Commerzbank
Former Icap director resurfaces
Simon Williams, former FX sales director at Icap, has re-emerged at VTB Capital's fixed-income sales desk in London.
Morgan Stanley loses options trader in London
Andrew Mayer, an executive director at Morgan Stanley and member of the bank's options business in London, has left the bank, according to market sources.
Trading Places, November 8, 2010
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Commerzbank continues global build in trading and sales
Commerzbank has boosted its rates division with a series of hires across sales and trading in London, New York and Singapore.
Commerzbank expands Asia office
SINGAPORE - Tan Kok Wee has joined Commerzbank as head of fixed-income and currencies sales for Asia, the bank announced today, October 25.
Commerzbank splits derivatives team as chief leaves
Commerzbank has restructured its London-based forex derivatives desk following the departure of Salvatore Rubino, global head FX derivatives, earlier this month.
Trading Places, October 11, 2010
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Commerzbank rolls Infobroker to Dresdner staff
FRANKFURT - Commerzbank is preparing to roll out an additional 12,000 positions of its Infobroker private client adviser workstation as part of its ongoing consolidation of Dresdner Bank, which it acquired at the end of 2008.
Vol drops as BoJ intervention proves successful
TOKYO - Yen volatility dropped sharply as intervention by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) last Wednesday (September 15) proved successful, leaving the dollar/yen range-bound into the end of the week.
Non-banks lead 20% rise in FX turnover
BASEL - The global financial crisis has led to a slowdown in the growth of the foreign exchange markets, with most activity shifting to the investor community from the trade-based flow.
Commerzbank builds FX globally
Commerzbank has made key hires in sales and trading across Asia, Europe and the US as it strengthens its global FX business, the bank said on August 25.
Exshaw signs up former colleague
NEW YORK - Christian Exshaw, head of distribution and global derivatives at CIBC, has recruited former Dresdner and Deutsche Bank colleague Ricardo Zulliger in New York.
The challenges of CVA
The onset of the financial crisis spurred banks to charge for counterparty credit risk in their forex dealings. But how to do that is proving theoretically and practically challenging. By John Ferry
UniCredit gets Mohr from Commerzbank
MUNICH – UniCredit has boosted its coverage in Germany with the hire of Martin Mohr in Munich as head of institutional FX sales for Germany.
Revolving doors in JP Morgan FX sales
LONDON – JP Morgan has hired an electronic foreign exchange salesperson but has lost three others in FX sales, according to market sources.
Trading Places, June 21, 2010
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Commerzbank in e-FX build
Commerzbank is deepening its footprint in the electronic foreign exchange market with key appointments in London.
Trading Places, June 7, 2010
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Rieunier takes on options head role at Saxo
COPENHAGEN - Saxo Bank has hired Gustave Rieunier in a newly created position, global head of FX options and forward trading.
RBS loses Usher but gains Gething
LONDON – Royal Bank of Scotland has lost Richard Usher, London chief dealer and EUR/USD spot trader, in a further senior departure from the bank.
Trading Places, April 26, 2010
This week's people moves across Europe, Asia and the US.
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.
Trading places, March 8, 2010
Trading Places - people moves
Trading places, March 8, 2010
People moves