Articles by Chiara Albanese
Progress Software extends FX connectivity on Apama platform
Vendor has added connectivity to FX platforms of Nomura, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas and Commerzbank through its Progress Apama Capital Markets platform
BlueCrest loses London-based currency manager
Reto Feller departs BlueCrest, understood to be considering private banking roles
Paige Orr joins Standard Chartered in London
New investor sales head joins after a year's absence from the market
Social media finds a foothold in FX
Banks are evaluating the value that can be delivered to the foreign exchange business by investing in social media. What are the potential benefits and challenges of using such tools? Chiara Albanese reports
Barclays Capital loses three in London
Persson, Jugniot and Roos have left Barclays
CIBC euro view based on expected ECB rate hike
The Canadian bank expects EUR/USD will fall back to 1.37 following ECB action as FX markets await outcome of Fed meeting at the end of April
Manwaring quits options role at HSBC
Departure in London comes a week after derivatives trader Howard Buckley resigned from HSBC
Drew Bradford to take top role at NAB
Deutsche Bank's global head of listed derivatives will move to Sydney to lead trading, financial institution sales and research at NAB
FX swaps and forwards headed for exemption, argues former bank clearing head
John Wilson, who left RBS earlier this year, expects FX to be exempted from clearing but expresses concern about outstanding issues in US and EU derivatives legislation
FXall promotes Jonathan Woodward to top Asia post
Appointment follows the departure of Asia sales head Patrick Nagel
ANZ’s yen forecasts buoyed by G-7 intervention
Concerted intervention to weaken the yen brought yen pairs closer to the bank's predictions
More consolidation of bank trading platforms to come, says Wall St Systems
JP Morgan's consolidation of platforms could set the trend for other banks to follow
BNP Paribas goes mobile with e-commerce platform
French bank invests in electronic and social media strategy
Dollar weakness will continue, warns Barclays Capital
UK bank predicts eurodollar will rise over the next month as current trends continue
McCarthy to replace Edgington in sales role at Morgan Stanley
Jeff Pagano will take over as IRCC head of sales for North America
Barclays Capital reshuffles FX structuring roles
Senior structurers to switch locations by mid-year as bank merges two business lines
Japanese disaster causes yen uncertainty
Strategists say it is difficult to predict the performance of the yen as uncertainty over the Japanese situation continues
CLS welcomes new Basel working group on FX settlement risk
Work between central banks and supervisors that was halted at the onset of the financial crisis is now set to continue
Edgington quits Morgan Stanley
US bank loses its head of European IRCC sales, but hires senior marketers to its FX prime-brokerage business
Yen will strengthen as it did after Kobe, say currency strategists
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 will not force a weakening of the yen, according to currency strategists focused on the region.
Scotia Capital triumphs with bullish long-term euro view in 2010
Toronto-based corporate and investment banking group Scotia Capital has topped this week’s 12-month currency forecast rankings for the third consecutive week.
FXall hires CIO as Asia sales head departs
Kevin Lupowitz has joined electronic foreign exchange platform FXall and will take the role of chief information officer (CIO), starting today (March 14).
Afme global FX division calls for restraint on Sefs
Managing director James Kemp explains how Sef rules can be applied without putting the current liquidity and volumes of the FX market in danger
Jakobsen returns to Saxo as chief economist
Steen Jakobsen will return to the role of chief economist at Saxo Bank on March 17 after a two-year hiatus.