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Finch returns to DealHub to head new Singapore office
DealHub will open Singapore office in early 2012, under the leadership of former sales and marketing head Tim Finch
FX Week Europe: Eurozone survival discussion is premature, says academic
European leaders are "playing poker", but the game will last longer than a few days, says Brunel University's professor of economics
Gammage joins FXall from Citi
Citi's former head of G-10 e-commerce sales to head active trading for the Americas at FXall
Lloyds hires Grubb to head algo trading
Howard Grubb joins Lloyds Banking Group from BNP Paribas
Thomson Reuters restructuring hits FX as Glocer departs
A number of senior changes have been made to the vendor's foreign exchange matching business as part of a broader restructuring
Trading places, December 5, 2011
New appointments at Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital and CME Group, while UBS chief risk officer steps down
G14 dealer group adds two members
Nomura joined the group at the end of August, while Crédit Agricole is expected to join in the first quarter next year - in part a response to regulator criticisms that the group had become too exclusive
Rationale for clearing all FX products is evident, say CCPs
Speakers at a conference in London discuss the exemption of FX swaps and forwards from mandatory clearing requirements
FX Week Europe: Decimalised pricing gaining traction
The advent of decimalisation on the majority of FX trading platforms has led to a number of challenges for traders, conference speakers argue
FX Week Europe: Prepare for worst-case scenario in the eurozone
Panellists at FX Week Europe discuss the implications for the forex market of a possible exit of one or more eurozone members from the single currency
FX Week Europe: TCA key to effective algo execution, says Shell
Paul Downie, Shell's head of liquidity and FX, explains how thorough analysis of all available execution data has been key to the firm's trialling of FX algo tools over the past year
Miles joins FirstForex as director of sales
Simon Miles was previously head of deliverable FX at Mint Partners
Maher to join HSBC in FX strategy
Daragh Maher recently departed Crédit Agricole CIB, where he was deputy head of FX strategy
Credit Suisse cuts hit Asia sales, structuring and research
Alan Thomas, global head of FX structured products sales in Singapore, is made redundant from the Swiss bank
RBS confirms Corbett appointment in spot
Nomura's ex-head of G-10 spot in London will report to former colleague James Pearson at RBS
CLS pushing 'transformation' agenda, says Bozian
Central settlement utility is feeding greater resources into expanding its universe of currencies, according to chief executive Alan Bozian
DealHub launches proximity hosting for FX trading systems
Co-location in Equinix data centres has already gone live for customers in London, and will go live in New York in the coming weeks
Best Banks 2011: Deutsche Bank and Citi top poll
Deutsche Bank is voted best bank overall for FX for the third successive year, but Citi and UBS have powered back up the rankings to claim second and third place
Trading places, November 28, 2011
Changing roles at Nomura, Deutsche Bank, Citi and the FOA
Standard Chartered to roll out enhanced core custody platform
STANDARD CHARTERED IS upgrading its client offering by developing an enhanced core custody, settlement and safekeeping system. According to Standard Chartered, the core platform will give greater automation, customisation, direct market interfaces and…
FX Invest December 2011 edition now LIVE!
With no real solution in sight for the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, volatility of volatility in currency markets is likely to remain elevated, driving up requirements to manage currency exposures in international portfolios.
Bank of England sets out code of practice on electronic trading
Members of the FX Joint Standing Committee comment on the recently reviewed Nips code, which includes a new section on electronic trading
Lloyds appoints Coote head of spot
UBS's former global head of spot will join Lloyds on December 1
FXall stays on top as it moves towards IPO
FXall is ranked best professional e-trading venue for the second successive year as it prepares to go public in 2012