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Banks announce renminbi product firsts
HONG KONG & DUBAI – HSBC and Standard Chartered announced a number of firsts last week, as they try to take a lead role in the growth of the offshore renminbi market.
HSBC FXPB preps Asia push
HONG KONG - HSBC plans to extend FX prime services to the Asian markets as it looks to take advantage of rising demand for prime brokerage in the region.
Kemp named managing director at Afme FX division
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has named James Kemp as managing director of its recently formed global foreign exchange division.
HSBC completes first US cross-border renminbi trade settlement
NEW YORK - HSBC USA completed its first US cross-border renminbi settlement, following the extension of China’s renminbi trade-settlement pilot programme in June.
Trading Places, October 4, 2010
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15 minutes with: Stacy Williams, HSBC
Senior quant discusses the high levels of cross-asset correlation across today's markets
Panellists: Back-office systems integration a must
Speakers at the London SunGard City day held in London agreed the increasingly global nature of clients' requirements calls for more unified and integrated back-office systems
Trading Places, September 27, 2010
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DBS outlines ambitions amid competition for Asia business
SINGAPORE - Singapore’s DBS Bank is investing S$250 million into its treasury and markets (T&M) business as part of ambitions to become a leading Asian currency and fixed-income house.
SGX AsiaClear aims to be Asia's CCP for rates and FX swaps
SGX president Muthukrishnan Ramaswami says the new interbank OTC clearing service for Singapore and US dollar interest rate swaps will target Asian banks as a start, and soon global investment banks that trade with Asian counterparties. Asian local…
Wertheimer takes top e-sales role at HSBC
HSBC has confirmed the appointment of Jeff Wertheimer as senior vice president and head of electronic sales for North America.
Trading Places, August 23, 2010
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HSBC on global hiring spree
TOKYO, SINGAPORE, SEOUL & LONDON – HSBC has made a series of hires across foreign exchange trading and sales in Asia and Europe, it confirmed on August 17.
Deutsche in sales build-up
LONDON - Deutsche Bank has boosted its sales coverage of corporate and institutional clients with eight hires in recent weeks.
Banks post sluggish first-half results
LONDON & ZURICH - UK banks followed regional peers by reporting a sharp year-on-year drop in first-half revenues from fixed-income and currencies businesses, which were marred by a falloff in volatility and a retreat from risk.
HSBC in second senior trading hire
LONDON & HONG KONG – HSBC has announced another senior trading hire this week, this time in Hong Kong, confirmed a bank spokesperson.
HSBC hires Deutsche vet as head of cash trading
LONDON – HSBC today announced the appointment of Mark Johnson in London as managing director and global head of foreign exchange cash trading.
Trading Places, August 2, 2010
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Banks scramble to offer renminbi products as Hong Kong gains offshore interbank status
Banks and financial institutions are ramping up efforts to launch new products to tap the growing appeal of investment opportunities in the mainland China market. The trend intensified last week in the renminbi offshore centre of Hong Kong, after China…
CBA gains Plesser in senior sales hire
NEW YORK – Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has appointed Paul Plesser from HSBC as its new head of foreign exchange sales for the Americas in New York, confirmed a spokesperson.
Skowronski takes the lead at Alpari
LONDON & NEW YORK – Daniel Skowronski has joined the executive management team of Alpari, a provider of online FX trading services
Bache adds to London FX team
LONDON – Bache Commodities, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, has hired Jonathan Webb as head of FX strategy and George Tsiourvas as a vice-president in FX sales.
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.