Has the SEC Thrown a Spanner in the Crypto Works?
July 22, 2022
The US Department of Justice has charged three men, including an ex-Coinbase employee, of insider trading in digital assets. What… Read More »
The US Department of Justice has charged three men, including an ex-Coinbase employee, of insider trading in digital assets. What… Read More »
Eurex has announced that Morgan Stanley has started trading on its listed FX business, joining what the exchange group says… Read More »
Sucden Financial has bought the trading, IT and IP assets of Atlantic Trading London, a proprietary market-making derivatives trading house… Read More »
The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its latest Spotlight Review, examining ESG ratings methodologies and data collection processes.… Read More »
Emerging markets FX focused institutional ECN DMALink has added Andrew Evans to its senior advisory board to bolster representation from… Read More »
BNP Paribas Securities Services has become the latest provider to throw its hat into the ring offering custody services for… Read More »
Digital brokerage GCEX has announced its FX trading service will be available to clients on a 24/7 basis to mirror… Read More »
Just over 14 years after he left the firm, Kyohei Morita has rejoined Nomura Securities as chief economist, Japan, effective… Read More »
Regional bank technology provider Derivative Path has named Matthew Petrik as FX head of Product. The firm recently unveiled a… Read More »
Kevin Wolf, CEO of Euronext FX and Euronext US, is leaving the group to pursue other external opportunities. Confirming his… Read More »
We said goodbye to a friend of mine – and many of you – with the laying to rest of… Read More »
Digital assets infrastructure provider Bosonic has announced the hiring of two business development staffers at the same time as it… Read More »
Osttra has launched a paper digitisation solution that enables market participants to reduce the amount of time it takes to… Read More »
Finastra has unveiled plans to distribute HSBC’s FX services its FusionFabric.cloud platform under a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) experience. The firms say… Read More »
TRG Screen has introduced Optimize Insights, to provide users with insights and reporting to enhance the management of market data… Read More »
Quantitative surveillance firm Raidne, the inventor of the Siren benchmark, has appointed Alison Clare, as chief operating officer, with immediate… Read More »
CboeFX says that from 1 August, only liquidity providers that have a signed Statement of Commitment to the FX Global… Read More »
Thomas Pluta, who recently left JP Morgan after 27 years with the firm, has been named the next president of… Read More »
While spot and outright forward activity on CLS rose in June, largely reflectimng the data released earlier in the month… Read More »
The shift from Ibors to risk-free rates (RFR) as key financial benchmarks continues apace with the latest ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption… Read More »
The Bank for International Settlements’ Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)… Read More »
While they continue to outperform equities markets, hedge funds suffered through the first half of 2022, with only Macro funds… Read More »
Asset manager Abrdn has launched Eclipse, a platform offering institutional investors passive exposure to hedge fund strategies underpinned by indices… Read More »
After almost two years without breaching the $100 billion per day barrier, Refinitiv has reported spot FX average daily volume… Read More »
Refinitiv says it intends to launch forward looking term rate versions of its ARRC recommended fallback rates – USD Ibor… Read More »
Former Barclays e-FICC and EBS head Tim Cartledge, has invested in FX data analytics platform Tradefeedr and joined the firm… Read More »
A few readers were in touch about last week’s column to suggest that I under-played the role of prime brokers… Read More »
ING has spun off its digital assets post-trade infrastructure solution Pyctor to GMEX Group. The solution is designed for firms… Read More »
Capital optimisation technology provider Capitolis has named Gerard Varjacques as head of sales – he will also join the firm’s… Read More »
Post-trade solutions provider Osttra says it has built a new connectivity between its MarkitWire trade confirmation platform, and TriResolve, its… Read More »
ING Ventures has invested a reported $10 million in financial services operating system (OS) provider OpenFin, joining Bain Capital Ventures,… Read More »
FIA Tech has launched a cash and collateral reference data service that it says will be used by several clearing… Read More »
Michael Babic has been named as head of e-FICC sales for the Americas at Bank of America. Based in New… Read More »
The UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled a raft of senior appointments, including two looking at wholesale… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined BNP Paribas $6 million for a series of swap reporting failures,… Read More »
The continued decline in cryptocurrency values in June offered mixed news for institutional crypto platform LMAX Digital with the dollar… Read More »
Increased FX volatility helped drive stronger average daily volume (ADV) data at CME Group, with the exchange seeing a 24.9%… Read More »
BGC Group’s GFI Securities says it it has arranged the first ever intermediated block trade of CME Group Bitcoin options… Read More »
Six Digital Exchange’s Web3 dedicated unit, SDX Web Services, has entered a “strategic collaboration” with digital asset technology provider Fireblocks… Read More »
New hedge fund launches jumped to the highest level since 1Q 2021 and reached the second highest quarter since 4Q… Read More »
Philip Erlandsson, current Nordea Markets country lead for Sweden and head of fixed income sales, has been appointed head of Nordea… Read More »
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has made three appointments to lead key central bank committee, including its Markets Committee.… Read More »
The benefits of publishing a month-end London 4pm benchmark using a longer window were mixed for the June fixing, however,… Read More »
Here’s a question: What’s happening in the non-bank market maker space in FX? It was noticeable during my extended trip… Read More »
The latest in our video series is live, with Colin Lambert talking to Alex Knight, head of EMEA and global… Read More »
The first group of platforms to report FX average daily volume (ADV) indicate the FX market was slightly busier than… Read More »
After a brief respite in May, the State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) was lower again in June, falling 2.6… Read More »
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has launched a second public consultation on the prudential treatment of banks’ cryptoasset exposures… Read More »
The plaintiffs, led by XTX Markets, in the ongoing class action against Currenex, State Street, HC Tech and Goldman Sachs… Read More »
In a somewhat bizarre side story to the ongoing class action litigation against Currenex, State Street, HC Tech and Goldman… Read More »
