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Jefferies embarks on ambitious expansion in FX
Ben Welsh at Jefferies talks about the US investment firm's plans to build its FX offering
Trading Places, April 8, 2013
Morgan Stanley loses strategist to Goldman Sachs while money-manager ParamountForex.com hires in sales
JP Morgan reshuffles Emea FX sales team
Changes at US bank see Max Leffen and Michael Spencer, both take on senior roles in Emea institutional sales team
Trading places, March 4, 2013
Major new hire at LCH Clearnet, while a sales trader exits Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London
The advantages of algo execution
As both Barclays and UBS prepare to launch new algo execution tools for foreign exchange in the coming weeks, the space is becoming increasingly crowded – but it appears to be driven by strong demand from the buy side. Miriam Siers reports
RBS's Ahmad joins JPMorgan Asset Management in emerging markets debt and currencies
Appointment signals demand for investments in emerging markets debt and currencies
Managing the costs of liquidity fragmentation
The increase in electronic trading venues in the FX market has created the potential for further fragmentation of liquidity. Banks say the challenge creates an opportunity for technology vendors, but what solutions are on offer? Robert Mackenzie Smith…
Banks invest in future of Traiana with 12% stake
Seven banks have bought a collective 12% stake in Traiana - which has been valued at $300 million - earning them a valuable seat on the company's new board of directors
Trading places, January 14, 2013
New appointments at Barclays, BlueMountain and the FIA, while Morgan Stanley FX prime brokerage co-head relocates to London
FX investor sales head to leave ANZ
Thomas Mummert is to leave ANZ in Singapore after two years
JP Morgan goes to market with new cross-asset platform
JP Morgan Markets, a new platform unveiled this week, will ultimately incorporate more than 30 existing platforms into a single client offering
CBA hires head of FX for the Americas
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has hired Joe Cardello from Jefferies Bache in New York
Review of 2012: October - December
FX Week looks back on the biggest stories of 2012, concluding with the fourth quarter. To read the original stories, click on the links in black
Review of 2012: January – March
FX Week looks back on the biggest stories of 2012, starting with the first quarter. To read the original stories, click on the links in black
CRT Capital hires senior trio to run FX desk
The Stamford-based broker-dealer has been developing its FX business for the past year, and hired three experienced professionals to run it
JP Morgan Private Bank hires Barclays FX strategist
Sara Yates joins JP Morgan as global currency strategist for the private banking FX and commodities business
Taking HFT to task
As a small group of high-frequency traders (HFTs) rise to prominence as market-makers in spot FX, the reliability of their prices during times of market stress has been called into question – so much so that electronic trading platforms are taking steps…
New FX roles under Rohrbaugh at JP Morgan
JP Morgan last month appointed a new head of spot and a new head of forwards as part of a management reshuffle under Troy Rohrbaugh
Trading places, November 12, 2012
New appointments at Bloomberg Tradebook and RiskBusiness, while JP Morgan's former chief risk officer will retire by the end of the year
FXall gains ground in options with three new banks
Thomson Reuters' pre-trade capabilities compliment the new options offering, says FXall chief executive Phil Weisberg
HSBC reshuffles institutional sales management
Claude Goulet promoted to head of institutional FX sales in Emea, as Chris Smith joins to head hedge fund sales
NAB beefs up institutional FX sales team
National Australia Bank has made three additions to its sales team in recent months from ANZ, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Trading places, October 22, 2012
New appointments at Rimes Technologies, the SEC, the London Stock Exchange and the British Bankers' Association
Spotlight on: David Puth, CLS
As newly appointed chief executive of CLS, FX industry veteran David Puth has a job on his hands to expand and improve the utility’s capabilities, currencies and participation to take it to where regulators and the industry need it to be. In his first…