Foreign Exchange

Demand for multi-asset class platforms falling

Buy-side firms are moving away from using multi-asset class trading systems despite the development of multi-asset desks and huge investment in their development from vendors, according to research from consultancy Greenwich Associates.

Ex-BarCap boss Cooney swoops for Goldman MD

A former managing director at Goldman Sachs is to join the foreign exchange trading business founded by BarCap’s former e-FX trading boss, David Cooney.

Equity trading drives 19% revenue rise at Deutsche

Deutsche Bank has declared a 19.5% rise in net revenue from its Corporate Banking & Securities business for the fourth quarter of 2014, up from €2.5 billion to just under €3 billion compared to 2013.

KCG offloads FX venue to BATS

BATS is extending is reach into the foreign exchange world, announcing a deal today to acquire Hotspot FX from broker KCG Holdings.

State Street's FX income rockets 34% in Q4

State Street witnessed income from its foreign exchange trading unit rocket by more than a third in the last quarter of 2014, compared to the previous year, it announced today.