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Turnover reaches $4 trillion

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:34:51 GMT

Trading between banks and the non-bank financial institutions surpassed interdealer volumes, reveal preliminary statistics from the Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) triennial foreign exchange survey.

CFTC retail FX rules fail to curb offshore trading

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:07:00 GMT

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WASHINGTON, DC - The US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) compromise to limit leverage on retail FX trading accounts to 50:1 from a proposed 10:1, is unlikely to curb the shift of retail business offshore, according to market participants.

Non-banks lead 20% rise in FX turnover

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:29:25 GMT

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Interview with ex-AIG lynchpin on FX prime brokerage

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:13:51 GMT

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Nathaniel Litwak, BNP Paribas' head of marketing for FX Prime brokerage for North America, speaks with FX Week reporter Farah Khalique

Interview with ex-AIG linchin on FX prime brokerage

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:47:41 GMT

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Nathan Litwak, BNP Paribas' head of marketing for FX Prime brokerage for North America, speaks with FX Week reporter Farah Khalique

Interview with ex-AIG chief on prime brokerage

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:11:39 GMT

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Nathan Litwak, BNP Paribas' head of marketing for FX Prime brokerage for North America, speaks with FX Week reporter Farah Khalique

Interview with Udi Sela of SuperDerivatives

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:22 GMT

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FX Week's Farah Khalique asks Udi Sela about the impact of increased regulation on foreign exchange traders

Interview with IDB's Amir Tal on the tech arms race

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:22 GMT

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Amir Tal speaks to FX Week's Farah Khalique about how smaller financial services firms keep up with their larger rivals

Interview with Erik Lehtis on prime brokerage

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:22 GMT

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Erik Lehtis speaks to FX Week reporter Farah Khalique about the advent of new regulations in the prime-brokerage arena

Interview with Udi Sela of SuperDerivatives

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:15:59 GMT

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FX Week's Farah Khalique asks Sela about the impact of increased regulation on foreign exchange traders

Interview with IDB's Amir Tal on the tech arms race

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:15:59 GMT

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Tal speaks to FX Week's Farah Khalique about how smaller financial services firms keep up with their larger rivals

Interview with Erik Lehtis on prime brokerage

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:15:59 GMT

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Erik Lehtis speaks to FX Week reporter Farah Khalique about the advent of new regulations in the prime-brokerage arena

Currency managers embrace risk in July

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:03:25 GMT

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STAMFORD, CT - The Parker FX index made a return of 0.54% in July, as currency markets ditched the dollar for riskier assets amid improving European news and weaker US economic data.

CBA on top as eurozone attempts to resolve debt crisis

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:07:03 GMT

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) topped the three-month forecast rankings with expectations for the euro to get a boost by some resolution of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

CLS year-on-year volumes up in July

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:51:56 GMT

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NEW YORK - CLS experienced a year-on-year rise in volumes settled over the system in July, but reported a decline from June, reflecting a drop in market volatility.

EBS Spot debuts fixing orders

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:39:37 GMT

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LONDON - EBS will add fixing orders to the drop-down menu in its quote panel for banks only at the end of August, Rob Parr, senior sales manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and North America at Icap has told FX Week.

Banks post sluggish first-half results

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:08:42 GMT

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LONDON & ZURICH - UK banks followed regional peers by reporting a sharp year-on-year drop in first-half revenues from fixed-income and currencies businesses, which were marred by a falloff in volatility and a retreat from risk.

Wade's in at Deutsche Bank

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:22:26 GMT

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NEW YORK - Deutsche Bank has boosted its electronic foreign exchange sales effort to corporate clients with a key hire from Citi.

BarCap losses trickle on

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:21:07 GMT

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LONDON & SINGAPORE - Barclays Capital (BarCap) has lost two more staff, following the mass exodus at the end of April.

Parker FX: Discretionary approach gets better returns in March

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53:39 GMT

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STAMFORD, CT – The Parker FX Index reported a 0.78% return for the month of March, when the US dollar continued to appreciate relative to the majors, with the DXY Index gaining 0.62%.

High-frequency trading will be 40% of market by 2012

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53:39 GMT

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BOSTON - High-frequency traders could win from the introduction of central clearing in over-the-counter markets, according to research by Boston-based consultancy Aite Group released last week (April 26).

Sophis to partner with Windows 7 in May

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53:39 GMT

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PARIS - Sophis is planning an upgrade of Risque, its cross-asset portfolio and risk management system, to Windows 7 software from Microsoft.net at the end of May.

Option prices rocket over euro crisis and UK hung parliament

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53:39 GMT

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LONDON – Options prices shot up dramatically last week as liquidity fell, amid long-term concerns over the European Central Bank’s (ECB) handling of the eurozone deficit crisis and uncertainty about the outcome of the UK election.

Fixnetix Launches FX Trading and Data Services

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53:39 GMT

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LONDON - UK-based low-latency data and trading technology vendor Fixnetix has launched packaged services for firms trading foreign exchange, targeted both at pure FX traders and market makers, as well as high-frequency trading firms trading FX as part of cross-asset, cross-border arbitrage strategies, officials say.

Concerns over euro remain despite rescue bid

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53:39 GMT

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Last week's news of a €750 billion international rescue package for struggling economies on the edge of the eurozone initially lifted the euro, but concerns persist about the indirect effects of the bailout, and the area's underlying economic prospects.