Deutsche Bank
Morgan Stanley loses European e-commerce head
Jeremy Smart has resigned from Morgan Stanley after seven years, having served on the bank's fixed-income management team
UBS appoints EMFX options head for Asia
Manu Tripathi, who left Deutsche Bank in January, joined UBS in Singapore last week
Saxo’s Maasland joins Knight Capital
Albert Maasland, formerly London chair at Saxo Bank, is to head Knight Capital's international business
Deutsche hires Paul Houston in FXPB
Paul Houston, formerly global head of FX prime brokerage at Credit Suisse, is to join Deutsche Bank as European head of FXPB
Slater and Holdcroft to join Bozian in CLS exit
Deputy chief executive officer Peter Slater has resigned from CLS, while both chief executive Alan Bozian and chief legal officer James Holdcroft will also leave the firm
City’s top brass throws weight behind London RMB initiative
London will become the next offshore centre for RMB trading, vows UK chancellor George Osborne, supported by banking chiefs from Bank of China, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered
Trading places, April 9, 2012
Departures from JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, while Deutsche Bank appoints a salesman from Credit Suisse
Deutsche loses senior spot FX trader
Angus Greig has left Deutsche Bank in London
Traiana paves the way to client clearing with six top banks
Harmony CCP Connect service will enable top prime brokers to offer client clearing for NDFs later this year
Spotlight on: Valérie Perez, Deutsche Bank
Deutsche’s head of foreign exchange distribution for France, Benelux and Switzerland talks to Chiara Albanese about the changing demands of the bank’s corporate clients in continental Europe
Lloyds hires Deutsche’s Cassidy to head e-commerce and clearing
Joe Cassidy joins Lloyds in London today, reporting to Clare Francis, head of sales
Banks welcome Tradition-Icap’s volatility fix
The daily fix could pave the way to the creation of new volatility-based derivatives, say participants
ITG hires FX analyst to boost TCA effort
Jim Cochrane joins the vendor from Thomson Reuters, having also worked at a number of banks
Emir clearing rules agreed, but calls grow for extension to Esma deadlines
Delays in the adoption of Europe's new clearing rules have eaten into the time Esma has to meet its June 30 rule-writing deadline
Afme liquidity conference: Costs of FX clearing will be punitive for all
The cost of implementing FX clearing and reporting services will be too high for more than a handful of top-tier banks to do it effectively, creating the possibility that demand might not be matched by supply, FX bankers warn
Spotlight on: Simon Watkins, Bank of Montreal
The Canadian bank’s head of FX for London talks to Joel Clark about the expansion of his team over the past five years and the bank’s ambition to become a recognised FX provider in London and across Europe
ACI FX committee adds corporate members
Representatives from Google and Ericsson join the FX industry association
David Knott departs SG CIB
Co-head of flow fixed income and currencies is to leave the French bank, according to memo circulated this morning
What’s in store for 2012?
At the dawn of a new year, FX Week speaks to senior traders, strategists, technologists and lobbyists about their expectations for 2012. The eurozone crisis, implementation of regulation and technology upgrades top the agenda for many participants…
Markets braced for tough 2012 in FX
Market participants share their expectations for a challenging year ahead in the foreign exchange industry
Review of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, FX Week looks back on a year in which the decisions of politicians increasingly came to define the direction of major currencies, while the progress of regulatory reform was stunted by missed deadlines and challenging technical…
Banks dare to hope for calmer FX markets in 2012
Barclays Capital expects greater stability in the eurozone in Q1, but believes the euro will continue to depreciate
Trading places, December 5, 2011
New appointments at Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital and CME Group, while UBS chief risk officer steps down
Best Banks 2011: Deutsche Bank and Citi top poll
Deutsche Bank is voted best bank overall for FX for the third successive year, but Citi and UBS have powered back up the rankings to claim second and third place