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LMAX hires ex-Citi salesman
Gareth Bowles has joined the new FX exchange in London
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
Revolving doors in FX at BAML
Bank of America Merrill Lynch loses in FX sales in Paris, but hires in FX spot trading in London
Best provider of FX clearing: Citi
Despite the challenges associated with clearing foreign exchange, Citi wins this award as one of the best-placed banks to succeed when it becomes mandatory
E-FX Awards: Coming full circle in technology
Traiana, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, EBS and Citi's Jeff Feig are among the winners of the 2013 e-FX awards, which recognise excellence and innovation in FX technology
Best FX white-label liquidity service: Saxo Bank
Saxo retains its lead in the white-labelling business, having seen particular traction with private banks over the past year
Achievement award: Jeff Feig
Citi’s global head of G-10 FX wins the 2013 e-FX achievement award in recognition of the exceptional contribution he has made to Citi’s foreign exchange franchise and the broader industry over the past nine years
Citi’s Feig takes on broader e-trading role
Jeff Feig retains responsibilities as head of G-10 but will now also focus on co-ordinating and developing electronic trading across asset classes
MarkitServ squares up to Traiana over pre-trade hub
Most participants believe the market will centre on one provider for pre-trade credit checking and clearing certainty - but both MarkitServ and Traiana hope to win the race
Trading places, June 10, 2013
New hires at Goldman Sachs, TraderTools, GFI, ECU and CRT Capital
CLS hits new record as FX volumes spike
Almost three million payment instructions were settled by CLS on Tuesday following a surge in trading volumes towards the end of last week
Ex-NAB Pragastis joins property fund
Tom Pragastis joins Australian start-up fund as executive director and chief information officer
Bloomberg takes aim at Thomson Reuters Dealing
Bloomberg's chat-based FX trading tool, Instant Bloomberg Dealing, starting to rival Thomson Reuters' offering
Sucden Financial live with liquidity on tradable
Open-source front end trading platform adds to liquidity pool and enters agreement with software developer MT4i
Trading Places, May 20, 2013
CIBC wins from Barclays in sales, while Citi loses in precious metals
Trading Places, May 10, 2013
Citi hires in options sales, Morgan Stanley's Marfat joins BNP Paribas, while Oanda appoints a new chief executive in Asia-Pacific
Banks welcome EBS latency floor
EBS consults on a new approach it hopes will reduce the advantage of super-fast trading algorithms
Banks face tough decisions in platform programming
Some market participants are calling for greater use of programming language HTML5 as an industry standard for web-based platforms. But banks say they must wait for clients to catch up before migrating to something new
Forum supports board of approval to vet Russian nostro banks
Participants at the International Ruble Settlement Forum agree initiative needed to promote use of real-time settlement in Russia
Banks beef up quant solutions for FX in response to buy-side demand
Morgan Stanley and Commerzbank are investing in quantitative offerings as a part of their FX strategy, but other banks are pulling back from the business
Citi appoints new head of e-FX trading
Richard Bibbey relocates from Sydney to London with the bank to replace Simon Jones, who recently departed to take time out from the industry
Citi aims to strengthen grip on corporates with platform upgrade
Latest version of CitiFX Pulse seeks to offer corporate clients better FX exposure management
Citi loses global head of e-FX trading
Electronic trading head Simon Jones departs Citi to take time out from the market. The bank expects to announce a replacement shortly