Articles by Joel Clark
FX clearing - the opportunity that never was?
Clearing of non-deliverable forwards has yet to get off the ground, despite clearers having switched their focus to the product during the course of last year
Ashraf Laidi joins City Index
Former CMC strategist will continue to run his own start-up consultancy in addition to his new role
Fusion AM pitches FX liquidity hedge to corporates
Options-based strategy was developed after a request from a large European exporter, and protects corporates from the liquidity risk arising from volatile currency moves
FX Week meets James Kemp, GFMA
The managing director of the GFMA's global FX division talks about the biggest regulatory challenges for the FX industry in 2012
Exemption for FX swaps and forwards should hold, says GFMA’s Kemp
James Kemp, managing director of the global FX division, talks to FX Week about the biggest regulatory challenges of 2012
Spotlight on: Simon Watkins, Bank of Montreal
The Canadian bank’s head of FX for London talks to Joel Clark about the expansion of his team over the past five years and the bank’s ambition to become a recognised FX provider in London and across Europe
Lloyds appoints Moore as head of trading
Former Citi fixed-income head and MF Global chief executive for Europe will join Lloyds on March 1
Hildebrand scandal leaves Swissie expectations broadly unchanged
Swiss National Bank expected to hold EUR/CHF floor following governor's resignation, but an increase from 1.20 might now be delayed
David Knott departs SG CIB
Co-head of flow fixed income and currencies is to leave the French bank, according to memo circulated this morning
Fidessa rolls out FX trading on execution platform
Users of Fidessa's buy-side workstation can now trade more than 1,300 currency pairs, following integration of FX trading in Q4
Scott Fitzpatrick departs GFI Group
GFI's brokerage client relationship director is relocating to New York with his family, but his professional plans are not yet known
The secret weapons of e-commerce
Banks don't have long left to finalise and implement changes to their single-dealer FX platforms
BMO hires Richard Brook in spot trading
Ex-JP Morgan trader will start at Bank of Montreal in January
Global FX division kicks off outreach programme on trade reporting
Industry outreach sessions focus on preparing institutions to meet reporting requirements for FX contracts, as final CFTC reporting rules expected next week
Wiedmann departs Credit Suisse as FX merges with EM fixed income
Merged unit, known as global currencies and emerging markets, will be established on January 1 under the leadership of Chris Corson and Todd Sandoz
FX business at Thomson Reuters falls under new management
Matching platforms will no longer fall under the remit of Shanker Ramamurthy, who joined Thomson Reuters from IBM in June
Spotlight on: Jeffrey Hogan, BGC Partners
BGC’s managing director for business development talks to Joel Clark about the interdealer broker’s voice and electronic broking capabilities in FX, and his extensive work with regulators to ensure new rules for over-the-counter derivatives are…
Ex-EBS Toland to join LMAX
Icap's ex-head of EBS sales for Europe and North America will join LMAX as head of exchange strategy in January
Saxo Bank reshuffles staff to drive platform development
Erik Bjørn Jensen is promoted from regional commercial officer to head of content strategy
FX Week Europe: FX clearing has taken an illogical course, panellists warn
Non-deliverable forwards are the current focus for FX CCPs and banks, but panellists point out the risk in those products is negligible
Thomson Reuters restructuring hits FX as Glocer departs
A number of senior changes have been made to the vendor's foreign exchange matching business as part of a broader restructuring
FX Week Europe: TCA key to effective algo execution, says Shell
Paul Downie, Shell's head of liquidity and FX, explains how thorough analysis of all available execution data has been key to the firm's trialling of FX algo tools over the past year
FX Week meets Alan Bozian, CLS
During his most recent visit to London in mid-November, Alan Bozian, chief executive of CLS, met with Joel Clark to discuss the transformation agenda he has been pushing since joining CLS in 2010
CLS pushing 'transformation' agenda, says Bozian
Central settlement utility is feeding greater resources into expanding its universe of currencies, according to chief executive Alan Bozian