People
Berner joins LBBW in sales
Steffen Berner was formerly Emea head of FX sales at ED&F Man
Otting becomes comptroller of the currency
Joseph Otting takes over from Keith Noreika, who has served as acting comptroller since Thomas Curry stepped down
DuCharme joins Mesirow
The Russell Investments veteran joins as director of currency solutions
Binny replaces Crownover as SSGA FX head
Collin Crownover has been appointed global head of Ficc multi-sector solutions, leading a newly created team
Lucera hires Van Zegveld to lead European growth
Frank Van Zegveld was previously head of sales and business development at Solid Trading
Finn joins Citi as global co-head of FX options
Rob Finn will share the position with Nathan Venkat Swami
Currencycloud appoints Ziv as compliance officer
Tanya Ziv joins the international payments platform from UK mobile telecoms firm Lebara
Apostol swaps Credit Suisse for Olayan Group
Dmitri Apostol leaves Credit Suisse to become an investment manager at the Athens office
RationalFX appoints Chris Humphrey as CEO
He replaces Paresh Davdra, who will focus on sister brand Xendpay
Chappell becomes ACI education director
Paul Chappell steps into newly created role to promote the trade association’s education strategy
Nielsen, Wandhöfer and Weisberg join B2C2 advisory board
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, B2C2 is a privately held crypto-currency liquidity provider
Oh swaps Mizuho for BNP Paribas
FX options specialist will focus on expanding the French bank’s Latin America footprint
Hamilton joins BNPP as Emea e-FX sales head
London-based Nick Hamilton started his new role three weeks ago and reports to Joe Nash, BNPP's global head of e-FX sales
Danske’s Kwant Daddy and Flyger join Saxo
Jesper Andreasen and Hans-Jørgen Terp Flyger move to Saxo Bank
Geisker leaves Deutsche Bank in New York
His role has been taken up by new hire Winfield Sickles
Shah to trade options at Goldman Sachs, Iqbal heads to Pimco
Praneet Shah and Adam Iqbal are London-based FX options traders
George in, Rae out at Morgan Stanley
Jacob George and Tom Rae are London-based FX options traders
BGC Partners hires Eagle and Turpin
Chris Eagle and Luke Turpin join the broker in London
BTIG hires Hobert as managing director of FX team
David Hobert is tasked with developing new business as the firm looks to expand its currency footprint
Integral appoints Srivastava as chief revenue officer
Vikas Srivastava has worked at Integral since 2010, overseeing its regulatory initiatives
Matherne joins BNY Mellon as global head of FX forwards
Paul Matherne is the latest staffer to make the switch from Deutsche Bank to BNY Mellon
DB hires two in North America FX sales
Winfield Sickles and Donna DiDomenico will be based in New York
Johnson appeals to FX community for sentencing help
Mark Johnson, who has been found guilty of wire fraud in the US, is asking people to write to the judge as character witnesses
Edwards becomes head of Saxo UK
Andrew Edwards replaces Matteo Cassina, who stepped down last month