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Banks build strategy in US and UK
NEW YORK & LONDON – Barclays Capital, Citi and Nomura have bolstered their strategy teams through a series of new hires on both sides of the Atlantic.
HSBC FXPB preps Asia push
HONG KONG - HSBC plans to extend FX prime services to the Asian markets as it looks to take advantage of rising demand for prime brokerage in the region.
BarCap hires new strategy head
NEW YORK – Barclays Capital (BarCap) has hired Jeff Young in a newly-created role of managing director and head of North America FX research, in New York, the bank said on Wednesday 6.
Kemp named managing director at Afme FX division
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has named James Kemp as managing director of its recently formed global foreign exchange division.
SocGen makes key options hire in London
LONDON - Société Générale has hired Tariq Haider in London as head of the options desk, according to market sources.
Citi opens China desks overseas as companies expand
Citi has opened hedging desks in Johannesburg, London, Sao Paolo and New York to help Chinese multinationals with hedging, cash management, trade and treasury services, and lending activities.
Trading Places, October 4, 2010
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Trading Places, September 27, 2010
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Citi expands investor sales in Asia Pacific
HONG KONG - Citi has made key hires in the Asia Pacific as part of efforts to expand its investor sales coverage.
Dealers target hedging activity in the Philippines
MANILA – While authorities in the West increase derivatives regulation, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has liberalised rules governing both hedging and yield enhancement markets in the past few years. Despite the challenges of penetrating a market…
Widmer out as Citi rolls in new e-commerce team
NEW YORK & ZURICH - Citi has established a new G-10 FX electronic commerce relationship management team, shortly after two senior FX managers resigned from the bank.
Trading Places, September 6, 2010
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Citi appoints Asia ex-Japan strategy chief
Citigroup appointed Patrick Perret-Green as head of FX and local markets strategy for Asia, ex-Japan.
Trading Places, August 23, 2010
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Interview with Udi Sela of SuperDerivatives
FX Week's Farah Khalique asks Udi Sela about the impact of increased regulation on foreign exchange traders
Deutsche in sales build-up
LONDON - Deutsche Bank has boosted its sales coverage of corporate and institutional clients with eight hires in recent weeks.
Trading Places, August 16, 2010
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RBC hires European e-distribution chief from Citi
LONDON - RBC Capital Markets has hired Katherine Krebser as head of e-commerce distribution for Europe from Citi in London.
Lloyds hires new head of risk solutions
LONDON – Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets has hired Yuri Polyakov in London as head of risk solutions, reporting locally to Patrick Shone, head of structuring.
Standard Chartered expands in FX
NEW YORK & SINGAPORE - Standard Chartered has reorganised its trading desks in New York and made a key hire in Singapore, the bank announced on August 11.
In Brief, August 9, 2010
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BAML live on CLS/Traiana by October
NEW YORK - Bank of America Merrill Lynch is due to go live on the CLS/Traiana joint venture trade-aggregation service by October, making it the last of the eight founding banks to begin processing through the service.
Trading Places, August 9, 2010
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