Articles by Miriam Siers
CIBC appoints Mondedeu to senior trading role
Mondedeu will relocate from Madrid to London to take on new position
Basel III already raising costs for long-dated FX, argue corporates
Panellists at ACT annual conference express concerns about the knock-on effects of Basel III and OTC clearing rules
BAML loses FX trading head and senior trader
Anthony John and Graeme King have both left the bank in London
BarCap loses Danny Wise and six others
UK bank suffers spate of people losses in FX trading, sales, structuring and research
FXall looks to Sef licence to boost liquidity
Chief executive Phil Weisberg suggests banks might choose to outsource some elements of their single-dealer business to multibank platforms such as FXall, when Dodd-Frank Sef rules become binding
Spotlight on: Phil Weisberg, FXall
The chief executive of institutional FX platform FXall talks to Miriam Siers about FXall's plans to register as a swap execution facility and how he believes regulation is likely to affect the foreign exchange market in the long term
FX technology spend will double by 2013, says Celent
Research estimates total spend across both the buy and sell sides will rise from $1.23 billion in 2010 to $1.83 billion in 2013
CBA on top with accurate view on dollar weakness
Australian bank expects US dollar will strengthen again towards year-end, once the Fed begins to raise interest rates
Maxwell quits BAML for Standard Chartered
Appointment follows four senior departures from the Asian bank
Ashraf Laidi quits CMC for start-up consultancy
Intermarket Strategy to focus on analysis and consulting in FX and commodities
RBC hires Peter Hirsch from StanChart
Three others also understood to have left StanChart's FX sales and trading business
Wilkins replaces Wee in e-FX role
David Wilkins moves from Barclays Capital to Deutsche Bank to take up the role of head of electronic foreign exchange sales, Asia
UBS adopts flexible approach to euro forecasts
Swiss bank adjusted forecasts during eurozone sovereign debt crisis to put it at the top of 12-month historical index
US Treasury to move 'expeditiously' on FX exemption
Assistant secretary to the Treasury Mary Miller recognises the need to clarify the regulatory regime for FX swaps and forwards sooner rather than later
BMO appoints Nicholson, expands in Hong Kong
Ex-Barclays Capital hedge fund salesman to join Bank of Montreal in London next month
Reserve managers diversify away from traditional currencies, report finds
Non-traditional currencies play an increasingly important role in central bank holdings as a result of eurozone sovereign debt concerns and ongoing economic weakness in developed markets, according to Central Banking Publications report
Dollar weakness: Passing fad or long-term reality?
The weakness of the US dollar has been a dominant theme so far in 2011, with many strategists predicting the currency will remain on a weak footing for some time. Miriam Siers speaks to currency strategists about the prospects for the dollar in the…
Asian legislators await international clarity on OTC and FX regulation
Market participants suggest authorities in Asian countries are unlikely to make decisions on OTC regulation and the treatment of FX contracts until the rules become clearer in the US and Europe
Patel joins BMO from TD Securities
Former euro and Swiss frank trader takes on senior FX role at Canadian bank
Icap updates rules for EBS Spot Ai customers
Interdealer broker limits top-of-book quote interrupts to 200 per institution per day
Drew Bradford to take top role at NAB
Deutsche Bank's global head of listed derivatives will move to Sydney to lead trading, financial institution sales and research at NAB