Articles by Robert Mackenzie Smith
Former Goldman Sachs sales chief to return
FX salesman heads back to US bank under Jeroen Rombouts
Flash crash moves loom in FX markets
Participants are concerned by sharp, sudden moves in currency markets as traders struggle to explain extreme bouts of volatility
Citi reorganises FX corporate sales team
The US bank absorbs its global e-solutions group and FX risk management solutions team into the sales business
Banks and clients rebuild relationships post-SNB move
Trade pricing difficulties since the Swiss National Bank's removal of the franc's currency floor are causing friction with clients
TCA rising faster in fixed income than FX
Greenwich Associates expects increasing take-up of transaction cost analysis for fixed income in the years ahead, especially on the buy side
CIBC appoints spot trader in Toronto
Canadian bank hires FX spot veteran David Piscatelli
FXall hit with trading interruption
The Thomson Reuters-owned platform was down yesterday, affecting some clients
Lloyds appoints US head of FX sales
Financial services veteran Garry Popofsky joins the UK bank this month
360T hires Priest in London
Twenty-year FX sales veteran joins currency platform
Gerko makes senior hire at XTX
Michael Irwin joins the GSA Capital spin-off after leaving State Street in January
Sberbank head of FX trading resigns
Moscow-based Steven Weller retires from currency markets after three decades
Tormar Associates countersues Citi in FX claim
US-based family office submits detailed legal response to Citi's lawsuit filed on March 13 in New York
JP Morgan loses Ceemea FX sales chief
The senior FX salesman is understood to have taken a new role elsewhere
FXCM targets wholesale and prime of prime
The retail FX broker focuses its institutional business on wholesale and PoP, with other assets set to be sold
Gain Capital on top as market eyes Fed rate hike
The US retail broker sees dollar strength continuing as potential interest rate hikes start to appear over the horizon
Saxo Bank live streams trade ideas
The Danish bank wants to break down the barriers between institutional and retail clients
BNP Paribas promotes Flax to head of FX
Catherine Flax took on the additional role in New York last month
BAML settles lawsuit and doubles FX revenues
The US bank is the third firm to pay up, alongside UBS and JP Morgan, as it reports its best FX figures since the financial crisis
CME calls for circuit breakers across FX platforms
The Chicago exchange wants pauses similar to those on its futures market for OTC FX platforms
The importance of primary liquidity
FX Week talks to Gil Mandelzis – on his third-year anniversary as chief executive – about EBS's response to a changing market structure since events on January 15
Further liquidity crunches on horizon – FX Invest North America
Buy-side participants raise concerns over euro weakness and how easily investors will be able to exit positions
RBC weak cable view lands bank top
A bearish view on GBP/USD in the last month has catapulted the Canadian bank into first place from 21st
John Taylor resurfaces to launch FX Concepts News
The New York-based research and advisory business is on the rise
Jefferies merges FX operations with Faros Trading
The US bank has taken on FXCM part-owned Faros Trading naming chief executive Ray Kamrath as global head of FX in New York