Europe
Citi sales reorg after Jan Bak departure
LONDON – Citi has reorganised its institutional sales team with the departure of Jan Bak, head of non-UK European institutional sales in London.
BBVA looks to Taiwan for growth
TAIPEI – BBVA will, in the coming weeks, apply to the Taiwan financial regulator to open a locally incorporated unit on the island, as the bank continues to look for expansion opportunities across Asia.
Traders prep for more euro troubles
LONDON - Options markets are pricing in further euro downside risk, despite expectations a multibillion euro bailout package for Greece will be unveiled soon.
Euro loses as markets play it safe
Greece continues to dominate the headlines. However, the contagion effect to other eurozone peripherals as well as concerns over Chinese monetary tightening and proposed financial regulatory reforms have been driving financial markets recently –…
Experts divided over central bank intervention
TORONTO - There were mixed views on the central bank intervention in currency markets seen since the crisis among speakers at the FX Invest North America congress in Toronto last Tuesday.
Greek bailout fails to inspire FX traders
The Greek bailout fails to appease forex traders
Traders pile in for euro protection
Traders are still snapping up protection against a collapse in the euro.
A sterling outlook?
FX Week sounded out the bears and the not so bearish on the outlook for cable and EUR/GBP over the next six to 12 months.
Trial by Greek fire
Peter Luxton, global economic adviser at Informa Global Markets in London, assesses Greece's debt crisis and its impact on the euro.