Articles by Robert Mackenzie Smith
The future frontier of FX trading
At the FX Week USA conference in New York on July 10, FX Week gathered together three recipients of the e-FX achievement award – Jas Singh at Thomson Reuters (2009); Clifford Lewis at Currenex (2010); and Gil Mandelzis at EBS (2012) – to discuss the…
Molten Markets expands with senior hires
Rich Wenzel and Peter Frucht have joined Molten Markets as the firm pushes forward with its new FX ECN
BNP Paribas strategist returns to Sydney with NAB
Ray Attrill has joined National Australia Bank in Sydney, having left his role as head of FX strategy for North America at BNP Paribas
De Lambilly moves to new role at BNP Paribas
Hubert de Lambilly has switched roles at the French bank and will now head the company's fixed-income business for Ceemea
TraFXpure beefs up with Rutherford appointment
TraFXpure has hired Roger Rutherford and Campbell Adams to drive the new platform's strategic vision
UBS appoints EM FX options head
Robert Diehl, formerly of Royal Bank of Scotland, will join UBS in September, initially in Zurich before moving to Singapore early next year
Bloomberg connects to CME for NDF clearing
Bloomberg has connected its FXGO platform with CME Group to enable NDFs traded on its platform to be cleared through the exchange
Technical analysis of historical data puts GFT in 12-month lead
GFT looked back to market data from June 2010 to make its 12-month forecasts on the euro's dramatic fall
Nomura creates new FX correlation business
Emerging market options head Will Johns is promoted to run FX correlation in London
Thomson Reuters' FXall acquisition raises industry questions
Acquisition of FXall by Thomson Reuters for $625 million has sparked a number of questions, not least over the future of chief executive Phil Weisberg
Eurozone tension expected to cross the Atlantic
Attention of FX market participants is beginning to shift to the effects of the US presidential election and the impending "fiscal cliff"
Schneider FX snapped up by Mexican forex provider
Monex Group has acquired UK-based Schneider FX with a view to expanding its global reach into Europe
Hassan departs RBS corporate desk
William Hassan, head of UK large-cap corporate FX sales at RBS, has left the bank
Emea sales head exits FXall
FXall has lost its head of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, just three months after the departure of Emea general manager Mark Warms
CBA expands in FX sales
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has made two additions to its FX sales team in London
Lloyds combines mid-market and commercial sales management
Matthew Lawrence steps up to run both sales teams as mid-market sales head Kathryn Ball returns to Australia
FTSE Cürex FX indexes will help transparency, participants say
FTSE and Cürex enter FX index space – and market participants say the indexes will help improve transparency in the foreign exchange markets
Market sceptical of quick fix for Europe
Thomson Reuters – IFR Markets topped the one-month forecast table, with an accurate prediction that the continuing eurozone crisis would weigh on the euro
FX trading platforms: Spoilt for choice
Four new FX electronic trading platforms have been unveiled in recent weeks, each boasting unrivalled speed, efficiency and transparency. Can the market support them all?
Esma exemption provides corporate relief
Corporates relieved at Esma clearing exemption, but express concern about uncertainty over uncleared derivatives
Nomura shakes up global FX role
The Japanese bank moves David Steck into a client relationship position, while introducing a co-head partnership for FX sales in the Americas
RBS loses FX UK corporate coverage head
Andy Stocker understood to be moving to Santander, alongside two other sales staff
JP Morgan combines FX and rates management
Troy Rohrbaugh is to relocate to New York to head up rates and FX, while Chris Willcox moves to asset management
BBVA expands in London with key hires
The Spanish bank has appointed Malcolm Day, formerly of HSBC, as global head of emerging markets FX sales