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Trading Places, September 5, 2011
A round-up of the latest movers and shakers for the week commencing September 5, 2011
Swiss franc strength attributed to 'absolutely no liquidity'
Dramatically reduced liquidity in August, coupled with sovereign debt concerns in the eurozone, have combined to strengthen the Swiss franc, say strategists
Wilson-Taylor departs e-commerce role at UBS
Swiss bank loses its US-based head of e-commerce, an ex-State Street e-FX pioneer
Best bank post-trade services: UBS
UBS wins the post-trade services award after investing heavily in CRM tools and prime brokerage over the past year as part of its preparation for new regulations
Société Générale to provide options liquidity to FX Bridge
French bank is integrating systems with US-based vendor’s ProTrader Plus platform
FX Week USA: Prime brokers braced for change under mandatory clearing regime
FX prime-brokerage heads at BAML and UBS confirm their intention to ease operational challenges for clients under new regulations by offering a single point of entry both for cleared and non-cleared trades
FX Invest: Overlay Asset Management sticks with emerging markets
Overlay Asset Management’s Helie D’Hautefort talks to FX Invest about his firm's emerging markets strategies
Hiring frenzy
After a typically busy hiring season during the first half of the year, Chiara Albanese takes stock of some of the biggest appointments and talks to headhunters about the trends driving FX recruitment in 2011
HSBC recruits Thursfield in EM spot
Emerging market FX trader joins from UBS
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Senior moves at BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon and MKP Capital Management
Westpac recruits Townsend and Cameron in FX forwards
Townsend joins from Commerzbank and Cameron from Barclays Capital
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Promotions and appointments at Nomura, Schroders and RBS
Ex-BarCap Mosseri-Marlio joins UBS
FX sales head left Barclays Capital in London in January
Revolving doors in Credit Suisse sales
Gary Dhami joins Swiss bank as Graeme Henderson departs
Quintela to head distribution for new Morgan Stanley platform
Executive director joins from UBS in London
Dimitri quits BarCap for UBS
FX structuring head will join Swiss bank in Zurich
Portlock head of Asia spot FX at Commerzbank
He had recently left UBS, where he was executive director in spot foreign exchange trading
HSBC loses Boehler and Smart in London
UK bank also appoints Danny Wise from Barclays Capital and Steve Rendon from Morgan Stanley
Swiss franc: safe-haven currency?
With banks widely recognising US dollar weakness and uncertainty over the eurozone as an ongoing trend in FX markets this year, Miriam Siers talks to currency strategists about the prospects for the Swiss franc
BarCap loses Danny Wise and six others
UK bank suffers spate of people losses in FX trading, sales, structuring and research
Top European banks see Q1 Ficc revenues fall
Deutsche, Barclays, UBS and Credit Suisse all saw some fall in Q1 revenues compared with the same period last year
Speculation surrounds FOMC meeting for clues on possible dollar rally
First-ever FOMC press conference on April 27 could give market some indication of the impact of the end of QE2 and the possible timing of rate hikes, strategists hope