Articles by Chiara Albanese
Quintela to head distribution for new Morgan Stanley platform
Executive director joins from UBS in London
Yuan set for reserve currency status, Bloomberg finds
Respondents to a foreign exchange market survey cite quantitative easing, reserve currencies and regulation as their top priorities
Elliott quits BAML in London
Ex-Credit Suisse options head’s plans unknown
Parry and Park join BAML
Both will work in FX e-commerce
Banks monitor FX options trading following Thomson Reuters withdrawal
Market-makers continue to focus on emergence of new multi-bank options platforms that will enable them to comply with new regulations
Anticipation builds for final Treasury decision
US Treasury reviewing comments on its proposed exemption as market participants expect the decision to be confirmed early next month
Dimitri quits BarCap for UBS
FX structuring head will join Swiss bank in Zurich
Portlock head of Asia spot FX at Commerzbank
He had recently left UBS, where he was executive director in spot foreign exchange trading
Thomson Reuters to quit FX options matching business
Resources will be diverted to Eikon platform upgrade, with new trade capabilities to be offered in FX options
Connors to head FX sales at BAML
Position became vacant after Vinit Sahni, head of rates and currencies sales for EMEA and global head of hedge fund and central bank sales, took sabbatical leave
Morgan Stanley downplayed market sensitivity to European peripheral crisis
Currency markets have become less reactive to the European peripheral crisis and more correlated to growth prospects
Spotlight on: Fabrizio Russo, Nomura
Nomura's head of FX sales for EMEA talks to Chiara Albanese about the challenges of growing the FX business after the Japanese bank acquired foreign exchange operations from Lehman Brothers in 2008
Social FX trading grows, brings more transparency to retail market
After the success of its 'trade leaders' programme, Currensee looks with interest at other asset classes
Wee new head of e-sales at Standard Chartered
At Deutsche Bank she has been replaced by David Wilkins, new head of electronic foreign exchange sales for Asia
Head of FX trading quits Nomura
James Pearson had joined the Japanese bank from Lehman Brothers in 2008
Sahni sabbatical creates vacancy at BAML
Possible replacement could be ex-Goldman Kevin Connors
Gain Capital targets mid-tier investors with prime-brokerage offering
Online FX broker steps into prime brokerage with GTX Direct platform
HSBC loses Boehler and Smart in London
UK bank also appoints Danny Wise from Barclays Capital and Steve Rendon from Morgan Stanley
Ogg’s new venture to tap 'huge' demand for best execution in FX
Industry veteran targets lack of technology to allow institutions to be sure of achieving best execution in foreign exchange
Thomson Reuters names new sales and trading head
Shanker Ramamurthy succeeds Mark Redwood, who left last year
Retail FX poised for further growth in Asia, says Aite Group
Aite Group identified demographic trends, internet penetration and potential returns in financial turmoil as the key drivers for the strong performance of retail platforms
South Korea imposes cap on FX forward positions
Joint statement made by Korean authorities on May 19
Trading platforms prepare for Sef arms race
As the CFTC prepares to close the consultation period on its Sef rulemaking next week, it is still unclear exactly what changes FX trading platforms might need to make to comply with the Sef criteria. How are the potential Sefs preparing? Chiara Albanese…
Haley leaves CIBC in London
Institutional sales head has left Canadian bank