Articles by Farah Khalique
BNPP: Europe looks to liquidity and austerity
BNP Paribas (BNPP) has topped the 12-month currency forecast rankings for the third time in a row, having focused on the implications of liquidity and austerity measures on currency markets.
Hervé Ferhani: EM countries in capital controls dilemma
NEW YORK - Emerging market (EM) countries that enforce capital controls will trigger a domino effect across neighbouring countries, according to Hervé Jacques Ferhani, deputy director of monetary and capital markets at the International Monetary Fund in…
RBC goes macro with Severi
TORONTO – Andre Severi has joined RBC Capital Markets (RBC) as head of Canadian macro foreign exchange sales in Toronto, from State Street.
BarCap hires in correlations
LONDON – Barclays Capital (BarCap) has hired Leo Cabral to head its correlations desk in London.
CBA gains Plesser in senior sales hire
NEW YORK – Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has appointed Paul Plesser from HSBC as its new head of foreign exchange sales for the Americas in New York, confirmed a spokesperson.
Trading Places, July 12, 2010
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GFT: US dollar set for a fall
GFT topped the one-month currency forecast rankings this week with expectations for the European debt crisis to supersede US fiscal shortcomings as a driver of US dollar moves.
RBS loses two in sales
LONDON & FRANKFURT - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has lost two members of its sales team in London and Frankfurt, according to market sources.
Citi builds out European FX sales
LONDON & PARIS - Citi is increasing its coverage of European clients with hires in Paris, London and Milan.
Spot activity levels up year-on-year in June
LONDON - Electronic brokers reported a marginal rise in trading activity in June versus the same period last year.
UniCredit gets Mohr from Commerzbank
MUNICH – UniCredit has boosted its coverage in Germany with the hire of Martin Mohr in Munich as head of institutional FX sales for Germany.
Banks show demand for strategists
LONDON & NEW YORK - Banks are boosting their foreign exchange research coverage, with prominent senior hires announced last week at Deutsche Bank and Société Générale.
BIS: Output loss not due to currency collapse
BASEL – Amid speculation from some corners of the market that the euro could collapse, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published its most recent paper, 'Chronicle of currency collapse: Re-examining the effects on output' on July 6. The paper…
BarCap loses two in vanilla options
LONDON – Barclays Capital (BarCap) has lost two from its vanilla options team in London, the UK bank confirmed.
Skowronski takes the lead at Alpari
LONDON & NEW YORK – Daniel Skowronski has joined the executive management team of Alpari, a provider of online FX trading services
Lutton and Yi resurface at Nomura
NEW YORK - Chris Lutton and Christina Yi are tipped to resurface at Nomura in New York, according to market sources
CME posts record June FX volumes
CME posted record average daily FX volumes in its lastest monthly figures
CMC: euro's loss is dollar's gain
CMC Markets (CMC) has topped the one-month and three-month currency forecast rankings with a euro-bearish, dollar-bullish stance
In Brief, July 5, 2010
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Trading Places, July 5, 2010
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Deutsche makes two senior hires in Moscow
MOSCOW – Deutsche Bank has hired Bulent Ilgun as head of treasury, and head of rates and FX trading in Russia, it announced on June 30. It also announced the hire of Evgeny Monakhov as head of equity sales for Russia.
Eurozone fiscal woes could be eased by EM exposure
Countries with sovereign debt problems, such as Spain, could benefit from their exposure to emerging market assets and currencies
Bache adds to London FX team
LONDON – Bache Commodities, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, has hired Jonathan Webb as head of FX strategy and George Tsiourvas as a vice-president in FX sales.
RBC hires new head of EMEA strategy
LONDON – RBC Capital Markets (RBC) has hired Robert Beange as a managing director and head of strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), it announced on June 28.