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Hauser to chair FXJSC at Bank of England
He steps into the role left vacant by Chris Salmon, who left the central bank earlier this year
DoJ seeks stay on benchmark case discovery
Antitrust division tells court the request is to protect the integrity of ongoing cases
Zafar joins Credit Agricole from Barclays
The veteran banker moves to the French firm after spending 13 years at Barclays
BNPP strengthens London FX options team
The French bank is out to capture additional market share
David Puth steps down as chief executive of CLS
CLS board chairman Kenneth Harvey will assume the post until a replacement is found
US attorneys deny ‘shielding’ Cartel witness
US antitrust attorneys say they were merely discussing how to proceed with its case
Bria joins LiquidityEdge as COO
Andy Bria joins LiquidityEdge, founded by ex-Icap chief David Rutter and headed by Nichola Hunter
Scott joins Spark Systems as adviser
Paul Scott spent nearly a decade at Commerzbank in senior roles
Read and Walsh swap Deutsche for BNPP
Both men have joined the French bank’s institutional FX sales team
Landazabal joins GAM as global head of trading
Juan Landazabal moves from DWS Group
Johnson appeal supported by two amicus briefs
Criminalising legitimate pre-hedging when the dealer acts as principal will lead to rising costs and decreased liquidity
Barrow joins Nex’s Enso as head of Emea
Chris Barrow moves from Brown Brothers Harriman
Birmann returns to NatWest Markets
The forwards trader had a short stint at Credit Suisse before coming back to the UK bank
Verdellet joins MarketFactory in London
Sophie Verdellet will be responsible for account management and customer service in Emea
BNP Paribas promotes Litwak to global head of FXPB
Until now, Nathaniel Litwak was head of FXPB for the Americas at the French bank
Bogucki lawyers subpoena HP’s trading data
Effort comes after the court denies another attempt to dismiss the superseding indictment against Bogucki
Cartel lawyers zoom in on government witness
They claim their clients are entitled to understand precisely what the government did to mitigate such risks for its witness
Gkionakis moves to Lombard Odier
Vasileios Gkionakis turns to private banking after seven years on the sell side
Hooker to join Capitolis
Darryl Hooker, former co-head of EBS BrokerTec Markets, is set to join Gil Mandelzis-led Capitolis as a consultant
Sabia joins Wells Fargo
Robert Sabia joins the spot FX desk in San Francisco
Sargeant joins Cürex London
Glen Sargeant is responsible for developing customer relationships throughout the UK and Europe
Correia becomes ACI’s new education director
Rui Correia steps into the post, following the passing of Paul Chappell
Lalo swaps Deutsche Bank for Avalon
Christophe Lalo was head of currency overlay services at Deutsche’s global investment solutions unit for four years
Mateus joins Societe Generale in Paris
Alexandre Mateus joins Societe Generale as G10 FX spot trader, based in Paris