Articles by Robert Mackenzie Smith
MarkitServ and Traiana prep pre-trade credit hubs
Post-trade technology providers are vying to build a pre-trade hub that will provide certainty of execution and clearing under new regulation, to be rolled out for rates, credit and FX within months
Roberto Hoornweg exits UBS
Co-head of fixed income, currencies and commodities has resigned from UBS after two years at the bank
UBS cuts claim FX roles in Europe
Two FX e-commerce business heads are understood to have left the Swiss bank as the bank executes its recently announced job cuts
TraFXpure accelerates as three more banks sign up
Bank-backed spot platform now has the support of nine banks as it reveals further details of its matching logic, which it believes will eliminate technology and latency arbitrage opportunities
Hong Kong dollar could be re-pegged, say traders
Recent intervention by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to stem the strength of the Hong Kong dollar has prompted speculation the currency could be re-pegged
BAML expands in FX sales
BAML has made three appointments to its FX sales team in Europe, including Tariq Haider who joins from SG CIB
Deutsche reshuffles institutional FX sales management
Deutsche Bank has appointed four institutional sales heads in Europe under global head Kenan Altunis, following his recent promotion
Barclays reshuffles in FX strategy
The UK bank's head of global FX strategy has moved to a new role, to be replaced by Jose Wynne
Informa tops the pile with cautious dollar gain forecast
Informa Global Markets has stormed from 26th place to top of this week's one-month forecast rankings with an accurate all-round forecast
Wells Fargo beefs up in FX e-commerce
Wells Fargo recently completed the implementation of a new pricing platform developed by Integral. Robert Mackenzie Smith talks to head of FX e-commerce Stephen Godfrey about the bank's e-FX capabilities
Saxo creates new client office after two key departures
Saxo Bank has opened a new department focused on products and services, following the departure of its heads of marketing and platforms
Banks welcome Ice Link’s selection of Traiana to expand into FX
Traiana's network of banks, clearing houses and buy-side firms in the FX market will enable Ice Link to quickly expand from CDS middleware into forex
Oanda's European head departs
Antony Broadbent has left Oanda Europe, just over a year after the company opened its London office
CME hires senior FX trader in London
New appointee will report to Will Patrick and focus on building out the company's new London-based derivatives exchange
Nordea hires electronic portals head from Saxo
Henrik Holst will start at Nordea in January, and will be replaced by Alan Plaugmann at Saxo
Wells Fargo taps Integral for new FX platform
US Bank launches its own FX pricing platform for customers using Integral's cloud-based technology
Currency focus: Danish krone
The Danish krone's peg to the euro has been key to the success of the economy over the past 30 years, but how would a eurozone collapse affect the currency? Robert Mackenzie Smith reports
Record spots dislocation in covered interest rate parity
Record Currency Management is looking to help its clients profit from a dislocation in the covered interest rate parity between several currencies
Credit Suisse's Asia sales head departs
Ivan Chan, head of FX sales for Asia-Pacific in Singapore, is the latest in a string of senior forex departures from the Swiss bank
BAML appoints Deutsche veteran to head Asia global markets
Loh Boon Chye, formerly head of corporate and investment banking for Deutsche Bank Asia-Pacific, is to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Ex-SocGen head trader joins Infinium
Richard Bailey, SG CIB's former head of global FX trading has joined Infinium Capital Management as head of FX options trading
JP Morgan promotes Mirza in management reshuffle
Kayhan Mirza and Kemal Askar handed new roles as part of an internal reshuffle
EBS appoints liquidity management head
Gil Mandelzis continues the restructuring of EBS's management team with the appointment of Ben Tobin as director of liquidity management
FTSE Cürex index series adds CNH pairs
The jointly launched foreign exchange index series announced in June has added seven new offshore renminbi pairs to its benchmark as it anticipates growing demand from its clients in Asia