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Lubman joins Morgan Stanley’s sales team
Colby Lubman was previously at Barclays
Barnfield to lead Asian FX at BNP Paribas
Graham Barnfield previously headed EMFX forwards and NDF trading at Barclays
FireApps: digitalisation of financial markets will accelerate
Banks are no longer just talking about digitalising their business; they have allocated hundreds of millions to it, says Wolfgang Koester
Malhotra returns to Barclays in Singapore
The e-FX specialist comes back to the UK bank after more than seven years at UBS
2018: mergers, name changes and having one’s day in court
Mergers and acquisitions were popular reads on FX Week in 2018, along with coverage of US FX-related court cases
US will not argue fiduciary duty in Bogucki case
Judge orders the issue is irrelevant and the US cannot attempt to prove its case on that theory
Shterenberg to lead G10 and EM e-FX trading at Barclays
Based in New York, Alex Shterenberg joins the bank from BAML
Best Banks Awards: Barclays
Barclays has been voted the winner of the Best Bank for GBP/USD, Best Bank for EUR/GBP and Best Bank for FX in London categories at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards
Sucden hires Gillies to head e-FX sales
Kirsty Gillies ran the e-FX sales team at UBS in London for eight years
BoE appoints Morzaria to chair sterling working group
Tushar begins his tenure at the start of 2019, replacing François Jourdain
Bogucki asks court to bar argument on fiduciary duty at trial
Judge will hear the matter later this month, ahead of February trial
European FX lawsuit may follow soon, says source
Institutional investors filed a lawsuit in NY against 16 banks on November 7, which could be followed by European complaint
FX Cartel traders found not guilty
“We all came to the conclusion that we didn’t think the prosecution had enough evidence,” a juror tells FX Week
Jurors begin deciding fate of FX Cartel
UK nationals face 10 years in prison if convicted of alleged price-rigging
Judge denies FX Cartel mistrial request
Judge Berman reserves making decision on defence’s motion for acquittal due to lack of evidence
‘You can’t game the fix,’ jurors hear in FX Cartel trial
Melvin says if the three traders wanted to game the fix, they couldn’t have chosen a worse time because the market is too liquid then
FX Cartel defence seeks mistrial after Gardiner’s testimony
Counsels claim “highly prejudicial” line of questioning from US has created “irreparable prejudice”
Gardiner faces cross-examination
Defence uses data and audio calls to show the accused men traded independently – piercing holes in Gardiner’s testimony
Rossi and Sellwood join Barclays
The two men will work in FX hedge fund sales
Barclays hires two for Asian NDF trading team
Bengco and Parameswaran join the bank in Singapore
Gardiner: FX Cartel had ‘gentlemen’s agreement’
Matthew Gardiner, a co-operating witness for the government, says the group co-ordinated trades for profit
Calpers did not notice price discrepancies in FX Cartel case
“If I had, I would’ve said something earlier,” managing investment director tells court
Cartel trial kicks off with ‘billions of dollars’ claim
US prosecutors say the three former traders crossed the line and got an unfair advantage
Barclays gives Specs to FX participants
The client portal originally launched for equities in 2015 is now available for foreign exchange