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Banks invest in future of Traiana with 12% stake
Seven banks have bought a collective 12% stake in Traiana - which has been valued at $300 million - earning them a valuable seat on the company's new board of directors
Trading places, January 14, 2013
New appointments at Barclays, BlueMountain and the FIA, while Morgan Stanley FX prime brokerage co-head relocates to London
FX investor sales head to leave ANZ
Thomas Mummert is to leave ANZ in Singapore after two years
JP Morgan goes to market with new cross-asset platform
JP Morgan Markets, a new platform unveiled this week, will ultimately incorporate more than 30 existing platforms into a single client offering
CBA hires head of FX for the Americas
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has hired Joe Cardello from Jefferies Bache in New York
Review of 2012: October - December
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CRT Capital hires senior trio to run FX desk
The Stamford-based broker-dealer has been developing its FX business for the past year, and hired three experienced professionals to run it
JP Morgan Private Bank hires Barclays FX strategist
Sara Yates joins JP Morgan as global currency strategist for the private banking FX and commodities business
Taking HFT to task
As a small group of high-frequency traders (HFTs) rise to prominence as market-makers in spot FX, the reliability of their prices during times of market stress has been called into question – so much so that electronic trading platforms are taking steps…
New FX roles under Rohrbaugh at JP Morgan
JP Morgan last month appointed a new head of spot and a new head of forwards as part of a management reshuffle under Troy Rohrbaugh
Trading places, November 12, 2012
New appointments at Bloomberg Tradebook and RiskBusiness, while JP Morgan's former chief risk officer will retire by the end of the year
FXall gains ground in options with three new banks
Thomson Reuters' pre-trade capabilities compliment the new options offering, says FXall chief executive Phil Weisberg
HSBC reshuffles institutional sales management
Claude Goulet promoted to head of institutional FX sales in Emea, as Chris Smith joins to head hedge fund sales
NAB beefs up institutional FX sales team
National Australia Bank has made three additions to its sales team in recent months from ANZ, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
Trading places, October 22, 2012
New appointments at Rimes Technologies, the SEC, the London Stock Exchange and the British Bankers' Association
Spotlight on: David Puth, CLS
As newly appointed chief executive of CLS, FX industry veteran David Puth has a job on his hands to expand and improve the utility’s capabilities, currencies and participation to take it to where regulators and the industry need it to be. In his first…
JP Morgan promotes Mirza in management reshuffle
Kayhan Mirza and Kemal Askar handed new roles as part of an internal reshuffle
Trading places, October 8, 2012
Departures at Barclays, BNP Paribas and JP Morgan, while Standard Chartered hires an ex-UBS salesman
JP Morgan’s Rohrbaugh appointed chair of global FX division
Troy Rohrbaugh, JP Morgan's head of FX and rates, succeeds Zar Amrolia as chair of the industry's global FX division
FXSpotStream adds Morgan Stanley as liquidity provider
The US bank becomes the seventh liquidity provider on FXSpotStream, which is now live and trading after it was first announced in May
Credit to remain a dominant theme in FX, says Traiana’s Coyne
Closer scrutiny of credit relationships has become a major trend in the FX market, leading to initiatives such as the Kill Switch, which has already been used to shut off the activity of a prime broker’s client, reveals Traiana chief executive Andrew…
Trade reporting pressure increases as CFTC deadlines loom
DTCC data repository has received provisional CFTC approval, just three weeks ahead of mandatory reporting for credit and rates, with FX reporting due to begin in January
Barclays FX salesperson quits for JP Morgan
A second member of Barclays' northern Europe and Switzerland FX sales team has left the bank to join JP Morgan