Articles by Miriam Siers
FX strategy duo departs UBS
FX strategists Taso Anastasiou and Manuel Oliveri were based in Zurich with the Swiss bank
FXall listing gets off to a soaring start
Shares in FXall surged on the first day of its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with participants expecting it to move into new initiatives as a public company
ITG hires FX analyst to boost TCA effort
Jim Cochrane joins the vendor from Thomson Reuters, having also worked at a number of banks
Faros Trading continues hiring spree
Tom Doyle joins the Stamford-based firm from Morgan Stanley in New York
Afme liquidity conference: Buy side urged to stand up and be counted on regulation
Speakers at Afme conference call on buy-side firms to join the sell side in lobbying regulators and ensuring the future market structure is appropriately calibrated
Bonus season sees mixed results for US bankers
Recruiters covering the foreign exchange market report better-than-expected bonus packages at Citi and JP Morgan
Algos must be prepared for risk events, experts warn
Safeguards are needed for algorithmic execution tools to navigate risk events such as platform outages
Corporate backlash on costs of regulation continues
Banks will not be able to avoid passing on the hefty costs of regulatory reform to their buy-side clients, argued participants at the ACI UK’s annual square mile debate
Ex-MF Global broking head appointed CEO of Saxo Australia
Anthony Griffin is appointed chief executive of Saxo Bank's newly opened operation in Sydney
Barx architects unveil MahiFX retail platform
David and Susan Cooney, who both worked on Barclays Capital’s flagship e-commerce platform in its early days, expect MahiFX to be available for trading later this month
Bric currencies dependent on Chinese policy on renminbi, says L&G strategist
Brazil, Russia and India see China as their main competitor and will wait until the country allows appreciation of the yuan before they follow suit
Amol Devani quits options role at Goldman Sachs
Head of FX options in London leaves Goldman Sachs after nearly four years, having joined the bank in 2008
CIBC wins double whammy with slow-burn euro forecast
An expectation that the euro would fall more steadily than some expected lands CIBC at the top of the one-month and three-month forecast rankings
Mettler retires from Morgan Stanley
Stephen Mettler, who runs Morgan Stanley's interest rates and foreign exchange business, is leaving the bank
Emir set for Q2 completion, Barnier insists
Trialogue negotiations between the European Parliament and Council on derivatives reform are due to complete next week, with a view to finalising the text by April, says Michel Barnier
Spotlight on: Daniel Wong, British American Tobacco
The tobacco manufacturer’s global dealing room manager talks to Miriam Siers about the firm’s FX hedging programme, and how recent market volatility has driven changes to its currency risk management
Corporate hedgers count costs of volatility
Recent volatility in foreign exchange markets has created a tough hedging environment in major currencies, says British American Tobacco's dealing room manager
Erroneous Swissie price on EBS sparks anger among traders
Foreign exchange traders express concern after an incorrect EUR/CHF price found its way from the EBS training environment onto the live market
Citi seeks to 'revolutionise' FX trading with platform upgrade
Latest version of Velocity seeks to compete on speed, cost and enhanced user experience
Identifiers will place significant technology demands on industry, say dealers
Progress to create a new set of industry standard codes to identify institutions, products and transactions is moving forward as regulatory reporting deadlines loom, but it remains one of the biggest market structure challenges of 2012 for FX banks,…
ACI FX committee adds corporate members
Representatives from Google and Ericsson join the FX industry association
Morgan Stanley cuts hit FX sales and trading
Job cuts at the US bank claim four salespeople and two traders in New York and London
BMO’s three-month euro view on the money
Bank of Montreal tops three-month rankings after forecasting the euro would fall during Q4 of 2011
What’s in store for 2012?
At the dawn of a new year, FX Week speaks to senior traders, strategists, technologists and lobbyists about their expectations for 2012. The eurozone crisis, implementation of regulation and technology upgrades top the agenda for many participants…