Banco Santander
Best Banks Awards: Banco Santander
Banco Santander has retained its crown for the Best Bank for Latin American Currencies at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Landazabal joins GAM as global head of trading
Juan Landazabal moves from DWS Group
R3 concludes membership round, adding 12 more banks
The number of banks participating in the blockchain project rises to 42 since its September launch
SocGen's Fetta joins Santander as global FX head
Based in London, Gian Luca Fetta will work towards delivering a global strategy that captures the entire FX flows within Santander
Best Bank for Emerging LatAm Currencies: Banco Santander
Rocked by falling oil prices, political scandal and lacklustre economic growth, Latin America is not a playground for the weak. Still, Banco Santander has a deep foothold there and is taking a personalised approach with clients until the storm passes
Killen quits Santander to join RBS
In his new role, Mike Kellen is working with Simon Manwaring again
Santander comes top in LatAm currencies for first time
Santander's focus on providing best execution to clients, and a mix of relationship and e-trading capabilities, propels it to the top
Santander promotes Pelizzoli to global head of FX trading
Marco Pelizzoli has assumed responsibility for FX trading at the Spanish bank, as Mike Killen takes over Simon Manwaring's former role
RBS hires global FX options head from Santander
Simon Manwaring has joined Royal Bank of Scotland in London as global head of FX options, reporting to James Pearson
Lloyds hires Arrowsmith in corporate sales
Ian Arrowsmith joins Lloyds from Santander; other hires at BT Global Services, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan
FX options head exits Santander
Simon Manwaring has left Santander after a two-year stint and is expected to join a rival bank in a similar role
RBS loses FX UK corporate coverage head
Andy Stocker understood to be moving to Santander, alongside two other sales staff
Sobey joins Santander in New York
Phil Sobey joins as executive director for institutional foreign exchange sales
Lupi joins Pictet in Singapore
Stefano Lupi, head of financial institutional sales, will leave Santander in October
Trading Places, August 8, 2011
New appointments at HSBC, Santander and BAML, while Nomura loses a strategist
Trading Places, July 18, 2011
Departures from RBS and BNP Paribas in London and New York as Credit Suisse hires in AES sales in London
Hiring frenzy
After a typically busy hiring season during the first half of the year, Chiara Albanese takes stock of some of the biggest appointments and talks to headhunters about the trends driving FX recruitment in 2011
Trading Places, June 20, 2011
Senior FX departures from Santander and HSBC, while Caplin appoints general manager for new Hong Kong branch
HSBC trio headed for Santander
Three recent departures from HSBC's FX derivatives team will all join Santander