Articles by Chiara Albanese
Taking stock of 2011: the buy side
Central bank intervention, volatile markets and forthcoming regulation – hedgers and investors in the FX market continue to face some real challenges. Chiara Albanese and Miriam Siers hear their views
Oanda continues to boost global presence with Japan operation
Oanda chief executive Michael Stumm attributes the decision to open operation in Japan to regulatory changes
Lupi joins Pictet in Singapore
Stefano Lupi, head of financial institutional sales, will leave Santander in October
CLS appoints Butor as head of European regulatory affairs
Gabor Butor will develop relationships with regulators on behalf of CLS Group
Eurodollar will break out of 1.4 range by year-end, says SEB
A contrarian view taken in late May that EUR/USD would rise to 1.44 over three months lands SEB at the top of this week’s three-month forecast rankings
Taking stock of 2011: Regulation and clearing
The Group of 20 meeting in September 2009 laid out a set of requirements on clearing, trading and reporting of OTC derivatives. Two years on, plenty of progress has been made – but a number of outstanding issues remain. By Chiara Albanese, Farah Khalique…
NAB appoints Glen in London FX sales
Paul Glen will join Australian bank this month, having moved from Royal Bank of Scotland
Thaker quits Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Global head of structured rates and currencies trading Neh Thaker leaves bank
Pearson joins RBS to head spot trading
Royal Bank of Scotland confirms high-profile hire of spot trader James Pearson from Nomura
Knight Capital to launch Hotspot Private Label by end of the year
Private label offering includes administrative and risk management tools and full reporting capabilities
Taking stock of 2011: Volatile trading
The challenges already thrown at the FX market in 2011 have been multi-faceted, ranging from a tough trading environment in major currency pairs to the preparation for new trading and clearing regulations. In the second of a series of articles taking…
ING recruits Hernandes in hedge fund sales
Javier Hernandes has left RBS in London, along with Paul Glen
Natixis hires FX sales trio from Crédit Agricole
Cheryl Galante and Ellen Galluccio join FX sales team, while Gregory Fage’s appointment as head of FX, rates and money market sales is confirmed
Feller replaces Cousins as Westpac’s head of spot
Reto Feller joins the Australian bank from BlueCrest Capital Management
RBS appoints Mount head of FX tech-based trading
Ed Mount joins from Elysium Technology, and has also worked at UBS
Henderson joins State Street Global Markets
John Henderson moves to State Street from Lloyds Banking Group
CBA forecasts accurately navigate summer of discontent
Australian bank’s expectations on the direction of eurodollar and cable land it at the top of both the one-month and 12-month forecast rankings
Taking stock of 2011: the euro
The challenges 2011 has already thrown at foreign exchange market participants have been multi-faceted, ranging from a tough trading environment in major currency pairs to the preparation for new trading and clearing regulations. In the first of a series…
David Chan to take lead role in FX business at SRCB
Joins from ANZ in Australia as deputy general manager of trade financing department
BAML promotes Landes to head EMEA spot desk
Joe Landes relocates from New York to London and will report locally to Chris Bae, head of FX trading EMEA
CIBC hires FX strategist in Hong Kong
Patrick Bennett joins locally from Standard Bank
Wells Fargo hits the spot with rates-based prediction
Technical analysis on impact of diverging rate hike strategy on currencies puts Wells Fargo at the top of the three-month rankings
Spotlight on: Andrew Brown, BBVA
The Spanish bank’s global head of foreign exchange talks to Chiara Albanese about the changes he is making to develop BBVA’s FX business, and explains how his role differs from his previous experience at HSBC
DTCC, Swift reveal details of repository plans
Swift will provide its existing FX derivatives messaging traffic while DTCC will leverage its expertise in the provision of repository services, the two firms have told FX Week