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Citadel hires ex-BAML options chief
Guillaume Huteau has moved to the buy side as risk officer at Citadel after leaving Bank of America Merrill Lynch earlier this year
SG CIB expands in FX sales
Darren Charnock and David Brickell join Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking in senior FX sales roles
Sberbank looks to FX growth as ruble accelerates
As Russia's central bank looks to a free-floating currency regime by 2015 and CLS pushes the addition of the ruble, Sberbank's new FX trading head Steven Weller sees significant growth opportunities
Barclays keeps the lead in London and sterling crosses
UK bank remains best bank for FX in London, as well as GBP/USD and EUR/GBP, in this year's survey
JP Morgan's Hudson promoted to divisional CFO
David Hudson promoted to chief financial officer in the global markets business at JP Morgan; other changes at CME, Barclays and Alpari
SEB hires spot trader in Asia
Commerzbank spot trader joins SEB in Singapore; other moves from RBS, BAML and Barclays
US pension fund sues seven dealers over FX benchmark rigging
Massachusetts-based pension fund Haverhill Retirement System is suing seven FX dealers for manipulation of the WM/Reuters benchmark rates
FX benchmark probe gathers pace as chief dealers placed on leave
Senior spot traders at JP Morgan, Citi and Standard Chartered have all been placed on leave, while Barclays, Deutsche Bank and UBS confirm they are conducting internal reviews in connection with alleged manipulation of FX benchmarks
Barclays hires head of Ficc research for Asia-Pacific
David Fernandez ends a 15-year career at JP Morgan to join Barclays in Singapore as it continues to expand its Ficc offering
Footnote 88 prompts BlackRock to abandon NDF platforms
Asset manager returns to phone trading for non-deliverable forwards after controversial footnote in Sef rules makes trading on Sefs an unattractive option for users
Barclays restructures European FX sales management
UK bank has moved from a geographically organised sales force to focus on its three core client segments
Barclays appoints Cartledge to head new e-Ficc team
Management changes at Barclays globally after Cartledge takes on role leading the bank's new electronic Ficc trading team
Barclays appoints McGowan to head FX trading
Former global FX options and forwards head Adrian McGowan receives second promotion in just over a year
FX salesman heads back to Barclays
Barry John Madden has moved back to Barclays after a short stint at National Australia Bank; other moves at Markit, SEB and the Bank of England
Goldman Sachs hires ex-Citi salesman
New hire in FX sales at Goldman Sachs; other moves at Barclays, RBS, UBS and Credit Suisse
Barclays to add algo tools to Gator aggregator
Barclays will add new, less aggressive algos to Gator in the fourth quarter as it looks to make the product more accessible to real-money and corporate clients that prefer to trade with minimal market impact
Research veteran McCormick joins Barclays
Hedge fund strategist Jim McCormick to head asset allocation research at the UK bank
Barclays FX flow options head departs
Gugesh Guganeswaran has left the bank in London; other FX hires at RBC and SG CIB, while BNP Paribas reshuffles in strategy and Credit Suisse appoints a new chief risk officer
Ivan Ritossa joins Icap board
Former global head of FX left Barclays last year and recently took up the non-executive position on the board of interdealer broker Icap
Citi loses in e-FX sales
Eugenia Hanoune, head of e-FX sales for Emea, sees a number of departures from her team in London
NAB expands e-FX sales team
New hires in London and Sydney for National Australia Bank, following the recent promotion of Justin Geaney to head of Ficc digital
ANZ hires FX investor sales head
Australian bank has appointed Tim Moloney, formerly of Barclays, to replace Thomas Mummert in the top sales role
Aggregation hampered by predatory execution
New aggregation guidelines from EBS could help to increase transparency of aggregation, but the relationship between liquidity makers and takers remains strained
ParFX targets buy side inclusion by Q4
The platform will open its doors to non-bank market participants later this year in what will be the real test of its level-playing-field design