Lloyds Banking Group
BBVA hires Horowitz from Marex Spectron
Sam Horowitz will split his time between trading emerging markets FX and developing BBVA's e-FX offering
Lloyds hires FX trader from Commerzbank
New York-based Robert Philbin has moved to Lloyds after less than a year at Commerzbank
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
Lloyds hires in UK corporate sales
Andrew Stirling departs RBS after 10 years to join Lloyds in a London sales role. Meanwhile, Deutsche hires structurer from BAML, and City Index loses global head of trading
Dollar strength to drive FX markets into 2014, says Lloyds
An expectation that the dollar's strength would be modest in the short term lands Lloyds Bank at the top of the one-month rankings, but the bank expects significant strengthening next year
Lloyds restructures sales into cross-asset-class teams
Matthew Lawrence and Adam Barrett now head up two cross-asset sales teams, while Anders Henrikson is head of FX product
StanChart hires FX salesman from Lloyds
Richard Turner has joined Standard Chartered's investor sales team under Declan McEvoy
CLS hits new record as FX volumes spike
Almost three million payment instructions were settled by CLS on Tuesday following a surge in trading volumes towards the end of last week
Nilsson replaces Devo as Lloyds' head of corporate FX sales
Citi's Anders Nilsson joins Lloyds in London to fill role vacated by Colin Devo
Lloyds hires global head of corporate FX solutions
Former Barclays sales head joins Lloyds to develop FX risk management offerings for corporate clients
Lloyds hires ex-SG CIB Christophe Coutte
The former co-head of Ficc at SG CIB is joining Lloyds to run the bank's rates business in London
Lloyds veteran spot trader departs
After 23 years at Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Lloyds, spot veteran Stuart Moss has left the bank
CLS squares up to member onboarding challenges
Having added Swedbank and Lloyds as settlement members in the past two years, CLS has committed itself to further expanding its membership as well as its currencies
CLS adds Swedbank as a settlement member
The Swedish bank is the latest bank to become a settlement member of CLS, after Lloyds was added in September 2011
Banks struggle to build FX as liquidity slows
Falling levels of FX activity, particularly among institutional clients, have made it difficult for banks – particularly the newer entrants – to beef up their forex businesses,
Trading places, September 3, 2012
New hires at Lloyds and Barclays, while HSBC loses a trader
Marex Spectron hires FX algo trading head from Lloyds
Sam Horowitz has joined Marex in London, reporting to Chris Eagle
Lloyds hits Olympic gold with forecasting triumph
Lloyds Banking Group’s focus on core fundamentals lands the bank at the top of the one- and three-month forecast rankings
Lloyds hires two from UBS in Sydney
Paul Bernasconi and Nathan Pederson, both formerly of UBS, have joined Lloyds Banking Group in FX sales and trading in Sydney
Lloyds spot-on with bearish euro forecast
An accurate prediction in mid-April that the euro would fall to 1.22 within three months lands Lloyds Banking Group at the top of the forecast rankings
Lloyds combines mid-market and commercial sales management
Matthew Lawrence steps up to run both sales teams as mid-market sales head Kathryn Ball returns to Australia
Trading places, June 18, 2011
New appointments at Otkritie and Commerzbank, while SurfacExchange strategy head departs
Trading places, June 4, 2012
FX sales moves from Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and SG CIB, while former FxPro sales head moves to Citi
Lloyds spot-on with Swissie weakness bet
Lloyds lands itself at the top of the one-month forecast rankings after its accurate prediction of Swiss franc weakening during May