Refinitiv Onboards FX Trading Clients to Dublin MTF

The Trade News reports Refinitiv has started onboarding foreign exchange trading clients to its recently established Dublin-based multilateral trading facility (MTF) ahead of its launch in September. The Dublin MTF, which will cover both the FXall and Forwards Matching trading units, will allow Refinitiv to continue providing services to its clients based in the European Union regardless of the outcome of Brexit. As part of the launch, Graham Macgregor, the current regional head of transaction relationship management at Refinitiv, has been appointed chief executive of the firm’s new legal entity in Ireland, known as Financial and Risk Transactions Services Ireland Limited (FRTSIL). Bank of Ireland veteran Deirdre Flannery will serve as chair of the new Irish entity, while Kieran Fitzpatrick, CEO of FX order management software provider Barracuda, has been appointed independent non-executive director also confirmed by Refinitiv.