Tod Van Name

Global Head of Foreign Exchange Electronic Trading Bloomberg

Tod Van Name is Bloomberg's Global Head of Foreign Exchange Electronic Trading. He oversees business strategy and product development for FXGO, which is used by the world’s leading FX professionals in corporations, hedge funds, global and regional banks, investment management firms and pension funds. He serves as President of Bloomberg Global Market Services, LLC., Director and Chief Product Officer, PT Antara Elektronik Transaki Pratama (ETP) in Indonesia, and is Global Product Manager for Bloomberg Tradebook Singapore PTE LTD.

Mr. Van Name and his team were instrumental in developing FXGO, a multi-bank platform for negotiating FX spot, forwards, non-deliverable forwards, swaps, deposits and option transactions. FXGO connects buy-side firms with more than 900 major and regional liquidity providers worldwide, enabling complete and accurate price discovery with in-depth coverage of emerging markets and a wide range of derivatives for both regulated and unregulated markets. FXGO is available on the Bloomberg Professional Service, a trusted source for real-time and historical financial data, news, research, and analytics.

Van Name joined Bloomberg in 2006 as an FX market specialist, then managed several teams of cross-asset specialists that provided financial product expertise for clients throughout the Americas. He was named global business manager for FX and economics in 2010. Prior to Bloomberg, he traded currencies and options for over 19 years at several major banks, serving as Senior Vice President and FX Manager at Fuji (now Mizuho) Bank in NY, where he oversaw the spot, forward and option trading desks.