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Chris Smith to exit HSBC
Currently on gardening leave, Smith is set to leave the UK bank soon
Hrvatin becomes chief risk officer at CLS
Former Citigroup op risk head joins utility last month
Cummins walks back co-ordination comments
Chris Cummins confronts insecurity with certain currencies and trading styles as defence pulls back curtain on chat snippets
Cummins: ‘I didn’t surrender all the details’
Key witness in criminal case against Aiyer admits lying after agreement that his words won’t be used against him at a subsequent trial
Miesner appointed new Spotex CEO
Former global head of sales and distribution steps up to top job as Agrawal becomes CTO
Former ADS Securities CTO Rossiter is CEO of Tranquility Base
The capital markets front-office tech specialist previously worked at Barclays and CIBC
Cummins claims deal with Aiyer and two others to boost profits
Former Citi trader alleges doing “whatever it takes”, including spoofing markets and triggering clients’ stop losses
Ex-JP Morgan trader on trial for rigging
Justice dept claims fake trades duped market but defence argues against overly simplistic view
Geneva subsidiary boosts smartTrade’s presence
The technology provider also expands Paris sales team with two hires
Dispo joins BNY Mellon in London
Louise Dispo spent almost a decade as a FX and rates EM trader at Standard Chartered Bank
Knight tapped to lead Baton’s Emea expansion
Citi veteran to head Emea as California-based firm opens London office
Thompson to head FX options at BNY Mellon in NY
Joining the US bank from ANZ, Neal held a similar position from 2015
BGC's Lucera hires Crane
Following a career that began in product management at EBS in 1990, Crane moves to the fintech firm
Johnson seeks rehearing, argues lower fraud bar threatens markets
Former trader’s attorney says that in affirming his conviction, the panel has set a low bar for fraud
Millennium Global expands European presence with Paris office
The firm is set to make 12 new hires at its recently opened French base
CEO Takabatake leaves Oanda Asia-Pacific
Three-year spell at FX broker comes to an end
Galin Georgiev joins PrimeXM as new COO
Former head of trading at Saxo Bank’s ForexTrading.com joined this month
Qureshi replaces McAuley as DBS Bank’s head of trading
Former head of GBP rates trading at SocGen joined the firm this month
Bass joins Crédit Agricole in EM FX and rates trading
After 11 years at Standard Chartered he moved last month
Acosta joins DeepWell as George leaves
FX hedge fund sales team sees shake-up
Hu joins Morgan Stanley in macro sales
After eight years at JP Morgan in London, new role in Hong Kong beckons
Citi’s head of FX Greater China joins Millennium
Yiang You spent more than 18 years at the bank in Hong Kong
Former JP Morgan FX trader faces trial for price fixing
New York resident Akshay Aiyer is accused of conspiring to manipulate prices in CEEMEA currencies
Chapin leaves Credit Suisse
Industry veteran worked at the bank for 15 years and oversaw New York sales