City of London
FX swap cost could rise from €279 to €2,779 under EU tax, warns Oliver Wyman
Research published today on behalf of the GFMA global FX division highlights the potentially punitive impact of the financial transaction tax on the FX industry
Ex-RBS options trader moves to Crossbridge Capital in Singapore
Galen Murphy left RBS last year with Nick Gentle and Pauric Hanna, who are now at UniCredit and CIBC respectively
Tarun Jotwani to leave Nomura
Global head of markets is made redundant from the Japanese bank
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ expands in FX sales
Moritz Knickrehm and Matthieu Gloux have joined the Japanese bank in London
DealHub launches proximity hosting for FX trading systems
Co-location in Equinix data centres has already gone live for customers in London, and will go live in New York in the coming weeks
4Cast hires six to work in London sales
New salespeople will report locally to head of sales Scott Bayliss
Simone Andre leaves HSBC sales role
Andre's departure is part of the bank's cost-reduction exercise, which has already made a number of FX sales and trading roles redundant
Nomura hires Khakoo to head G-10 options
Nigel Khakoo was previously global head of G-10 options trading at Citi, but left the bank earlier this year after a decision to merge G-10 and EM options
Swain to manage GFI's new Swiss office
New office in Nyon will focus on emerging market products
Ferrini out of Commerzbank
Fabrizio Ferrini made redundant as Commerz relocates its Italy and Spain bank sales desks from London to Frankfurt
Oanda continues to boost global presence with Japan operation
Oanda chief executive Michael Stumm attributes the decision to open operation in Japan to regulatory changes
Pearson joins RBS to head spot trading
Royal Bank of Scotland confirms high-profile hire of spot trader James Pearson from Nomura
Oanda lands in London
Managing director Antony Broadbent tells of plans to continue a move into institutional FX
BAML hires new Russia FICC sales head
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has lured a former Goldman Sachs managing director to strengthen its fixed-income, currencies and commodities (FICC) team in London.
Trading Places, November 29, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
RBC rebuilds sales team, adds FX veteran Baune
Royal Bank of Canada is continuing to bolster its global sales force, with the hire of an industry veteran in London.
BAML hires Vamvakidis as new strategy head for Europe
Athanasios Vamvakidis has joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) Global Research, London, as head of European G-10 foreign exchange strategy, reporting globally to David Woo, head of global rates and currencies research in New York.
BAML promotes Rolfe as London FX sales chief
Matthew Rolfe has been promoted to head of FX sales to UK corporates at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), following the resignation of Paul Hart earlier this month.
Lloyds hires forex solutions director
Belinda Merrick has joined Lloyds TSB as director of major corporate FX solutions.
BarCap rebuilds after slew of departures
Barclays Capital is rebuilding its FX sales team after a series of high-profile losses earlier this year.
Trading Places, November 8, 2010
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world.
BNP Paribas hires Sinsheimer
Allen Sinsheimer has joined BNP Paribas as head of the institutional client group for Europe in London. He reports locally to Arne Groes, global head of fixed-income sales.
Commerzbank continues global build in trading and sales
Commerzbank has boosted its rates division with a series of hires across sales and trading in London, New York and Singapore.
New MD joins BlackRock
Les Gosling has joined BlackRock as managing director in the BlackRock Solutions team in London.