Articles by Chiara Albanese
FX Week Europe: Prepare for worst-case scenario in the eurozone
Panellists at FX Week Europe discuss the implications for the forex market of a possible exit of one or more eurozone members from the single currency
Miles joins FirstForex as director of sales
Simon Miles was previously head of deliverable FX at Mint Partners
Maher to join HSBC in FX strategy
Daragh Maher recently departed Crédit Agricole CIB, where he was deputy head of FX strategy
Credit Suisse cuts hit Asia sales, structuring and research
Alan Thomas, global head of FX structured products sales in Singapore, is made redundant from the Swiss bank
RBS confirms Corbett appointment in spot
Nomura's ex-head of G-10 spot in London will report to former colleague James Pearson at RBS
DealHub launches proximity hosting for FX trading systems
Co-location in Equinix data centres has already gone live for customers in London, and will go live in New York in the coming weeks
HSBC lands at top for corporate and EM business
Exploiting the opportunities arising from the internationalisation of Chinese renminbi has been a key part of HSBC’s success in FX, says derivatives head
Bloomberg Tradebook claims algo award after enhancing client support
The vendor launched a new set of support services, Execution Consulting, earlier this year, to help clients better understand the intricacies of algorithmic trading
SEB retains lead for Scandi currencies
The Swedish bank opened an office in Hong Kong in August and has placed a particular focus on expanding its footprint in Asia
4Cast wins research award with intuitive delivery mechanism
Vendor started beta testing a new website in November to allow clients to navigate research in real time
Icap, Tullett Prebon and Thomson Reuters come out on top in broker awards
All three brokers have invested in emerging markets as well as capacity and resilience, rendering them more successful in challenging market conditions
StanChart’s global head of Ficc departs
Remy Klammers has left Standard Chartered and is understood to be starting his own business
BNP Paribas hires Boehler to head institutional sales
Adrian Boehler will join in mid-December, having left HSBC in June
Upadhyaya to leave BAML
Strategist joined US bank from Putnam Investments in 2010 and will return to the buy side next month
4Cast hires six to work in London sales
New salespeople will report locally to head of sales Scott Bayliss
Simone Andre leaves HSBC sales role
Andre's departure is part of the bank's cost-reduction exercise, which has already made a number of FX sales and trading roles redundant
O'Sullivan quits Société Générale CIB
Co-head of FX trading has left the French bank after relocating to New York earlier this year
Accurate yen view lands Nomura and 4Cast in dead heat
Nomura and 4Cast jointly top this week’s one-month rankings after accurately predicting intervention would weaken the yen
Banca IMI goes global
Since joining Banca IMI from Barclays Capital earlier this year, Nicola Baiocchi Di Silvestri and Nicola Giaretta have been tasked to build the Italian bank’s corporate FX, rates and commodities sales capabilities globally as it prepares to launch a new…
FX sales focus: Banks go multi-asset in growth markets
Both top-tier and second-tier banks opt for dedicated FX sales forces in locations where they have a large presence, but tend to go multi-asset in countries where they are seeking to grow
CME vows to expand NDF clearing by year-end
Expansion of the exchange’s nascent NDF clearing platform to include a broader range of NDFs is set to begin within weeks, according to Roger Rutherford
Ex-RBS de Wulf joins HSBC in FX sales
Ruth de Wulf will be based in London and cover Scandis and the Netherlands
Credit Suisse layoffs claim Nick Barker
London-based head of FX e-commerce is made redundant from Credit Suisse, having joined from UBS in March 2010
UniCredit restructures institutional sales force under Groot
Six product lines for institutional sales at UniCredit include foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, central and eastern Europe sales, solution sales and cash equity sales