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Moscow Exchange Joins FXPA

WASHINGTON, DC, May 26, 2015 – The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) is pleased to announce the addition of the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) as Full Members of the FX trade association.
“The Moscow Exchange is extremely honoured to have joined the Foreign Exchange Professionals Association. The FX industry is going through profound changes at present and we believe through the single voice and leadership of the FXPA we can build a better, more stable and more transparent market structure that will benefit all participants in the market. The Moscow Exchange brings more than 20 years of experience to the table in running centrally cleared FX cash and swap order books that typically trade over $25bln a day and we feel that joining FXPA is the best way we can share that knowledge with other market participants and regulators,” says Igor Marich, Managing Director, FX & Money Markets at Moscow Exchange.
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EBS-BrokerTec Joins FXPA

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EBS-BrokerTec Joins FXPA
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) is pleased to announce the addition of EBS-BrokerTec onto the Founders’ Council. “EBS has been a trusted partner to the global FX community for over 20 years, and it’s our pleasure to be a Founders Council member of FXPA. The group’s goal of ‘advancing a sound, liquid, transparent and competitive global currency market’ is achievable and we support them in these efforts,” says Gil Mandelzis, CEO of EBS-BrokerTec. The addition of EBS-BrokerTec brings to 21 the number of institutional members now part of FXPA.
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Banks Caught in FX Probe Braced for Legal Barrage –Financial Times (subscription)
Lawyers are rubbing their hands in anticipation of the barrage of civil lawsuits that they expect after the $5.6 billion settlements by six banks for allegedly defrauding their clients by manipulating foreign exchange markets.

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EBS-BrokerTec Joins FXPA

WASHINGTON, DC, May 21, 2015 – The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) is pleased to announce the addition of EBS-BrokerTec onto the Founders’ Council.
“EBS has been a trusted partner to the global FX community for over 20 years, and it’s our pleasure to be a Founders Council member of FXPA. The group’s goal of ‘advancing a sound, liquid, transparent and competitive global currency market’ is achievable and we support them in these efforts,” says Gil Mandelzis, CEO of EBS-BrokerTec.
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Major Banks Hit With Over $5.8 Billion in FX Probe Fines

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Major Banks Hit With Over $5.8 Billion in FX Probe Fines – Profit & Loss (free story)
Six major banks have been required to pay over $5.8 billion in fines with five pleading guilty to FX market abuse, authorities announced today (20 May).

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UBS Granted Immunity; Settles US FX, Libor Cases

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UBS Granted Immunity; Settles US FX, Libor Cases – Profit & Loss (free story)
UBS has been granted “conditional immunity” after it entered into resolutions with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Connecticut Department of Banking in their investigations of the global foreign exchange markets.

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Banks’ Multi-Billion Dollar FX Settlements Delayed

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Banks’ Multi-Billion Dollar FX Settlements Delayed – Financial Times (subscription)
The latest multi-billion dollar round of settlements between banks and regulators for rigging foreign exchange markets has been delayed by about a week, people familiar with the situation said. Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and UBS were expected to be fined collectively more than $6 billion today, with most of the fines going to the US Department of Justice.

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