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Oanda names Niebank as global head of product
The 21-year industry veteran has spent his entire career with CMC Markets
FX sales specialist Cifuentes joins BitGo
Formerly at Cboe Global Markets, Andres Cifuentes also worked in prime brokerage at JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Mani joins Barclays in macro trading
Rahul Mani’s banking career has spanned Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Nomura
Oanda appoints Grant as COO, Asia-Pacific
David Grant joins from Gain Capital with 20 years’ experience in the e-trading industry
Webber joins XTX from BNPP
Now a member of the non-bank liquidity provider’s global distribution team, Andrew Webber spent most of his FX career as a quant trader
Maheshwari becomes COO and head of Asia-Pacific at Fluent Trade
Previous role was head of relationship management and FX transaction sales at Thomson Reuters
Credit Suisse hires Fuligni in FX sales
Hire comes as Swiss bank invests in platform and markets franchise
Oanda bolsters leadership team
Mark Chesterman named head of trading, Kurt vom Scheidt becomes chief operating officer
Global head of FX Karlsson leaves Danske Bank
Amid a recent slew of FX layoffs, he exited the bank in November
JP Morgan trader Aiyer guilty of price-fixing conspiracy
Akshay Aiyer is second currency trader to be convicted in US’s ongoing probe into FX market
Hamberger to head e-FX at Credit Agricole
The bank's former global e-FX product manager is promoted
Russell Sears joins TradAir as chief revenue officer
Previously, Sears worked at State Street's Currenex and FX Connect
Refinitiv’s Barrow becomes global head of benchmarks index business
Industry veteran has 20 years’ leadership experience at Bankers Trust, Deutsche and State Street
Wilkins promoted to Ficc Emea role at Goldman Sachs
David Wilkins was previously head of global e-FX sales
Chatroom dealings can benefit trading – Aiyer case expert witness
Academic finds 162 examples of traders matching each other in rand chatroom, generating savings of several thousand dollars per trade
BNPP appraisal challenges Katz’s credibility
Former trader’s supervisor highlighted poor performance on FX swaps and bad risk management in 2011 review
Ramchandani: chatroom put interest of banks above greed and profit
Former Citi trader ready to drop US lawsuit if reinstated by Citi
Katz pushed complicated trades off on Aiyer
Former Barclays trader lost large trade when defendant delayed pricing it for him
Ramchandani seeks reinstatement at Citi in unfair dismissal case
Judge says statutes require the court to consider such a request over compensation
Baggioli appointed COO at M-DAQ Group
Former global head of FX prime brokerage at BNP Paribas has been promoted
Katz: 'I couldn’t compete with Aiyer'
Former trader said Akshay Aiyer had more resources and that he would sometimes quote the defendant’s prices
Lauerman joins Oanda as business solutions head
Saxo Bank's former global head of electronic distribution moves on after seven years
Jason Katz: ‘I wasn’t ready to admit what I had done’
Taking the witness stand, former trader admits he was initially untruthful to DoJ
Hassan joins Nomura in sales
During an FX sales career spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia, Hassan has worked at Mirexa and StanChart