Very positive employment report from the United Kingdom propelled the Great Britain pound higher. The currency demonstrated big gains, rising to the highest level in more than month and a half against the US…
Posts published in February 2015
CLS has reported its settlement data for the month ending January 2015, which was highlighted by a staunch 16% month-over-month growth in average daily input volumes. Late…
Being Successful in Trading by Not Trading
Vlad Gubernat This guest blog post is written by Vlad Gubernat. He is a full-time trader based in Romania who shares his thoughts on his…
OANDA was one of the later major brokers to open up its platform to third-party developers. Having a large engineering and development staff, until 2013…
TrueEX Names Saro Jahani as CIO following Departure from Direct Edge
Contract marketplace for interest rate swaps TrueEX has appointed Saro Jahani as its newest chief information officer (CIO), amidst a period of rampant growth at…
Silk Road’s largest dealer of methamphetamine to charges of conspiracy to export controlled substances and money laundering. Jason Weld Hagen of Vancouver reportedly raked in over $600,000 in sales,…
Deutsche Bank Names Three New Managing Directors
Deutsche Bank Global Technology and Operations division, an arm of Deutsche Bank AG, has made three senior level executive appointments at the managing director level to…
Stefan Hamberger, Head of e-FIC Sales, Parts Ways with Commerzbank AG
Commerzbank AG has a notable void in its FX operations following the abrupt departure of Stefan Hamberger, head of electronic sales for fixed income and…
Was the SNB Shock Really a Black Swan?
In the aftermath of the SNB shock, industry professionals have been referring to the unprecedented 30% jump of the Swiss franc against the euro as…
Swiss Prosecutor Opens a Case Against HSBC for Money Laundering
According to a statement made by the Geneva public prosecutor, authorities have raided offices of HSBC Switzerland after opening proceedings against the bank related to…