News
Strategy duo quits BNP Paribas for Morgan Stanley
Redeker and Stannard to join Morgan Stanley's FX strategy team in London in the middle of 2011
LCH.Clearnet confirms FX options clearing for 2011
Annual results confirm significant investment in developing clearing services for FX options
CBA hires four in London and Sydney
Héritier and Hellard join in London sales, while Loong and Pruscino join in Sydney
WallStreetdocs pitches document search engine to banks
Document automation specialist to launch new offering next month
FXall to roll out buy-side benchmarking tool
Move follows a similar product launched in partnership with ITG in May 2010 that has seen limited adoption among buy-side firms
Athanasopoulos replaces Adler at UBS
Arie Adler leaves top FX post in New York, but plans still unknown
UBS loses Portlock in Singapore
Head of spot FX trading leaves the Swiss bank
BNP Paribas goes mobile with e-commerce platform
French bank invests in electronic and social media strategy
More consolidation of bank trading platforms to come, says Wall St Systems
JP Morgan's consolidation of platforms could set the trend for other banks to follow
FXall promotes Jonathan Woodward to top Asia post
Appointment follows the departure of Asia sales head Patrick Nagel
Trading Places, March 28, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world
Dollar weakness will continue, warns Barclays Capital
UK bank predicts eurodollar will rise over the next month as current trends continue
EU Council leans towards special treatment for FX
Industry's concerns starting to be reflected in legislation proposals
Newman joins TD Securities in London
Canadian bank hires new currency trading head
Khan-Gandapur quits SG CIB
French bank loses its London-based head of fixed income and currencies
McCarthy to replace Edgington in sales role at Morgan Stanley
Jeff Pagano will take over as IRCC head of sales for North America
Traiana rolls out forex clearing connectivity service
Citi and CME Clearing become the first to join the network as the market prepares for the advent of FX clearing
Treasury timeline on FX exemption decision still unclear
Market participants divided on whether the agency is likely to exempt swaps and forwards from Dodd-Frank clearing requirements
Japanese disaster causes yen uncertainty
Strategists say it is difficult to predict the performance of the yen as uncertainty over the Japanese situation continues
Barclays Capital reshuffles FX structuring roles
Senior structurers to switch locations by mid-year as bank merges two business lines
Icap mulls bank-only alternative to Pure FX
Discussions progress about new functionality on Icap's platform that could eliminate the threat of Pure FX
Nomura loses top FX spot dealer in New York
Heidt departs Japanese bank after two years
Trading Places, March 21, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world
CLS welcomes new Basel working group on FX settlement risk
Work between central banks and supervisors that was halted at the onset of the financial crisis is now set to continue