Articles by Chiara Albanese
BAML's John to join Citi in spot trading
Anthony John has left BAML alongside senior FX trader Graeme King
Nomura’s cable strength call prevails
Japanese bank's view that GBP/USD would rise over the past 12 months proved to be accurate
Di Clemente quits UniCredit for Daiwa
Japanese bank hires Di Clemente to senior FX role in Hong Kong
Credit Suisse hires Lawes from BAML
Spot trader joins Swiss bank as Oleg Grishin hired in Singapore and Magda Rakita departs in London
European Commission ‘unhappy’ with Dodd-Frank extraterritoriality
EC official voices concern at London conference over the long arm of US swaps regulations
Etherington joins BBVA from Lloyds
New addition to corporate FX sales team follows two other senior hires in January
FXall’s Nagel joins ADS Securities
Former Asia sales head at FXall takes on regional sales role at start-up brokerage firm in Abu Dhabi
Exemption clarity allows market participants to prepare for new regime
Banks, market infrastructures and industry associations prepare to move forward with regulatory preparation, now that swaps and forwards are set to be exempt
Closing the FX gender gap
As in much of the financial services sector, the upper echelons of the foreign exchange industry are male-dominated, but a number of market participants say opportunities for women are improving, particularly at the graduate level. Chiara Albanese reports
Informa’s ECB rate-based bet pays off
UK analysts bet euro would stay strong as ECB moved ahead of others to hike interest rates
Fage joins Natixis as Lamb and Ware depart
Ex-Crédit Agricole salesman has been hired by Natixis in New York
BarCap loses Danny Wise and six others
UK bank suffers spate of people losses in FX trading, sales, structuring and research
HSBC trio headed for Santander
Three recent departures from HSBC's FX derivatives team will all join Santander
Dovish Fed statement heightens dollar bearishness
April 27 FOMC statement confirms QE2 will end in June and interest rates will remain low for an extended period
Payne leaves HSBC in London
Emerging markets FX official leaves HSBC, following a number of other senior departures in recent weeks
Thomson Reuters success hinged on bullish sterling stance
UK-based analysts predicted cable would rise to 1.63 during the first quarter, putting Thomson Reuters at the top of this week's three-month rankings
Charitable sector gets savvy in FX hedging
Investment managers that serve the not-for-profit sector say charities have become more sophisticated in hedging their currency risk after experiencing increased volatility. How do charities typically hedge their FX risk? Chiara Albanese reports
Ion Trading to acquire Wall Street Systems
Deal expected to close within months and makes a natural combination of specialities, according to industry observers
Pagano leaves BNP Paribas for UBS
Will become UBS's head of Italian corporate FX sales
Killen quits HSBC’s FX options desk
The bank has already lost Simon Manwaring and Howard Buckley in London
Testing the limits
Thomson Reuters Spot Matching suffered a major outage last month, with trading unavailable on any currency pairs for four hours. Chiara Albanese speaks to FX trading platforms to assess how they test their technology to prevent such outages