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BarCap launches onshore rates and FX trading in Australia

SYDNEY - Barclays Capital has launched onshore trading in rates and foreign exchange in Sydney, as part of plans to expand its domestic and regional presence.

19 Apr 2010

Trading

Nomura to launch multi-asset trading

Nomura plans to add trading in interest rates swaps, credit and cash bonds onto its upgraded proprietary trading platform this year, as it introduces multi-asset trading capabilities, officials tell FX Week.

12 Apr 2010

Foreign Exchange

Bonuses fail to match expectations

Bonus speculation is now over as the banks pay out, with the exception of Royal Bank of Scotland, which will not pay bonuses until June.

12 Apr 2010

Foreign Exchange

Anselmetti takes up BarCap offer

Goldman Sachs loses key sales personnel

07 Apr 2010

Foreign Exchange

UBS loses three in sales

LONDON & STAMFORD, CT - UBS has lost three salespeople on both sides of the Atlantic in the past fortnight. All are due to set up shop at rival camps.

05 Apr 2010

Interest Rate Derivatives

Sovereign debt and LatAm-related hedging key for Spanish dealers

Spanish dealers explain how hedging related to sovereign debt issuance and Latin America will be key revenue sources in 2010

31 Mar 2010

Foreign Exchange

BarCap loses Mihocko-Tierney to BAML

BAML gains in electronic commerce and investor sales

30 Mar 2010

Foreign Exchange

Trading Places, March 29, 2010

People moves

29 Mar 2010

Foreign Exchange

Barclays Wealth adds to retail FX system

LONDON - Barclays Wealth has upgraded its retail foreign exchange trading platform, BarxDirect, as it prepares for the rollout of exotic Asian currencies next month.

29 Mar 2010

Foreign Exchange

BarCap loses Longmore

LONDON - Richard Longmore, European head of institutional foreign exchange sales, has left Barclays Capital after weeks of speculation from market sources.