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Interview with ex-AIG lynchpin on FX prime brokerage
Nathaniel Litwak, BNP Paribas' head of marketing for FX Prime brokerage for North America, speaks with FX Week reporter Farah Khalique
Deutsche in sales build-up
LONDON - Deutsche Bank has boosted its sales coverage of corporate and institutional clients with eight hires in recent weeks.
Trading Places, August 9, 2010
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MS raids BarCap and Goldman for salespeople
LONDON & NEW YORK – Morgan Stanley is hiring from rivals Barclays Capital (BarCap) and Goldman Sachs in London and New York, respectively.
BarCap expands in American FX sales
TORONTO & SAN FRANCISCO – Barclays Capital (BarCap) has hired two foreign exchange salespeople in North America, according to an internal source.
Trading Places, July 19, 2010
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Lutton and Yi resurface at Nomura
NEW YORK - Chris Lutton and Christina Yi are tipped to resurface at Nomura in New York, according to market sources
Credit Suisse continues Asia build
HONG KONG - Credit Suisse made a significant push to expand its presence in the foreign exchange market in the Asia-Pacific, with six sales hires in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Deutsche loses two in San Fran but gains in New York
SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK - Deutsche Bank has lost two foreign exchange salespeople in San Francisco but gained one in New York, according to market sources.
BAML brings in new head of EMEA FXPB
LONDON – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has hired Mark McDonnell to head its foreign exchange prime brokerage team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from London, according to an internal memo.
Trading Places, June 21, 2010
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Trading Places, June 14, 2010
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Rabobank finds new global FX strategy head
LONDON – Rabobank has hired Jane Foley to replace Jeremy Stretch as global head of FX strategy in London, according to market sources.
FX industry creates lobby group
BRUSSELS - The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is establishing a representative group for foreign exchange participants, amid the threat of increased forex regulation.
Gaitame.com chooses Integral for liquidity aggregation
Tokyo-based retail trading company Gaitame.com has replaced its single-bank platform with a software-as-a-service liquidity aggregation system developed by Integral, to improve pricing and risk management.
Trading Places, June 7, 2010
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Trading Places, May 31, 2010
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OCC announces new directors
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has named Craig Abruzzo and Valar Mihan as directors, and appointed director Paul Brody as vice-chairman. Brody replaces Gary Yetman, who completed his term at the end of April.
Dealer withdrawal sparks record volumes on traditional forex systems
LONDON - Citi, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Natixis were among dealers that pulled liquidity from external platforms on May 6, sparking a record trading day on traditional liquidity hubs, EBS Spot and Thomson Reuters.
Option prices rocket over euro crisis and UK hung parliament
LONDON – Options prices shot up dramatically last week as liquidity fell, amid long-term concerns over the European Central Bank’s (ECB) handling of the eurozone deficit crisis and uncertainty about the outcome of the UK election.
BAML woos David Woo and more…
LONDON & SINGAPORE – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) is adding to its sales and rebuilding its research capabilities with five hires made globally.
Progress releases single-bank portal FX adapter
NEW YORK - Complex event processing (CEP) platform vendor Progress Apama has introduced a suite of single-bank portal adapters for its Apama Capital Markets Framework, which are available today (May 3).
Nomura wins three in global sales
LONDON & NEW YORK - Now the bonus rounds are over, the hunting season has begun. Nomura is reported to have hired sales staff from Barclays Capital in London and UBS in New York.