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Here’s what the DTCC have listed at the moment
– USDJPY
– EURUSD 1.1150 (801m)
– GBPUSD none
– USDCAD 1.3075 (USD 250m)
– AUDUSD 0.7120-25 (AUD 330m) 0.7150 (314m)
Note the large USDJPY 120.00/121.00 expiries that I highlighted yesterday, and EURUSD at 1.1000. EURGBP at 0.7220 possibly in play too

Some of the biggest computerized-trading firms are facing obstacles as they try to move into interest- rate swaps, a $381 trillion market that has yet to be dominated by automated buying and selling.

A bid for Allergan, which has a market value of $113 billion, would be Pfizer’s second attempt to acquire a European rival, following its unsuccessfully courtship last year of Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L). After six months of negotiation, AstraZeneca rejected Pfizer’s final bid in May 2014. The potential for lowering Pfizer’s tax bill by switching its headquarters from the United States to the United Kingdom was touted by Chief Executive Officer Ian Read as a key reason for the deal.

TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares fell and the dollar stood tall on Thursday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve revived market expectations that it might still be on track to raise interest rates by year-end. While Wall Street ended a volatile session with solid gains, apparently underpinned by the Fed’s vote of confidence in the U.S. economy, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan extended losses to 1 percent.

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WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States is not keen on pursuing a separate free trade deal with Britain if it leaves the European Union, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Wednesday, the first public comments from a senior U.S. official on the matter. Froman’s comments undermine a key economic argument deployed by proponents of a British exit, who say the United Kingdom would prosper on its own and be able to secure bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with trading partners.

Mazda Motor Corp remains committed to launching its diesel-powered cars in the United States although their introduction might be delayed in the wake of the Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) emissions test-rigging scandal, a senior company executive said. Kiyoshi Fujiwara, a Mazda managing executive officer in charge of research and development and cost innovation, said reports that the Hiroshima-based automaker had given up on diesel’s potential use in cars sold in the U.S. market because of the VW debacle were untrue.

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Walgreens Chief Executive Stefano Pessina said the company had analyzed the antitrust aspect of the deal but would not speculate on the number of drugstores it might need to divest in order to win regulatory approval. “I have fought tirelessly to promote competition in the health sector and I believe the proposed merger of two of the three largest drug store chains in the country raises serious issues,” Senator Amy Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, said in a statement.