Goldman Sachs
Trading Places, September 26, 2011
New appointments at Nomura, Ice Clear Europe, Thomson Reuters, the LSE and the LME
Trading Places, August 29, 2011
New appointments at Barclays Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, RBC and RBS
Spotlight on: Philippe Ghanem, ADS Securities
The Abu Dhabi-based brokerage’s managing director talks to Joel Clark about the launch of ADS Securities, and his hopes that it will compete internationally with electronic brokers across FX, commodities and other asset classes
Trading Places, August 8, 2011
New appointments at HSBC, Santander and BAML, while Nomura loses a strategist
Spotlight on: Andrew Brown, BBVA
The Spanish bank’s global head of foreign exchange talks to Chiara Albanese about the changes he is making to develop BBVA’s FX business, and explains how his role differs from his previous experience at HSBC
Brides joins Citi from Goldman Sachs
FX spot trader will report to Rohan Ramchandani
HSBC gains and loses in FX sales
Alex Scountjos joins from Barclays Capital and Yorke O'Leary from Goldman Sachs
Nick Donovan departs Goldman for Deutsche
FX salesman to join Deutsche Bank in Asia, but exact role not yet known
FX Invest: Newedge hires in prime brokerage
Four join multi-asset brokerage to build prime-brokerage offering
Kx Systems targets FX participants with database technology
Client talks of the importance of thorough data cleansing and analysis in an environment of increasing FX volumes and tougher regulation
Revolving doors in Credit Suisse sales
Gary Dhami joins Swiss bank as Graeme Henderson departs
Buy side urged to avoid stampede to CCPs
Panel participants encourage buy-side firms to engage with CCPs early to avoid a last-minute rush
BarCap’s O’Neill to take time out
Corporate distribution head will take at least six months out of the market
Connors to head FX sales at BAML
Position became vacant after Vinit Sahni, head of rates and currencies sales for EMEA and global head of hedge fund and central bank sales, took sabbatical leave
Sahni sabbatical creates vacancy at BAML
Possible replacement could be ex-Goldman Kevin Connors
Progress Software extends FX connectivity on Apama platform
Vendor has added connectivity to FX platforms of Nomura, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas and Commerzbank through its Progress Apama Capital Markets platform
BAML promotes Antico to head G-10 trading in New York
Promotion will take effect in August when Craig Reynolds joins the bank from Goldman Sachs to head North American rates trading
Trading Places, April 4, 2011
Read this week's Trading Places to catch up on people moves across the FX world
Panellists divided over whether TCA cuts off execution venues
Buy-side traders are divided over whether the use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) tools materially influences their choice of execution venue, according to panellists at the FIX Protocol Trading Conference in London on March 1.
Isda working group to draw up new, standardised CSA
Derivatives market set for shake-up as confusion over how to price multi-currency CSA trades drives a push towards a standardised collateral agreement
James Fauset leaves Goldman Sachs for Brevan Howard
James Fauset, head of hedge fund sales at Goldman Sachs in London, has left the investment bank for hedge fund Brevan Howard.
Fourth-quarter results a mixed bag for US banks
US dealers reported widely differing results for the fourth quarter of 2010 as competition returned to the market.