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Daniels to join Nomura in e-FX sales
Ian Daniels is a former head of e-FX sales at NatWest Markets
Barnard becomes CLS chief auditor
He joins the settlement firm after a long career in auditing
Magnussen joins Nordea from UBS
New foreign exchange trader at Nordea in Copenhagen
State Street appoints co-heads of Emea global services
Ambrosius and Fontaine have worked at the US bank for more than a decade
Strømme launches crypto prop shop
Jan Strømme, former global head of e-FX distribution at XTX Markets, sets up Alphaplate, a cryptocurrency trading firm
Nomura hires Parkash as global head of e-FX distribution
Ashvin Parkash set to join the Japanese dealer in Singapore as global head of e-FX distribution
Barclays gains Peto, but loses two in FX sales
Ben Peto joins sales team as director
Bogucki lawyers seek dismissal for third time
Defence attorneys ask court to look into instructions given to grand jury about the nature of Barclays and HP’s relationship
Nomura hires Agarwal to head EMFX trading
Arvind Agarwal moves to new role at the Japanese bank from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Iqbal returns to Goldman to head exotics trading
Adam Iqbal left Goldman in November 2017 for a portfolio manager role at Pimco
Hudson joins BGC’s Fenics as global head of e-FX
Liam Hudson was previously the global head of electronic FX at BAML
Michelsen joins Handelsbanken
Otto Michelsen moves to Handelsbanken from Arion Bank as an FX options trader
Fotheringhame wins Barclays re-employment fight
UK tribunal orders the UK bank to re-engage David Fotheringhame in the role of director of data commercialisation
Bloomberg leaves Nomura
The New York-based EM sales specialist voluntary resigned her position
Credit Suisse loses two in FX sales
The two served as directors in FX sales
Elgarf joins ADS Securities in London
He moves to the firm from retail broker IG
Spectra FX hires three for senior roles
Chopra joins the firm in New York, Bretagne and Gribble in London
Khan joins UBS in New York
He returns to the US after having spent several years at Goldman Sachs in London
Fischer to head BNPP’s global markets for Asia-Pacific
Fischer had been the head of global markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa since 2015
Funda Bor joins Solid FX
Bor moves to Solid FX from ABN Amro’s prime brokerage business
Curex appoints Richard Daniels as managing director
Daniels reports directly to chief executive James Singleton
Bogucki’s defence fights for dismissal again
Defence says there was no fiduciary relationship because each party understood they were acting in their own interest
BNY Mellon adds Velis to FX strategy team
John Velis joins the bank from State Street
ACI to file amicus brief for Mark Johnson appeal
Traders’ association believes lower court decision could spook banks, hike costs for transacting fixings and hit liquidity