ACI UK and Koine hosted a full house of financial markets practitioners at its breakfast briefing on 19 June in the splendid Brand Exchange venue in Birchin Lane. This highly interactive session explored the reality of digital technologies in financial markets and specifically, talked about the challenges and opportunities presented by potential
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Congratulations and sincere thanks to ACI UK members at C Hoare & Co. for completing the Dartford Half Marathon on 3rd March in aid of Variety - the Children's Charity. ACI UK is proud to support Variety: over 25 or so years, ACI UK members and supporters have raised well over £1m to support its activities in the UK, improving the
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The ACI UK Square Mile Debate, in partnership with Refinitiv, attracted a full house to explore the reality of the impact of the FX Global Code, based on recent GFXC Annual Survey results (and associated reports on transparency and 'cover and deal') including whether and how Code implementation supports Senior Manager and Certification
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Published in concert with the 2018 GFXC Survey Results were two reports on Disclosure and Transparency and 'Cover and Deal'. The first was the output of the Working Group formed in response to industry feedback (particularly around Last Look) to look at areas of improvement in disclosure and transparency, including in relation to anonymous
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2018 SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS Published on 14 February, the 2018 GFXC survey "aimed to measure the awareness, adoption, implementation, and effects of the FX Global Code for market participants". Sent to 500 FX participants globally, 303 respondents included new firms (not included previously) and represented diverse market segments, sectors,
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Extracts from article in Profit and Loss, 23 January 2019 "The defence team conducting former HSBC FX trading head Mark Johnson’s appeal against his conviction in late 2017 have filed their appeal brief to the US Court of Appeal, in which they argue that the US Government’s brief offers, “…the latest flavour of the prosecution’s many
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