Africa
Broadway taps Evelina Rosenstein as head of Emea sales
Rosenstein joins from FXSpotStream where she handled sales and new business
DoJ indicts another FX trader on price-rigging charge
US says Akshay Aiyer conspired with other New York-based traders at rival banks to fix prices in Ceemea currencies
Weller joins Saxo Bank as Mena chief
Steve Weller headed the FX business at Sberbank CIB before resigning and taking a break from the industry
360T hires three for senior FX roles
Randy Rupan, Robin Nicholas and Paul Lonsdale join the trading venue
Johnson sentenced to two years in prison
Johnson was taken to prison immediately after the hearing, but lawyers are preparing for appeal argument
Irons joins State Street as head of sales for global exchange
Richard Irons brings more than 30 years’ experience in financial services and technology
Saleh joins ADS Securities to run Mena retail FX sales
Nael Saleh joins from GKFX where he was director of operations for Mena
ADS Securities adds more cryptocurrencies to Orex platform
The firm reduces spreads on bitcoin and ethereum to lower clients’ trading costs
Wood trades Edgewater for Mirexa
Wood is a veteran EM currency specialist who began his career at Standard Bank in South Africa
EM strength to continue for now, says Swissquote
The region will continue to improve over the next six months, says Peter Rosenstreich at Swissquote
FXSpotStream adds State Street as LP
Execution venue records highest-ever average daily volumes in January
BNP Paribas pleads guilty to FX price-fixing
French bank regrets the misconduct and will pay $90 million to resolve investigations into its currency trading practices
Hancox and Pena exit Morgan Stanley
Dudley Hancox and Andrew Pena were senior members of the bank’s FX sales team
FX hiring prospects to pick up in 2018, study says
Options Group expects many traders and sales people to move this year
Mark Johnson to be sentenced on February 15
Johnson’s lawyers are asking the court to allow him to return temporarily to the UK before then
CLS hires Danino-Lewis and Scott
The infrastructure provider gears up to broaden its range of services
Markets underpricing impact of tax reform, says BAML
“I think the market is not appreciating the risk of growth,” says David Woo, head of global rates and FX
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
Crown Agents Bank launches FX trading platform
UK-regulated bank provides a link between developing markets and OECD governments, financial institutions, NGOs and corporates
Goldman Sachs reshuffles FX sales
Rombouts becomes co-head of corporate derivatives for Emea with Alessandro Dusi; Crook and Murciano co-head FX sales
ADS Securities rolls out bitcoin CFD trading, upgrades platform
Product available to broker's Mena clients on MT4 platform; new version of Orex includes spread-betting for UK clients
World Bank bets on compression for emerging market currencies
New York-based start-up LMRKTS gets backing to support illiquid markets