Mizuho International
Hedge funds push yen options bets to next BoJ meeting
Target shifts as vol punts on change to rates policy fall flat
Godall joins Mizuho in London
Asif Godall spent 17 years at HSBC in various senior roles
Markets may be underpricing Brexit risk
‘We don’t see a situation where the UK is going to come out of this with a favourable deal’ – Mizuho currency strategist Sireen Harajli
Oh swaps Mizuho for BNP Paribas
FX options specialist will focus on expanding the French bank’s Latin America footprint
MJ Oh exits Credit Agricole for Mizuho Americas
She joins the bank as head of FX options trading
Mizuho opts for Thomson Reuters' FX Trading platform
The Japanese bank is the latest financial institution in Asia to adopt the venue
BTIG snatches Silver from Nomura
Silver is one of two senior hires the firm makes as it continues to expand its FICC team
More PBs could pull out come September, panellists say
"How far can repricing go without actually constraining and choking that entire market?" asks JP Morgan's Choussy
Mizuho fixed-income head departs to launch hedge fund
Jeffrey Yap leaves Mizuho Securities in Hong Kong, where he covered credit, rates and local currency markets
Japan's Mizuho joins CLS Aggregation Services
CLS and Traiana-backed aggregation engine extends global reach with addition of Japanese bank
Mexican peso poised to dominate EM currency trading
Asian investors have been diversifying into EM currencies for some time, with the Mexican peso performing particularly well, but despite the potential for enhanced yield, emerging markets are not devoid of risk, banks warn
Yen expected to remain weak as long as Greek package is implemented
Foreign exchange strategists and traders have judged this week's Japanese intervention a success in weakening the yen, and believe USD/JPY should remain higher as long as the eurozone crisis doesn’t spiral out of control and spark a flight back to the…
The euro: weathering the perfect storm
Fiscal concerns continue to haunt peripheral European countries and the wider eurozone, but the euro has strengthened against major currencies in the first four months of the year and economists no longer question the currency’s future. Nikki Marmery…
Asia to follow US on CCPs amid fears about hedging costs for exporters
Banks in Asia say there is no easy formula to decide whether moving over-the-counter foreign exchange instruments onto central counterparty (CCP) clearing would represent a lower-cost solution for their corporate clients, or whether they are better off…
Lloyds hires forex solutions director
Belinda Merrick has joined Lloyds TSB as director of major corporate FX solutions.
SGX AsiaClear aims to be Asia's CCP for rates and FX swaps
SGX president Muthukrishnan Ramaswami says the new interbank OTC clearing service for Singapore and US dollar interest rate swaps will target Asian banks as a start, and soon global investment banks that trade with Asian counterparties. Asian local…
Citi appoints Asia ex-Japan strategy chief
Citigroup appointed Patrick Perret-Green as head of FX and local markets strategy for Asia, ex-Japan.