Lehman Brothers
Credit Suisse loses Hassan but gains in EM
LONDON, NEW YORK & HONG KONG - Credit Suisse has lost an FX salesperson in London but has kept its eye on the prize with a series of hires in Hong Kong targeting emerging markets.
Coup for Morgan Stanley
NEW YORK - Eric Hirschhorn, formerly global head of technology at Citi in New York, has quit the bank to join US rival Morgan Stanley, sources tell FX Week.
Downes steps down at Citi
LONDON & HONG KONG – Nick Downes, head of FX bank sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citi in London, resigned last week, according to market sources. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, Stephenni Xie is reported to have joined Citi in FX sales.
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.
Mass exodus from BarCap in New York
NEW YORK - Barclay Capital (BarCap) continues to haemorrhage forex sales staff as below-average compensation makes the bank’s employees prime recruitment targets, according to market sources.
Westpac targets real-money clients
LONDON & NEW YORK - Westpac is building up its coverage of real-money clients with two senior hires in London and New York.
Nomura to launch multi-asset trading
Nomura plans to add trading in interest rates swaps, credit and cash bonds onto its upgraded proprietary trading platform this year, as it introduces multi-asset trading capabilities, officials tell FX Week.
Amin finds new home with UBS
Kaushik Amin has been appointed head of fixed-income, currencies and commodities trading for the Americas
BarCap loses Mihocko-Tierney to BAML
BAML gains in electronic commerce and investor sales
UniCredit builds out in European sales
UniCredit hires two
Shock departure from Citi
De Groot jumps ship to BNP Paribas
Soede joins BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (BNPP) is building out its electronic commerce business with the hire of Thomas Soede as global head of e-commerce in London, the French bank announced on February 9.
Trading Places, February 1, 2010
Trading Places - people moves
RBS restructures corporate FX sales team
RBS restructures corporate FX sales team
RBS storms ahead as Fed treads lightly
RBS tops one-month currency forecast index
CLS settlement: the challenges ahead
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. FX Week and Rob Close, president and CEO of CLS Bank, discuss the past 12 months and the future of the industry utility
Where now for foreign exchange?
FX Week editor Saima Farooqi looks back over the past 12 months and asks how the foreign exchange will now evolve?