Citi
JP Morgan in e-FX build
LONDON – JP Morgan is continuing to build up product capabilities on its internally developed single-dealer system, MorganDirect, after switching off the pre-existing AVT-based system JPex last month.
FXall to release pre- and post-trade data analytics
NEW YORK - Foreign exchange electronic communications network (ECN) operator FXall plans to introduce a set of pre- and post-trade analytics based on the trading trends officials observe within the firm’s trading platforms.
Trading Places, April 26, 2010
This week's people moves across Europe, Asia and the US.
RBS to go live on CLS/Traiana JV
Royal Bank of Scotland is set to become the fourth bank to go live on the CLS/Traiana joint-venture trade aggregation service by early May, according to a person familiar with the situation.
UBS continues to bolster FICC group
HONG KONG & SINGAPORE - UBS has continued to expand its fixed-income, currencies and commodities (FICC) team with the hires of Andy Kleeger and Frank Suen, and the promotion of Gerald Chan.
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.
Trading Places, April 12, 2010
This week's people moves in the global FX market.
Morgan Stanley: Prioritising FXPB
Competition in the foreign exchange prime brokerage market remains competitive, as new businesses fill the vacuum left by the withdrawal of incumbent providers and clients spread counterparty risk following the 2008 credit crisis.
Morgan Stanley plays the Japan card
Morgan Stanley’s FX prime brokerage business has gained a strategic advantage in the Japanese market through a new partnership with Japanese heavyweight Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
BAML builds out UK corporate sales
LONDON – Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) is expanding its UK FX corporate sales team with the hires of Matt Rolfe and Nick Hardy in London.
Trading Places, April 5, 2010
Read this week's people moves in the FX market across London, New York and Hong Kong.
Trading Places, March 29, 2010
People moves
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.
UniCredit builds out in European sales
UniCredit hires two
Trading places, March 8, 2010
People moves
Shock departure from Citi
De Groot jumps ship to BNP Paribas
Algos boom on retail trading platforms
Dealers still pick up from collateral constraints