People
Severi joins Curex’s business development team
Andre Severi will be responsible for developing the firm’s client base in Europe and the Middle East
Saywell to lead institutional market research sales at BNP Paribas
In this newly created role, he will focus on the French bank’s top institutional clients
Fischer resigns from Fed board
Vice-chairman of Board of Governors will leave on or around October 13
James Taylor joins BNY Mellon
Taylor is a key hire for the bank whose markets business is undergoing an FX transformation
Former RBS staffers Barnes and Richardson launch FX consultancy
Mark Barnes and Jason Richardson set up FX Xperts, focusing on front-office services in EMFX
Van Zegveld to exit Solid Trading
The Dutch ECN's head of business development leaves after four years
Michelmore to become Apac head of buy-side sales at EBS
Based in Singapore, Michelmore will continue to report to Patrik Nagel, global head of buy-side sales
Watson joins Tradition as global head of market data sales
The former chief executive of ADS Securities Europe moves to broker Tradition in London
Mark Johnson's trial to start on September 25
Jury selection to begin in alleged front-running case; judge postpones original date by a week at status conference hearing
Woods swaps BNP Paribas for Morgan Stanley
Ciaran Woods remains in FX sales, but moves from London to Hong Kong
SocGen appoints Dumas for institutional sales role
Florian Dumas joins Societe Generale from BNP Paribas in newly created Asia-Pacific role
TD Securities adds North to e-FX trading team
Martyn North will manage the bank’s e-FX platform in Europe
O’Hara promoted to head of PB and clearing, Americas at SocGen
John O’Hara will retain FXPB and clearing responsibilities
StanChart hires Greiner for G10 trading
David Greiner recently worked at Nomura
Cahill trades KCG for Hotspot
Mike Cahill brings a wealth of sell-side experience to his new role as a FX sales director
Patel takes sabbatical, Swami named global options head at Citi
Chirag Patel to take sabbatical after short transition period; set to return next year in a 'senior' trading role
Borsetti moves to Credit Suisse, Casini leaves
Silvia Borsetti boosts the ranks of the FX sales team while Enrico Casini exited the bank in June
Newman joins NatWest Markets as VP in institutional FX sales
James Newman took up his post last week
LMAX Exchange appoints Moffat as MD for Apac
Scott Moffat will be based in Singapore
Crédit Agricole CIB appoints head of global markets in Seoul
Silvia Kim, formerly of Barclays, reports to Franck Dargent and Jean-Pierre Trinelle
Davison to head Emea sales at Quantitative Brokers
Tony joins from technology provider Celer Technologies
FreemarketFX appoints Crosswell to the board
Charlotte Crosswell becomes a non-executive director at the peer-to-peer currency exchange
ACI seeks new managing director, extends deadline
Taylor’s contract is set to expire; new deadline of August 21 for applications
BoE appoints Ramsden as deputy governor for markets and banking
He replaces Charlotte Hogg, who resigned in March