FX data champion outlines transparency push
Stuart Simmons, new head of GFXC working group, wants trading platforms to come clean on how they use client data
When the Global Foreign Exchange Committee appointed Stuart Simmons as the head of its newly formed FX data working group, they knew they had someone who wouldn’t flinch from thorny industry-wide challenges.
Simmons, who is also head of multi-asset solutions at Australian sovereign fund manager Queensland Investment Corporation, has history as a vocal contributor to the GFXC’s guidance on pre-hedging and its outreach to global buy-side firms.
One of the working group’s main tasks is to judge
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