years after its launch as a subsidiary of Gain Capital, the GTX platform is gathering steam and now trades average daily volumes of up to $8 billion. In the latest in a series of articles assessing the challenges facing new and existing…
Spotlight on: Drew Niv, FXCM
FXCM’s co-founder and chief executive talks to Robert Mackenzie Smith about the challenges facing the foreign exchange market in 2012, as well as the company’s new initiatives, including the FastMatch platform and the 50% stake it has acquired in Lucid…
The platforms of 2012: LMAX Exchange
The launch of new trading platforms and the restructuring of incumbents has become a clear trend in the foreign exchange market in 2012. In the first of a series of articles seeking to assess the strategies and challenges of new and existing platforms,…
Spotlight on: Nick Beecroft, Saxo Bank
Saxo’s newly appointed UK chairman and FX industry veteran Nick Beecroft talks to Robert Mackenzie Smith about his priorities in seeking to grow the Danish bank’s presence in the UK, as well as the challenges facing the FX market
Spotlight on: Rick Martin, Virgin Media
Corporate treasurers have become increasingly vocal in lobbying for exemption from certain elements of over-the-counter derivatives reform. Kathy Alys speaks to Rick Martin, director of investor relations and treasury at Virgin Media, about how his job…
Spotlight on: Beng-Hong Lee, Deutsche Bank
Deutsche’s head of offshore renminbi in Shanghai talks to Joel Clark about his role in leading the bank’s efforts in the new currency, and where he believes the biggest opportunities and challenges lie
Spotlight on: Douglas Pelton, Lufthansa
Douglas Pelton, treasury manager in the liquidity and risk management division at Lufthansa, talks about the German airline's currency exposures and the evolution of the e-FX business
Spotlight on: Mandy Lam, global FX division
The managing director for North America of the Global Financial Markets Association’s global FX division talks to Melanie White about the key regulatory challenges facing the FX market and FX options clearing and settlement project, which she is heading…
FX advisory tops the agenda for SocGen's new management team
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking has completely reshuffled the management of its FX business this year as part of a broader restructuring of its fixed-income and currencies division. Gian-Luca Fetta, newly appointed head of FX, talks to…
Spotlight on: James Watson, FXall
FXall’s newly appointed head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa talks to FX Week about his recent move from an equity sales role at Morgan Stanley into the FX market, and his aspirations for the platform’s European business
ANZ pushes local presence across Asia
The Australian bank would like to become a top-five player in Asian currencies within three years, says global head of FX and commodities Eddie Listorti
Spotlight on: Ron Levi, GFI Group
The interdealer broker’s chief operating officer talks to Joel Clark about the growth of GFI Group during its 25-year history, its strengths in foreign exchange, and why he expects to be among the first wave of brokers to register as a Sef under the US…